Landmarks & buildings
RAF Cardington
former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England
England · 52.1089, -0.4225
RAF Cardington is recorded as a filming location for 2 productions. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
“Director Christopher Nolan has used this location to film scenes for three of his movies; scenes from Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and Inception were filmed in Shed 2.”
Movies filmed at RAF Cardington
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names RAF Cardington 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.
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The Dark Knight
2008
“Many interior locations for The Dark Knight were filmed on sets at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, and Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire; these locations include the Bat Bunker, which took six weeks to build in a Cardington hangar.” Wikipedia
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
“Pymmes Park in Edmonton, London was also used for location filming, and scenes set on Yavin 4 were filmed at Cardington Airfield.” Wikipedia
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Dumbo
2019
“In 2017 parts of the Disney film Dumbo were shot in Shed 2.” Wikipedia
- Zeppelin 1971
Named here by RAF Cardington’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at RAF Cardington, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“The film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was filmed at Cardington in 2004.” Wikipedia
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“Also during the 1960s, much of the film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines was shot in the vicinity of the village.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Cardington
England·under 1 km
village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, UK
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Streets & squares
Old Warden Tunnel
United Kingdom·4 km south-east
railway tunnel in the UK
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Towns & cities
Bedford
England·4 km north-west
county town of Bedfordshire, England
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Towns & cities
Old Warden
England·7 km south-east
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, UK
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Towns & cities
Bromham
England·8 km north-west
village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England
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Streets & squares
Bedford–Hitchin line
United Kingdom·8 km south-east
railway line in the UK
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at RAF Cardington?
6 productions are recorded as filmed at RAF Cardington, including Inception (2010), Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at RAF Cardington?
Inception (2010), covered by 97 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is RAF Cardington?
RAF Cardington is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 52.1089, -0.4225.
What other filming locations are near RAF Cardington?
Cardington (under 1 km), Old Warden Tunnel (4 km south-east), Bedford (4 km north-west), Old Warden (7 km south-east) 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 Iiboharz, CC BY-SA 3.0.