Real adventures & virtual visits to my favorite fandom-related filming locations!
Additional Resources
A list of resources used in the articles for further reading.
DAY ONE
Middle Temple Road
Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, The .https://www.middletemple.org.uk/venue-hire/filming
“Secrets of the Middle Temple.” Mike (website owner) A Bit About Britain.com https://bitaboutbritain.com/secrets-of-the-middle-temple/
Millenium Dome
“Bond in Action” March 31, 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/308501.stm
“007 Goes to the Dome” February 24, 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/285652.stm
Postman’s Park
“Films Set in London: Our 5 Favorite City Appearances.” December 8, 2017. Onecity.london https://onecity.london/film/films-set-in-london-our-5-favourite-city-appearances/
St Bart’s Hospital
“St Bartholomew’s - Our History.” Bartshealth.nhs.uk https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/st-bartholomews-our-history
“Statue: Henry VIII Statue. Londonremembers.com https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/henry-viii-statue
“Details: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London.” Nationalarchives.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=188
“Sherlock Holmes.” Qmul.ac.uk https://www.qmul.ac.uk/pathologymuseum/sherlock-holmes/
“Plaque.” Londonwalkingtours.co.uk
https://www.london-walking-tours.co.uk/secret-london/holmes-watson-plaque.htm
Tower 42
“10 Great Facts About Tower 42.” February 13, 2015. Insiderlondon.com https://www.insiderlondon.com/blog/10-great-facts-about-tower-42/
Waterloo Station
IMAGE, Apr. 04, 1959 - “Unexploded Bomb Found on the Site of New Shell Mex Building at Waterloo: An Unexploded 2,000 1b. bomb was found.” https://www.alamy.com/apr-04-1959-unexploded-bomb-found-on-the-site-of-new-shell-mex-building-image69357312.html
“Research Guide No. 29: A Brief History of the Waterloo and City Line” July 10, 2015.
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/research-guide-no-29-brief-history-of-the-waterloo-and-city-line.pdf
“9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Waterloo Station. Laura Reynolds. May 20, 2016. https://londonist.com/2016/05/secrets-of-waterloo
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Laffeaty, Anne. “One of My 20 Pubs.” Londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com
https://londonspubswherehistoryreallyhappened.wordpress.com/2017/07/28/ye-olde-cheshire-cheese/
Fowler, Christopher. “London Pubs No. 1: The Cheshire Cheese.” May 8, 2009. Christopherfowler.co.uk https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2009/05/08/london-pubs-no1-the-cheshire-cheese/
DAY TWO
Covent Garden
“Benedictine monks: St Peter's abbey, Westminster.” British History Online. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/london/vol1/pp433-457
Harvy Nicols
Glotime. “Have Your Own ‘Ab Fab” Experience at Harvey Nichols.” July 11, 2019. Glotime.tv
https://www.glotime.tv/have-your-own-ab-fab-experience-at-harvey-nichols/
Leinster Gardens
Savills Real Estate Listing. Savills.com https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbkehsnoh150111
Ross, David. “23-24 Leinster Gardens, London's False-Front Houses.” Britainexpress.com
https://www.britainexpress.com/London/23-24-leinster-gardens.htm
Brown, Matt. “Sherlock Locations: Leinster Gardens.” January 13, 2014. Londonist.com https://londonist.com/2014/01/sherlock-locations-leinster-gardens
Natural History Museum
“The British Museum is one of the world's best-known and most-visited museums – and it's free and open to all.” https://www.britishmuseum.org
Paddington Station & Paddington Bear
Puchko, Kristy. November 4, 2014. “See Pretty Much Every Famous British Person Redesign Paddington Bear”
This Is Paddington.com. https://www.thisispaddington.com/article/paddington-bear-statue
Lake, Howard. “50 Paddington Statues to Raise Funds for NSPCC.” November 5, 2014. https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/05/50-paddington-statues-raise-funds-nspcc/?cmpredirect
Paddington.com. https://www.paddington.com/us/back-in-1958/michael-bond/
Web Archive for Paddington.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160817131744/http://paddington.com/global/about/timeline/
Speedy’s
Speedy’s Cafe https://www.facebook.com/SpeedysCafe/
Brown, Matt. “Breakfast at Speedy’s, the cafe from Sherlock.” February 17, 2020. Londonist.com https://londonist.com/london/food-and-drink/breakfast-speedys-london-cafe-sherlock
The Regent’s Park & Primrose Hill
Cleaver, Emily. “The Fascinating, Regal History Behind Britain’s Swans.” July 31, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fascinating-history-british-thrones-swans-180964249/
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
“Sherlock Holmes Museum.” Museumslondon.org. https://www.museumslondon.org/museum/90/sherlock-holmes-museum
Stamp, Jimmy. “The Mystery of 221B Baker Street. Smithsonianmag.com July 12, 2012.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-mystery-of-221b-baker-street-3608784/
DAY THREE
Almeida Theatre
Coveney, Michael. “The curious history of the Almeida Theatre.” November 9, 2017. Gasholder.london
https://www.gasholder.london/2017/11/09/curious-history-almeida-theatre/
Barbican
“School triumphs in National Student Survey announced by Unistats.” October 11, 2012.
