🏙 Towns & cities
Cardiff
capital city of Wales, United Kingdom
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.4817, -3.1792
Cardiff is recorded as a filming location for 6 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Cardiff, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
7 places inside Cardiff have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Cardiff as well.
“Since 2011, Casualty has been produced at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff with a permanent base housing interior and exterior sets, as well as production offices.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Cardiff
- Doctor Who 1963–
- 28 Weeks Later 2007
- Killer Elite 2011
- His Dark Materials 2019–2022
- Havoc 2025
- Casualty 1986–
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Cardiff as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Sherlock 2010–2017
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Merlin
2008–2012
“Filming for the fifth series began March 2012 in Pierrefonds, France and near Cardiff, Wales.” Wikipedia
- Sometimes Happiness Sometimes Sadness... 2001
- Yesterday 2019
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Infinite
2021
“Scenes were shot in central Cardiff, Farnborough Airport and an indoor ski facility, The Snow Centre, during a week long shutdown to the public.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Cardiff
7 places inside Cardiff, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Cardiff too.
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
BBC Wales headquarters building
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building in Cardiff, Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Broadcasting House
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building situated in north Cardiff, Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Cardiff City Stadium
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Stadium in Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
New Theatre
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
theatre in Cardiff, Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Millennium Stadium
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
national stadium of Wales
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City United Reformed Church
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Presbyterian chapel in Tredegarville
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Welsh National War Memorial
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade II* listed building in Cardiff. World War I and II memorial in Cardiff, Wales
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Newport
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
city in south east Wales, United Kingdom
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Leigh Court
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
country house in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Monmouth
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Penarth
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Bad Wolf
British television production company
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
BBC Wales headquarters building
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
building in Cardiff, Wales
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Cardiff?
11 productions are recorded as filmed in Cardiff, including Doctor Who (1963–), 28 Weeks Later (2007) and Killer Elite (2011). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Cardiff?
Doctor Who (1963–), covered by 99 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Cardiff?
Cardiff is in the United Kingdom, at 51.4817, -3.1792. The day trip guide for Cardiff lists 203 filming locations within 100 km.
What other filming locations are near Cardiff?
Newport, Leigh Court, Monmouth, Penarth and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Jeremy Segrott from Cardiff, Wales, UK, CC BY 2.0.
Planning a visit? Filming locations near Cardiff — 203 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.