el chorro gorge from von ryans express
we used to go walking there in El Chorro, twenty years or so ago before we were into biking. Great little village, cut through the railway tunnel to get into the gorge
As per a few others on here, Hankley Common is on a few on my routes so rode past Skyfall house still smoking on a night ride out there plus past a few others Black Widow, 1917.
Not film but did a 24hr in Coin in Spain where the last part of the lap was through the BBC failed soap Eldorado set, hand over was outside the staff canteen and accomodation was onsite for cast and crew. Very surreal event
the abandoned Chattenden Barracks
thought that bit had been totally demolished, but it's all changed so much over the years I don't know what's what any more.
Used to ride thru the woods on the Grifter to the bit of the Barracks that was Lodge Hill camp, and throw stones over the secure fencing "trying to set off the mines" in the bomb disposal training area. Hey we were only 11 years old, doing what any 11 year old would do if they saw a fence that said Danger Explosions on it. I think we were more scared of getting run over on the road by heavy plant by the Royal Digger Training Corps on the other side of the Barracks.
Through the Shrublands Grounds where Sean Connery is nearly broiled whilst on retreat in Thunderball. Orford, Framlingham and Rendlesham for the Detectorists.
I think Sizewell also showed up in one of the other Bond films but I'm unable to remember which one.
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Being Surrey based, as many of the above, there's loads of stuff around Surrey/Hampshire areas with all the woodlands, commons and MOD lands.
Just a few I remember / know-of in places I ride...
Borne Woods - Gladiator, Robin Hood, Transformers something-or-other and loads of others. Busy filming spot.
Minley - Various things including the Pokemon film at the bridge.
Deepcut/Frith - a couple of Netflix things, Cursed and The Witcher. Kingsman was filming at the church in Deepcut too.
Hawley - Jurassic World 2, Avengers - Age of Ultron (also at Borne Wood)
Hankley - Bond stuff like Skyfall, and many others
Long Valley - Die Another Day
Caesars Camp - Doctor Who back in the 70s!
Surrey Hills - Beuaty and the Beast @ Jelly's Hollow in Winterfold, The Mummy (Tom Cruise one) around Winterfold. Jurrassic World 3 recently in Winterfold. A few things in Redlands (Thor? amongst others).
Chobham/Longcross - Longcross is a studio so plenty of things, but on edge of Chobham Common they did have the Millennium Falcon tucked away. Also long ago, Superman II had stuff shot on Chobham Common!
Swinley - Hairy Potter of course.
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They were there twice with various green screens. Harry's original house was around the corner in Martins Heron also and they've done stuff at Virginia Water.
Then there's non-riding places. Guildford Cathedral - The Omen (and found out recently a posh stately home near me was used in it too).
Dunsfold has had a number of things. Bond - Casino Royale, and of course is Top Gear test track.
Shere - The Holiday & Professor Branestawm are ones I particularly know of, but been bucket loads more.
@tjmoore I think you may have answered a question I had not posed.A few years back I climbed out of the Northern Monkey trail (Jelleys Hollow)to see a load of filmy type vehicles there .
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The church at Cooling, yes. I used to go metal detecting near there too.
I think it was featured in Great Expectations, 1946 with John Mills? I might have that totally wrong though.
Wayne Manor, I used to ride around Wollaton Park a lot as a teenager, also skated down the paths and sledged down the grassy slopes.
More recently my commute takes in the set on Dale Street, Manchester that was used for Captain America and countless other productions.
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@tjmoore I think you may have answered a question I had not posed.A few years back I climbed out of the Northern Monkey trail (Jelleys Hollow)to see a load of filmy type vehicles there .
Yeah, they had filming trucks and they'd put down some surface stuff to drive things on. Then sprayed loads of fake snow but I missed that bit. Think I was elsewhere for couple of weeks. They'd cleared up by the time I went back.
Final scene from Vanishing Point... not much here now....
Three Men and a Baby, I've just remembered.
They used a local country park to me called Burton Dassett Hills where they stopped at a phone box in a Moggie.
There isn't a phone box there really.
Crazy world.
Maybe a bit tenuous, but passed this on our way to a trailhead while biking around Albuquerque..