GSMD.ac.uk
Deol, Daan. “5 Secrets of Barbican.” February 15, 2017. Londonist.com “History of St Giles.” https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11734
History of St Giles.” Stgilesnewsite.co.uk https://www.stgilesnewsite.co.uk/history/
Vadot, Chlo. “Brutalist Utopia: The Barbican Estate Lives On as an Iconic Londoniun Complex” Architizer.com https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/stories/barbican-estate/
Sterling, R. “Mi6 HQ / Barbican centre and 50 years of Bond.” September 30, 2012 Jamesbondlocations.blogspot.com https://jamesbondlocations.blogspot.com/2012/09/mi6-hq-barbican-centre-and-50-years-of.html
City Hall - Bond filming
“Spectre Shoots at London City Hall, Mendes on Location.” April 18, 2015. MI6-HQ.com https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11734
Hay’s Galleria
“Hay’s Galleria.” Londonbridgecity.co.uk https://londonbridgecity.co.uk/properties/hays-galleria
“Hay’s Wharf.” Londonremembers.com https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/hay-s-wharf
HMS Belfast
Press Association. “Daniel Craig confirmed as 006th screen Bond.” October 14, 2005. Theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/14/film.filmnews
DAY FOUR
Enduring Love
Papamichael, Stella. “Movies: Enduring Love DVD (2004).” BBC.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/04/06/enduring_love_2005_dvd_review.shtml
MI6 Building
“Skyfall.” Pinewoodgroup.com https://pinewoodgroup.com/pinewood-today/credits/skyfall
“Vauxhall Cross.” Emporis.com https://www.emporis.com/buildings/158690/vauxhall-cross-london-united-kingdom
Wilson, Jamie. “Tank buster used in attack on MI6” September 22, 2000. theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/sep/23/northernireland.jamiewilson
“Rocket’ Theory over MI6 Blast” September 21, 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/934937.stm
Lucking, Liz. Penthouse in Former MI6 Headquarters Lists for £5.5 Million” August 7, 2020.
“MI6 building London” June 18, 2014. E-architect.com https://www.e-architect.com/london/mi6-building
Harrison, Wayne. “Part 14 - MI6: Secret Intelligence Service.” Wayneharrisonphotographic.wordpress.com https://wayneharrisonphotographic.wordpress.com/the-spying-game/part-4-mi6-secret-intelligence-service/
Arcibal, Cheryl. “London’s MI6 penthouse in James Bond movie, converted flats showcased in Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar-winning film, are looking for wealthy buyers.” August 11, 2020. SCMP.com
Mudlarks
“Thames Foreshore Permits.” PLA.co.uk
https://www.pla.co.uk/Environment/Thames-foreshore-permits
Parliament and Big Ben
Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/426/
Constructing the most accurate clock in the world” https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/big-ben/building-clock-tower/constructing-the-most-accurate-clock-in-the-world/
Bibby, Miriam. “London’s Great Stink.” Historic-uk.com https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Londons-Great-Stink/
Dangerfield, Andy. “The lost rivers that lie beneath London” October 4, 2015. BBC.com https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-29551351
Betts, Jonathan. “Big Ben.” Britannica.com https://www.britannica.com/topic/Big-Ben-clock-London
Shakespeare’s Globe
“Globe Theatre and the Puritans.” Bardstage.org http://www.bardstage.org/globe-theatre-puritans.htm
Skatepark
Kafka, Mark. “A Brutalist Landmark and Skateboarding Mecca in London Is Restored.” July 23, 2019. Metropolismag.com https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/southbank-centre-undercroft-renovation/
Ravenscroft, Tom. “Refurbished Undercroft skatepark reopens beneath London's Southbank Centre.” August 8, 2019. Dezeen.com
Watermen’s Stairs
Prokter, Adrian. “Stairs (Water).” August 12, 2019. Knowyourlondon.com https://knowyourlondon.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/stairs-water/
Broomfield, Amanda. “Surveying Causeways, River Stairs and Ferry Terminals (CRaFT).” April 14, 2020 Thamesdiscovery.org http://www.thamesdiscovery.org/frog-blog/surveying-causeways-river-stairs-and-ferry-terminals-craft
Rogers, John. “Old Stairs of the Thames at Wapping and Shadwell.” March 23, 2014. Thelostbyway.com
http://thelostbyway.com/2014/03/old-stairs-of-the-thames-at-wapping-and-shadwell.html
Westminster Bridge
“Westminster Bridge.” British-history.ac.uk https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol23/pp66-68
Stone, Peter. “The Original Westminster Bridge.” Thehistoryoflondon.co.uk https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-original-westminster-bridge/