Filming locations near Cape Town

38 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot: every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Cape Town City Hall, 1 km south-east; the most filmed is Castle of Good Hope with 1 recorded production.

Everything recorded against Cape Town itself (rather than at a named spot near it) is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 38 19 towns & cities · 9 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 7 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 2 streets, squares & public space Closest · Cape Town City Hall · 1 km Most famous · Table Mountain

Within 25 km of Cape Town

1. Cape Town City Hall · 1 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Blood & Water. Building in Cape Town, South Africa

2. Central Public Library Cape Town · 1 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Sanam Teri Kasam. Library in Cape Town

3. Castle of Good Hope · 1 km east · Castles & palaces

   1 production: The Crown. 17th-century bastion fort in Cape Town, South African

4. Greenmarket Square · 1 km north-west · Streets & squares

   1 production: Doctor Who. Place in Western Cape, South Africa

5. Company's Garden · 1 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production: Doctor Who. Park in Cape Town, South Africa

6. Cape Town International Convention Centre · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Death Race 2. Convention centre in Cape Town, South Africa

7. Bo-Kaap · 1 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Yaariyan. Neighbourhood in Cape Town, South Africa

8. Foreshore Freeway Bridge · 1 km north · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Death Race 2. Bridge in South Africa

9. Sea Point · 3 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Blood & Water. Suburb of Cape Town

10. Table Mountain · 4 km south · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Victim Five. Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa

11. Camps Bay · 5 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Blood & Water. Suburb in Cape Town, South Africa

12. University of Cape Town · 5 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

    3 productions, per Wikipedia: The Kissing Booth, Friend Request. Public university in Cape Town, South Africa

+ 9 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. Seal Island · 28 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Sandy the Seal. Island in False Bay in Western Cape, South Africa

2. Simon's Town · 30 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Town in South Africa

3. Boulders Beach · 30 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Agatha Christie's Marple. Beach in Cape Town, South Africa

4. False Bay · 38 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Dark Tide. Bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to Cape Town, South Africa; so called because sailors confused Cape Point and Cape Hangklip

5. Atlantis · 40 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

6. Stellenbosch · 40 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Raised by Wolves. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

7. Durbanville · 41 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Blood & Water. Suburb in the Western Cape, South Africa

8. Helderberg Nature Reserve · 43 km east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Last House on the Left. Nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa

9. Somerset West · 45 km south-east · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Raised by Wolves, Blood & Water. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

10. Paarl · 54 km north-east · Towns & cities

    3 productions, per Wikipedia: Tomb Raider, The Giver. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. Grabouw · 60 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

2. Elgin · 62 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Populated place in Western Cape, South Africa

3. Franschhoek · 65 km east · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Northmen: A Viking Saga, Love Island. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

4. Hopefield · 96 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

5. Caledon · 99 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

6. Saron · 99 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Moffie. Place in Western Cape, South Africa

7. Worcester · 99 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Prisoner. Town in the Western Cape, South Africa

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Paarl · 54 km

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