🏛 Landmarks & buildings
RAF Upper Heyford
Royal Air Force station
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.9369, -1.2533
RAF Upper Heyford is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 3 more.
“In England RAF Northolt, RAF Upper Heyford and RAF Oakley were the main locations.”
Movies filmed at RAF Upper Heyford
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names RAF Upper Heyford 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.
- Octopussy 1983
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Twelve O'Clock High
1949
“Officially, the airfield is still under Ministry of Defence ownership following its closure in the late 1990s as a communications station linked to the since-closed RAF Upper Heyford.” Wikipedia
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The Fourth Protocol
1987
“The "RAF Baywaters" scenes were filmed at the now defunct RAF Upper Heyford as a take on the real life RAF Bentwaters.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Whitchurch
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
village and civil parish in Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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University of Oxford
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
collegiate research university in Oxford, England
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Divinity School
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
medieval building in the University of Oxford
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Bodleian Library
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
main research library of the University of Oxford
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Christ Church
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
constituent college of the University of Oxford in England
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New College
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at RAF Upper Heyford?
4 productions are recorded as filmed at RAF Upper Heyford, including World War Z (2013), Octopussy (1983) and Twelve O'Clock High (1949). 3 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 Upper Heyford?
World War Z (2013), covered by 57 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is RAF Upper Heyford?
RAF Upper Heyford is in the United Kingdom, at 51.9369, -1.2533.
What other filming locations are near RAF Upper Heyford?
Whitchurch, University of Oxford, Divinity School, Bodleian Library 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 by William J. Grimes William Grimes at English Wikipedia, Public domain.