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Saunton Sands

beach in the English village of Saunton on the North Devon coast

England · 51.1000, -4.2258

Saunton Sands is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.

“The beach was utilized for location filming for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) · Wikipedia

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Saunton Sands
Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed at Saunton Sands

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Saunton Sands 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.

  • Edge of Tomorrow 2014
    “The set was surrounded by chroma key green screens, which the visual effects artists later used to extend the beach with plates shot at Saunton Sands in North Devon.” Wikipedia
  • Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982
    “The war scenes were shot on Saunton Sands in North Devon, which was also featured on the cover of Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason six years later.” Wikipedia
  • A Matter of Life and Death 1946
    “The beach scene was shot at Saunton Sands in Devon, and the village seen in Dr Reeves' camera obscura was Shere in Surrey.” Wikipedia
  • A Very English Scandal 2018–
    “The town of Hertford was used as a stand-in for 1970s Barnstaple, while Saunton Sands in North Devon stood in for the California beach where Peter Bessell (Alex Jennings) lives in a seaside shack.” Wikipedia
  • The Shout 1978
    “The North Devon coastline, specifically Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows, was used for the bulk of the location shooting.” Wikipedia

Named here by Saunton Sands’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Saunton Sands, 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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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Saunton Sands?

6 productions are recorded as filmed at Saunton Sands, including Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Saunton Sands?

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), covered by 43 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Saunton Sands?

Saunton Sands is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.1000, -4.2258.

What other filming locations are near Saunton Sands?

Braunton Burrows (2 km east), Saunton (2 km north-east), Westleigh (8 km south), Ilfracombe (14 km north-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 Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0.