Towns & cities
Margate
town in Kent, England
England · 51.3850, 1.3838
Margate is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Margate, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.
2 places inside Margate have a page of their own: listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Margate as well.
Movies filmed in Margate
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Margate 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 Margate
2 places inside Margate, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Margate too.
Named here by Margate’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Margate, 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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Peaky Blinders 2013–2022
“In series 4 of the British television crime drama Peaky Blinders (2017), the character Alfie Solomons (played by Tom Hardy) chooses to reside at Margate, where he's shot on the beach by Tommy Shelby.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Dreamland Margate
England·under 1 km
Seaside amusement park in Margate, England
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Landmarks & buildings
Margate railway station
England·under 1 km
railway station in Margate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK
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Landmarks & buildings
Westwood Cross
United Kingdom·3 km south
shopping mall in Westwood, Kent
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Landscapes & nature
Botany Bay
United Kingdom·4 km east
bay in Kent, England
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Landscapes & nature
Isle of Thanet
England·4 km south
former island in Kent, England
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Landmarks & buildings
RAF Manston
England·5 km south-west
RAF station in the north-east of Kent
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Margate?
12 productions are recorded as filmed in Margate, including Empire of Light (2022), Killing Eve (2018–2022) and Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Margate?
Empire of Light (2022), covered by 19 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Margate?
Margate is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.3850, 1.3838.
What other filming locations are near Margate?
Dreamland Margate (under 1 km), Margate railway station (under 1 km), Westwood Cross (3 km south), Botany Bay (4 km east) 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 Poliphilo, CC0.