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York

city in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 53.9500, -1.0833

York 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.

“The railway station scenes were filmed in York, using locomotives from the National Railway Museum.”

Chariots of Fire (1981) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names York 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.

Chariots of Fire 1981
Bridgerton 2020–
“Although the series takes place in London, most street scenes were filmed in Bath, York, and Chatham.” Wikipedia
The Great 2020–2023
Brideshead Revisited 2008
The Correspondence 2016

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in York, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

Resistance: Fall of Man

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in York?

5 productions are recorded as filmed in York, including Chariots of Fire (1981), Bridgerton (2020–) and The Great (2020–2023). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in York?

Chariots of Fire (1981), covered by 60 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is York?

York is in the United Kingdom, at 53.9500, -1.0833.

What other filming locations are near York?

National Railway Museum, Elland Road, Leeds, Castle Howard 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 DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0.