Landscapes & nature

Lake District

mountainous region in North West England, UK

England · 54.5000, -3.1667

Lake District is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 18 more.

“Boyle said Fox funded the Lake District ending, and that the final rural sequence was shot on 35mm to make the film "feel like [it] had opened up".”

28 Days Later (2002) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at Lake District

28 Days Later 2002

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Lake District 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.

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens 2015
“Landscape shots for the planet Takodana were shot in July in the Lake District in the northwest of England.” Wikipedia
Brazil 1985
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023
“Filming for the parachute and speed flying sequence took place in the Lake District over the Buttermere Valley in the summer of 2021 and 2022.” Wikipedia
The Witcher 2019–
“Filming locations for the second season were all in the UK and included Cathedral Cave and Hodge Close Quarry in the Lake District, Low Force Waterfall in the North Pennines, and Bourne Wood in Farnham.” Wikipedia
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025
The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981
The Paradine Case 1947
“Although some external shots show the Lake District in Cumbria, the rest of the footage was shot on three sets at Selznick's lot in Culver City, California, a first in Selznick's career as an independent producer.” Wikipedia
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 2021
“Filming took place in the Lake District at Ambleside and Haverthwaite, around Hill Street and Richmond Bridge in London, Gloucester Docks, a replica of the House of the Tailor of Gloucester, and in Camden, New South Wales.” Wikipedia
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 2026
Miss Potter 2006
The Devils 1971
Tommy 1975
“In his commentary for the 2004 DVD release of the film, Ken Russell stated that the opening and closing outdoor scenes were shot in the Borrowdale valley of the English Lake District, near his own home, the same area that he had used to double for rural Austria and Bohemia in his earlier film Mahler, in which Robert Powell had starred.” Wikipedia
Withnail and I 1987
If Only 2004
The Dam Busters 1955
“Additional aerial footage was shot above Windermere, in the Lake District.” Wikipedia
Born of Hope 2009
No Blade of Grass 1970
The Rainbow 1989

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Lake District?

19 productions are recorded as filmed at Lake District, including 28 Days Later (2002), Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) and Brazil (1985). 18 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Lake District?

28 Days Later (2002), covered by 50 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Lake District?

Lake District is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 54.5000, -3.1667.

What other filming locations are near Lake District?

Borrowdale (4 km north-east), Robinson (6 km north-west), High Crag (7 km west), Buttermere (7 km north-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

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 Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.