🏙 Towns & cities
Castleton
village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 53.3440, -1.7750
Castleton is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
2 productions were filmed at 1 place inside Castleton rather than at Castleton itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Other locations included Castleton, Derbyshire, in areas such as Cave Dale, Eldon Hill Quarry and the Market Place.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Castleton as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- House of the Dragon 2022–
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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
1974
“Some scenes were filmed in Cumbria and the Peak District in Derbyshire, not far from Sheffield, principally in Castleton which stands in for the fictional village of 'Southgate,' and the dramatic Winnats Pass, which has the church superimposed onto it.” Wikipedia
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Castleton
2 productions shot at 1 place inside Castleton, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Castleton itself.
- The Princess Bride Cave Dale per Wikipedia 1987
- The Other Boleyn Girl Cave Dale per Wikipedia 2008
Filming locations nearby
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Hardwick Hall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Elizabethan country house in Derbyshire, England, UK
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Manchester
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
city in Greater Manchester, England
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Manchester Town Hall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
municipal building in Manchester, England
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Northern Quarter
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
area in Manchester, England
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Manchester Metropolitan University
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
university in Manchester, UK
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Stockport
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Greater Manchester, England
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Castleton?
4 productions are recorded as filmed in Castleton, 2 of them at places inside it, including House of the Dragon (2022–) and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Castleton?
House of the Dragon (2022–), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Castleton?
Castleton is in the United Kingdom, at 53.3440, -1.7750.
What other filming locations are near Castleton?
Hardwick Hall, Manchester, Manchester Town Hall, Northern Quarter 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 Steven Newton, CC BY 2.0.