Touring London’s most famous filming locations

Blog: I visited the filming locations of the most iconic movies in London.

By Jonas Nyenstad

Skyfall, James Bond, (2012)

Let’s begin with 007 and the British Secret Service, MI6, being blown up (at least in this photo I’m holding up in front of the building)

…And another cheeky photo of Bond emerging from Westminster Tube station.

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square.

Next stop, National Gallery to see where Bond meets Q

YES, of course I brought a cheeky photo of Bond and Q.

Harry Potter (2001)

And on for a little bit of magic.

The movie version of Platform 9 3/4, Kings Cross Station.

Fun fact: The building outside is not Kings Cross as portrayed in the movies, but a different station called St. Pancras Station. It’s a much more picturesque station so it makes sense why they wanted to use this for the movie instead of Kings Cross which is, shall we say, less impressive.

So in reality this is platform 4 and 5. The book version of Platform 9 3/4 is located next to the Harry Potter gift shop. But it’s an absolute horror show there. Muggles everywhere! I prefer the movie version.

SPIDER-MAN Far from home (2019)

Next stop on the tour is the amazing Tower Bridge.

I payed good money for this. The entrance is £12. In fairness you also get to see the engine room which I didn’t have time for. I was on a tight schedule. I only came to see where Spider-man fights Mysterio.

Kingsman (2015)

Next stop is central London and the famous tailor shop from Kingsman. Eggsy and Harry seen here having a chat.

Ted Lasso, (TV series, 2020), Richmond

Ted Lasso (the one with the moustache)

…Ah yes. The lovely Richmond. The tour wouldn’t be complete without a stop in my own neighbourhood.

Love Actually (2003)

The sun was setting on the little tour, but the final stop is from Love Actually on a small road in Notting Hill.

Earlier I made a small pitstop on Gabriel’s Warf as well.

Well, this concludes this movie tour. Thank you so much for reading along. I hope you enjoyed it because I know I did.

Places visited:

  • MI6, Located by the Vauxhall train Station.

  • Westminster Tube station, located next to Big Ben.

  • National Gallery, located at Trafalgar Square.

  • Platform 9 3/4, located at Kings Cross Station.

  • Tower Bridge, located at Tower Hill Tube Station.

  • The tailor shop, located at H Huntsman and Sons Ltd 11 Savile Row, W1S 3PS

  • Richmond Pub, located on Richmond Green.

  • Peter and Juliet’s house, located at 27 St Luke's Mews, W11.

The end

Honorable mentions that didn’t make the list.

  • Notting Hill, The book Shop,

  • All the other Harry Potter filming locations…

  • Paddington Bear: National History Museum, Paddington Station.

  • Peter Pan, Big Ben.

  • East Enders, East London.

  • Pokemon Detective Picachu - Financial district.

  • The Mummy, British Museum.

  • Austin Powers, 60/70’ies London.