Towns & cities

Plymouth

city in Devon, England

England · 50.3714, -4.1422

Plymouth is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Plymouth, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 6 more.

1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Plymouth rather than at Plymouth itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“Scenes set in the Victorian era were shot at Torpoint and Plymouth from September 1 to October 14.”

Alice in Wonderland (2010) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in Plymouth

Force 10 from Navarone 1978

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Plymouth 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.

Alice in Wonderland 2010
Sense and Sensibility 1995
In Which We Serve 1942
“Although the filmmakers took great care to conceal locations because of wartime censorship, scenes were shot at Plymouth's naval dockyard in Devon and the naval station on the Isle of Portland.” Wikipedia
The Cruel Sea 1953
Hornblower 1998–
Peterloo 2018
“Production shot the interior of the Tarred Yarn Store in Plymouth, Devon, and the exterior of the Ropery at the Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent to double as a cotton mill in Manchester.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Plymouth

1 production shot at 1 place inside Plymouth, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Plymouth itself.

Beyond Paradise University of Plymouth per Wikipedia 2023–

Landmarks & buildings

University of Plymouth

England

university in Plymouth, UK

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Plymouth?

8 productions are recorded as filmed in Plymouth, 1 of them at places inside it, including Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Sense and Sensibility (1995). 6 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Plymouth?

Force 10 from Navarone (1978), covered by 23 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Plymouth?

Plymouth is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 50.3714, -4.1422.

What other filming locations are near Plymouth?

University of Plymouth (under 1 km), Plymouth Hoe (under 1 km), Smeaton's Tower (under 1 km), Royal William Victualling Yard (2 km south-west) 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 Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.