🏞 Landscapes & nature
Virginia Water Lake
lake on the boundary of Berkshire and Surrey, in England, UK
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 51.4111, -0.6028
Virginia Water Lake is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Harry's ride on Buckbeak over Hogwarts' Lake was filmed at the Virginia Water Lake in Surrey.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Virginia Water Lake as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
“Scenes by Hogwarts' Lake were filmed at the Virginia Water Lake in Surrey.” Wikipedia
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Into the Woods
2014
“Marshall struggled with how to stage the melodramatic duet "Agony" in the forest until discovering online that Windsor had an artificial waterfall at Virginia Water Lake, which turned out to be the perfect setting.” Wikipedia
- The Witches 2020
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Angel Has Fallen
2019
“Filming on Angel Has Fallen commenced at Virginia Water Lake, and continued throughout the United Kingdom and Bulgaria.” Wikipedia
Named here by Virginia Water Lake’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Virginia Water Lake, 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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Harry Potter 2001
“The lake has been used for lakeside scenes for the Harry Potter films.” Wikipedia
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Into the Woods 2014
“The lake was also used for scenes in the 2014 film Into the Woods.” Wikipedia
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Angel Has Fallen 2019
“It was also used as the scene for the drone strike attack scenes in the 2019 action thriller movie Angel Has Fallen.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
The Fountain Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
former television studio complex located in Wembley Park, London
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Grosvenor Square
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
square in the Mayfair district of London, England, UK
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Tower of London
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
castle in central London, United Kingdom
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Bourne Wood
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
area of predominantly coniferous woodland just south of Farnham, Surrey, England
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Battersea Power Station
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
decommissioned coal-fired power station in London, now in use as a premium shopping centre
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Virginia Water Lake?
5 productions are recorded as filmed at Virginia Water Lake, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Into the Woods (2014). 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 Virginia Water Lake?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), covered by 90 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Virginia Water Lake?
Virginia Water Lake is in the United Kingdom, at 51.4111, -0.6028.
What other filming locations are near Virginia Water Lake?
The Fountain Studios, Grosvenor Square, Tower of London, Bourne Wood 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 SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia, Public domain.