Filming locations near Nanaimo

130 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is Ladysmith, 20 km south-east; the most filmed is Vancouver with 296 recorded productions.

Everything recorded against Nanaimo itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 130 52 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 46 towns & cities · 22 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 7 streets, squares & public space Closest · Ladysmith · 20 km Most famous · Vancouver

Within 25 km of Nanaimo

1. 🏙 Ladysmith · 20 km south-east · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — Sonic the Hedgehog, Eureka. Town in British Columbia, Canada

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏙 Gibsons · 41 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Charlie St. Cloud. Town in British Columbia, Canada

2. 🏙 Bowen Island · 47 km north-east · Towns & cities

   7 productions, per Wikipedia — The Uninvited, The Wicker Man. District municipality and island of British Columbia, Canada

3. 🏙 Snug Cove · 50 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Virgin River. Locality on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

4. 🏛 Museum of Anthropology at UBC · 51 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Caprica. Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

5. 🏛 The Raven and the First Men · 51 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Caprica. 1978-80 sculpture by Bill Reid

6. 🏛 Chan Centre for the Performing Arts · 51 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Antitrust. Performing arts building at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada

7. 🏛 University of British Columbia · 51 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — The Man in the High Castle. Public research university in British Columbia, Canada

8. 🏛 Vancouver School of Theology · 51 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Caprica. Graduate school located on the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia

9. 🏛 University Hill Secondary School · 52 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Jennifer's Body. Public secondary school in the University Endowment Lands

10. 🏞 Cowichan Bay · 52 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia — The Fog. Bay in British Columbia, Canada

11. 🏙 Horseshoe Bay · 53 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Bates Motel. Bay and human settlement in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

12. 🏛 Spanish Banks · 54 km east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

+ 16 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏙 West Vancouver · 60 km east · Towns & cities

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules. District municipality of British Columbia, Canada

2. 🏛 Qube · 60 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production — MacGyver. Residential in Vancouver, British Columbia

3. 🛣 Lions Gate Bridge · 60 km east · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Final Destination 5. Suspension bridge in Vancouver, Canada

4. 🏛 The Westin Bayshore · 60 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

5. 🏞 Bloedel Conservatory · 60 km east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Beyond the Black Rainbow. Conservatory and aviary in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

6. 🏙 Yaletown · 61 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Caprica. Human settlement in Canada

7. 🏙 Coal Harbour · 61 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — MacGyver. Neighborhood of Vancouver metro area, Canada

8. 🏛 Orpheum · 61 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Performing arts building and former movie theatre in Vancouver, Canada

9. 🏛 Royal Centre · 61 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Last of Us. Mixed-use skyscraper in Vancouver, British Columbia

10. 🏛 Hotel Vancouver · 61 km east · Landmarks & buildings

    3 productions, per Wikipedia — Fifty Shades of Grey, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Hotel located on West Georgia Street at Burrard Street, in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia

11. 🏙 Downtown Vancouver · 61 km east · Towns & cities

    4 productions, per Wikipedia — The Last of Us, Tron: Legacy. Neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada

12. 🏙 Vancouver · 61 km east · Towns & cities

    296 productions — Titanic, The X-Files. Largest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada

+ 89 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

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