Filming locations near Cardiff

393 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 Cardiff Castle, 1 km north-west; the most filmed is Bristol with 10 recorded productions.

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

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Within 100 km · 393 184 towns & cities · 103 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 47 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 35 castles, palaces & great houses Closest · Cardiff Castle · 1 km Most famous · Bristol

Within 25 km of Cardiff

1. Cardiff Castle · 1 km north-west · Castles & palaces

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: Sword of the Valiant, The Reichenbach Fall. Castle in Cardiff, Wales

2. Working Street · 1 km south-east · Streets & squares

   1 production: Doctor Who. Historic street in Cardiff

3. New Theatre · 1 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Doctor Who. Theatre in Cardiff, Wales

4. City Hall of Cardiff · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: The Reichenbach Fall, The War Between the Land and the Sea. Grade I listed building in Cardiff. Civic building in Cardiff, Wales

5. Cardiff Central police station · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: The Accident. Police station in Cardiff, Wales

6. National Museum Cardiff · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: The Day of the Doctor, Planet of the Dead. Main site of the national museum of Wales, United Kingdom

7. Millennium Stadium · 1 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Leaving the 20th Century. National stadium of Wales

8. St Mary Street · 1 km south · Streets & squares

   1 production: Human Traffic. Street in Cardiff, Wales, UK

9. City United Reformed Church · 1 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Killer Elite. Presbyterian chapel in Tredegarville

10. Welsh National War Memorial · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Killer Elite. Grade II* listed building in Cardiff. World War I and II memorial in Cardiff, Wales

11. BBC Wales headquarters building · 1 km south · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production: Doctor Who. Building in Cardiff, Wales

12. Cardiff University · 1 km north · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Great Game. Public research university in Cardiff, United Kingdom

+ 66 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. Merthyr Vale · 26 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: 10 Rillington Place. Village in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales

2. Pencoed Castle · 26 km north-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Historic site in Newport, Wales

3. St Donat's Castle · 26 km west · Castles & palaces

   1 production: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Castle in St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

4. Bedlinog · 26 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Day of the Doctor. Village and community in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, UK

5. Pontypool · 26 km north · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: The Day of the Doctor, Voyage of the Damned. Town in Torfaen, south-east Wales

6. Ferndale · 27 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Accident. Town and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK

7. Bridgend · 28 km west · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: A Very English Scandal, Stone of Destiny. Town in Bridgend County Borough, Wales

8. Merthyr Mawr · 30 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production: Doctor Who. Village and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales, UK

9. Burnham-on-Sea · 30 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Town in Somerset, England

10. Maerdy · 30 km north-west · Towns & cities

    1 production: The Accident. Village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

11. Treorchy · 30 km north-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Plots with a View. Village in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, UK

12. Southerndown · 31 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Galavant. Village in Wales

+ 167 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. Cam Brook · 60 km east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Titfield Thunderbolt. River in United Kingdom

2. Hay Bluff · 60 km north · Landscapes & nature

   1 production: An American Werewolf in London. Hill (677m) in Powys

3. Monkton Combe Halt railway station · 61 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Titfield Thunderbolt. Railway station in Monkton Combe, the UK

4. Burrow Hill Cider Farm · 61 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Cider and apple brandy manufacturer in Somerset, UK

5. Limpley Stoke · 62 km east · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: The Remains of the Day, The Titfield Thunderbolt. Village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK

6. Barrington Court · 62 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Grade I listed historic house museum in South Somerset, England, UK

7. Badminton · 62 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Seven Dials Mystery. Village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England

8. Freshford · 62 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Titfield Thunderbolt. Village and civil parish in Somerset, England

9. Little Badminton · 62 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Sky West and Crooked. Village in South Gloucestershire, England

10. Badminton House · 63 km east · Castles & palaces

    3 productions: Pearl Harbor, The Remains of the Day. Country house in Gloucestershire, England, UK

11. The George Inn · 63 km east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Canterbury Tales. Grade I listed pub in Norton St Philip, Somerset, United Kingdom

12. Norton St Philip · 63 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Remains of the Day. Village and civil parish in Somerset, England, UK

+ 124 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Nearby city guides

Bristol, United Kingdom · 40 km Gloucester · 77 km Swindon · 97 km Oxford · 136 km Southampton · 139 km

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