Landscapes & nature
Seven Sisters
series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel
England · 50.7600, 0.1600
Seven Sisters is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Chalk cliffs at Seven Sisters, East Sussex were used as the locale for Robin's return to England from the Crusades.”
Movies filmed at Seven Sisters
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Seven Sisters 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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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
“The local area surrounding Leavesden Studios was used for the site of the Quidditch World Cup, filmed in Ivinghoe Beacon, and Ashridge Wood, while the cliff where the characters land with the Portkey was located in Seven Sisters Country Park in Seaford, East Sussex.” Wikipedia
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Atonement
2007
“The beach with cliffs first shown on the postcard and later seen towards the end of the film was Cuckmere Haven Seven Sisters, Sussex, which is 14 miles (22 km) from Roedean School, which Cecilia was said to have attended.” Wikipedia
Named here by Seven Sisters’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Seven Sisters, 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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Mr. Holmes 2015
“Much of the 2015 feature film Mr. Holmes was filmed around the Seven Sisters.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Landscapes & nature
Cuckmere Haven
England·1 km north-west
area of flood plains in Sussex, England, where the river Cuckmere meets the English Channel
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Towns & cities
Seaford
England·4 km west
coastal town and civil parish in East Sussex, England
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Landscapes & nature
Beachy Head
England·7 km east
chalk headland in East Sussex, England
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Towns & cities
Newhaven
England·8 km north-west
town in East Sussex, England
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Towns & cities
Eastbourne
England·9 km east
town in East Sussex, England
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Castles & palaces
Firle Place
England·11 km north-west
Grade I listed country house in Firle, East Sussex, England, UK
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Seven Sisters?
3 productions are recorded as filmed at Seven Sisters, including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Atonement (2007). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Seven Sisters?
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), covered by 48 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Seven Sisters?
Seven Sisters is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 50.7600, 0.1600.
What other filming locations are near Seven Sisters?
Cuckmere Haven (1 km north-west), Seaford (4 km west), Beachy Head (7 km east), Newhaven (8 km north-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 Ian Hawfinch, CC BY-SA 2.0.