🏙 Towns & cities
Lavenham
village and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 52.1076, 0.7954
Lavenham is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Lavenham, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
1 place inside Lavenham has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Lavenham as well.
“In 1971 part of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s film The Canterbury Tales was recorded here, with the village representing medieval London.”
Movies filmed in Lavenham
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Lavenham 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.
Filming locations inside Lavenham
1 place inside Lavenham, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Lavenham too.
Named here by Lavenham’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Lavenham, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“In 2010, under conditions of strict secrecy, scenes from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 were filmed there.” Wikipedia
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The Thirteen Chairs 1969
“In 1969 some filming was done in Lavenham for The Thirteen Chairs, also known as Twelve Plus One.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ely Cathedral
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
London Stansted Airport
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
passenger airport at Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Elveden Hall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
stately home on the Elveden Estate in Elveden, Suffolk, England, UK
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Lakenheath
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Mildenhall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
airport in the United Kingdom
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Lavenham Guildhall
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Grade I listed local museum in Babergh, United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Lavenham?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Lavenham, including The Canterbury Tales (1972) and Barry Lyndon (1975). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Lavenham?
The Canterbury Tales (1972), covered by 27 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Lavenham?
Lavenham is in the United Kingdom, at 52.1076, 0.7954.
What other filming locations are near Lavenham?
Ely Cathedral, London Stansted Airport, Elveden Hall, RAF Lakenheath 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 Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.