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Lake District

mountainous region in North West England, UK

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 54.5000, -3.1667

Lake District is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 6 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.

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
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025
Murder on the Orient Express 2017
“After filming, the prop train was purchased and repurposed into a tearoom experience in the Lake District, offering dining and a unique glimpse into the film's set design.” Wikipedia
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
Miss Potter 2006
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

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Lake District?

7 productions are recorded as filmed at Lake District, including 28 Days Later (2002), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). 6 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, at 54.5000, -3.1667.

What other filming locations are near Lake District?

Buttermere, High Crag, Robinson, Ennerdale Water 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 Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.