Filming locations near Colchester

1,220 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 Colchester railway station, 2 km north-west; the most filmed is London with 370 recorded productions.

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

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Within 100 km · 1220 489 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 428 towns & cities · 137 streets, squares & public space · 88 landscapes, coasts & wilderness Closest · Colchester railway station · 2 km Most famous · London

Within 25 km of Colchester

1. Colchester railway station · 2 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Fourth Protocol. Railway station in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

2. Alresford · 8 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Essex Serpent. Village in Essex, UK

3. Layer Marney Tower · 10 km south-west · Castles & palaces

   1 production: The Canterbury Tales. Grade I listed country house in Layer Marney, Essex, England, UK

4. Brightlingsea · 12 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Essex Serpent. Coastal town in the Tendring district of Essex, England, UK

5. Coggeshall · 15 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Canterbury Tales. Town in Essex, England, UK

6. Tollesbury · 15 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Liar. Village and civil parish in Essex, England, UK

7. The Grange Barn · 15 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Canterbury Tales. Grade I listed barn in Coggeshall, Essex, England, UK

8. St Osyth's Priory · 15 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Canterbury Tales. Grade I listed priory in St Osyth, Essex, England, UK

9. St Osyth · 16 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Canterbury Tales. Village and civil parish in northeast Essex, England, UK

10. Jaywick · 19 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Starter for 10. Village in Essex, England, UK

11. Clacton-on-Sea · 20 km south-east · Towns & cities

    3 productions, per Wikipedia: EastEnders, Yesterday. Town in Essex, England

12. Osea Island · 21 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Woman in Black. Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, East England

+ 4 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. Lavenham · 25 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Canterbury Tales. Village and civil parish in Babergh, Suffolk, England

2. Lavenham Guildhall · 26 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Barry Lyndon, The Canterbury Tales. Grade I listed local museum in Babergh, United Kingdom

3. Kentwell Hall · 27 km north-west · Castles & palaces

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: Tulip Fever, Witchfinder General. Grade I listed manor house in Long Melford, Babergh, Suffolk, England, UK

4. Akenham · 28 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Downton Abbey. Village in Suffolk, England, UK

5. North Fambridge · 32 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production: The Essex Serpent. Village in Essex, England, UK

6. Chelmsford · 34 km south-west · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: Chasing Liberty, The Fourth Protocol. City in Essex, United Kingdom

7. Hanningfield Water Treatment Works · 36 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production: World War Z

8. Helmingham Hall · 38 km north-east · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Golden Bowl. Country house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England, UK

9. Hylands · 38 km south-west · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Chasing Liberty. Country house in Writtle, Essex, England, UK

10. Bawdsey · 38 km east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: The Power. Village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, UK

11. London Southend Airport · 38 km south · Landmarks & buildings

    2 productions, per Wikipedia: Goldfinger, EastEnders. International airport in Rochford, Essex, England

12. The Chequers Inn · 39 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production: White House Farm. Pub in Roxwell, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK

+ 57 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. St Mary's Church, Reculver · 60 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: The Medusa Touch. Church in Reculver, England

2. Reculver · 60 km south · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia: The Medusa Touch, The Tunnel. Village in Kent, England, UK

3. RAF Mildenhall · 60 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Airport in the United Kingdom

4. London Borough of Havering · 60 km south-west · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia: Fish Tank, Look Back in Anger. Borough in the London Region in England

5. Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre · 60 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Hot Fuzz. Police training centre in Gravesend, Kent, England

6. Chatham Historic Dockyard · 60 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions: Les Misérables, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England

7. Chatham Dockyard · 60 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

   23 productions, per Wikipedia: The Mummy, Sherlock Holmes. Former Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom

8. HMS Gannet · 61 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia: Victoria and Abdul. 1878 Doterel-class screw sloop

9. Tilbury · 61 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production: Grimsby. Town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England

10. Romford · 61 km south-west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Look Back in Anger. Town in north-east London, United Kingdom

11. Former Hemp House, Spinning Room and Offices · 61 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production: Our World War. Architectural structure in Medway, Kent, England, UK

12. Port of Tilbury · 61 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Port

+ 1123 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.

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