Towns & cities

St Albans

city and unparished area in southern Hertfordshire, England

England · 51.7550, -0.3360

St Albans is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in St Albans, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 9 more.

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

“Actress Julienne Davis recalled that the morgue scene in which Cruise's character visits her corpse was shot inside a disused bacon factory in St Albans, Hertfordshire.”

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed in St Albans

Birthday Girl 2001

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names St Albans 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.

Eyes Wide Shut 1999
Johnny English 2003
“The film shot for fourteen weeks, filming at Shepperton Studios, on location in London and St. Albans, and finally setting down in Monte Carlo for two days to complete filming the final scene.” Wikipedia
Wonka 2023
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987
EastEnders 1985–
“Other locations have included the court house, a disused office block, Evershed House, and St Peter's Church, all in St Albans, an abandoned mental facility in Worthing, and a wedding dress shop in Muswell Hill, north London.” Wikipedia
Austin Powers in Goldmember 2002
The Inbetweeners 2008–2010
Incendiary 2008
Hex 2004–
“Several external scenes in Series 2 were filmed in the city of St Albans (Hertfordshire), using locations such as the city centre, the Cathedral grounds and a small street adjacent to it.” Wikipedia

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in St Albans

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

First Knight St Albans Cathedral per Wikipedia 1995

Landmarks & buildings

St Albans Cathedral

England

cathedral in St Albans, England

Named here by St Albans’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at St Albans, 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.

Wonka 2023

“In early 2022 Verulamium Park was used as a filming location for Wonka starring Timothée Chalamet.” Wikipedia
First Knight 1995

“The Lady Chapel in the Abbey itself was used as a location for at least one scene in Sean Connery's 1995 film First Knight, whilst the nave of the Abbey was used during a coronation scene as a substitute for Westminster Abbey in Johnny English starring Rowan Atkinson.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in St Albans?

11 productions are recorded as filmed in St Albans, 1 of them at places inside it, including Birthday Girl (2001), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Johnny English (2003). 9 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in St Albans?

Birthday Girl (2001), covered by 23 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is St Albans?

St Albans is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 51.7550, -0.3360.

What other filming locations are near St Albans?

Church of St. Peter, St. Albans (under 1 km), St Albans Cathedral (under 1 km), St Albans School (under 1 km), Spielplatz (4 km south) 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 Przemysław Sakrajda, CC BY-SA 3.0.