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Trafalgar Square

public space and tourist attraction in central London

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.5081, -0.1281

Trafalgar Square is recorded as a filming location for 6 productions. Wikipedia names it for 11 more.

“To film the final scene at Westminster, the area from Trafalgar Square and Whitehall up to Parliament and Big Ben had to be closed for three nights from midnight until 5 am.”

V for Vendetta (2005) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at Trafalgar Square

V for Vendetta 2005
Spectre 2015
Love Actually 2003
28 Days Later 2002
An American Werewolf in London 1981
London's Trafalgar Square 1890
“London's Trafalgar Square is an 1890 British short silent actuality film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe and William Carr Crofts at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London.” Wikipedia

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Trafalgar Square 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.

Children of Men 2006
Edge of Tomorrow 2014
“Filming also took place in Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday, 2012.” Wikipedia
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995
“Other scenes were shot in England, at locations including Trafalgar Square, King's Cross railway station and Angel Underground station.” Wikipedia
Casino Royale 1967
“Extensive sequences also featured London, notably Trafalgar Square and the exterior of 10 Downing Street.” Wikipedia
28 Weeks Later 2007
“Other reported locations included Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Shaftesbury Avenue, Regents Park, Millennium Bridge, and Wembley Stadium.” Wikipedia
Killing Eve 2018–2022
“The building used as Eve's base is in Warwick House Street, just off Trafalgar Square.” Wikipedia
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965
“The remainder of the film was shot in London, at several locations including HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, Battersea Park, and Trafalgar Square.” Wikipedia
Pirate Radio 2009
Get Him to the Greek 2010
“While filming in Trafalgar Square, Brand was pushed into a fountain by a passerby.” Wikipedia
Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2012
“A number of locations throughout the city featured in JTHJ, including the Borough Market, Jubilee Walkway, the Great Conservatory, the Palace of Westminster, Westminster Bridge, Trafalgar Square, the Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges, the O2 Arena, the Tower Bridge, and Canary Wharf.” Wikipedia
Brannigan 1975
“At the time of filming, the Trafalgar Square post office occupied not only its current footprint, but extended throughout the adjoining commercial spaces, and was marked by an unusually shaped sign extending out from the corner of the building.” Wikipedia

Named here by Trafalgar Square’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Trafalgar Square, 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.

Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969–

“It was used for filming several sketches and a cartoon backdrop in the BBC comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Trafalgar Square?

17 productions are recorded as filmed at Trafalgar Square, including V for Vendetta (2005), Spectre (2015) and Love Actually (2003). 11 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Trafalgar Square?

V for Vendetta (2005), covered by 98 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Trafalgar Square?

Trafalgar Square is in the United Kingdom, at 51.5081, -0.1281.

What other filming locations are near Trafalgar Square?

The Fountain Studios, Grosvenor Square, Tower of London, Pinewood Studios 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 Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.