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Newcastle upon Tyne

city in Tyne and Wear, England, UK

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 54.9778, -1.6133

Newcastle upon Tyne is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Newcastle upon Tyne, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.

“As well as this, Newcastle was used as the location for I, Daniel Blake (2016) which won the Palme d'Or award at Cannes Film Festival as well as the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film.”

I, Daniel Blake (2016) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Newcastle upon Tyne 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.

Transformers: The Last Knight 2017
28 Years Later 2025
“Locations include Lindisfarne off the Northumberland Coast, Hexham, Bellingham, Kielder Forest, Rothbury (Northumberland), Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear), Waskerley (County Durham), Melsonby, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aysgarth Falls, Redmire (North Yorkshire) and Bradford (West Yorkshire).” Wikipedia
Get Carter 1971
“The gangster thriller Get Carter (1971) was shot on location in and around Newcastle and offers an opportunity to see what Newcastle looked like in the early 1970s.” Wikipedia
Goal! 2005
Vera 2011–
“The series is filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne and throughout Northumberland, County Durham and North Yorkshire in North East England.” Wikipedia

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Newcastle upon Tyne, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne?

7 productions are recorded as filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne, including I, Daniel Blake (2016), The Bay of Silence (2020) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Newcastle upon Tyne?

I, Daniel Blake (2016), covered by 39 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Newcastle upon Tyne?

Newcastle upon Tyne is in the United Kingdom, at 54.9778, -1.6133.

What other filming locations are near Newcastle upon Tyne?

Durham Cathedral, Durham, Low Force, River Tees 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 Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.