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Dawdon

village in County Durham, England, UK

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 54.8290, -1.3270

Dawdon 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.

“An area of the beach near Dawdon (known locally as "the Blast", a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the science fiction film Alien 3.”
Alien 3 (1992) · Wikipedia

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Dawdon
Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Dawdon 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Dawdon?

2 productions are recorded as filmed in Dawdon, including Alien 3 (1992) and Billy Elliot (2000). 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 Dawdon?

Alien 3 (1992), covered by 53 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Dawdon?

Dawdon is in the United Kingdom, at 54.8290, -1.3270.

What other filming locations are near Dawdon?

Durham Cathedral, Durham, River Tees, Teesdale 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 Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.