Filming locations near Southend-on-Sea

871 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 Thorpe Bay, 3 km east; the most filmed is London with 239 recorded productions.

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

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Within 100 km · 871 331 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 294 towns & cities · 95 streets, squares & public space · 76 landscapes, coasts & wilderness Closest · Thorpe Bay · 3 km Most famous · English

Within 25 km of Southend-on-Sea

1. 🏙 Thorpe Bay · 3 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — EastEnders. Area in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

2. 🏛 London Southend Airport · 4 km north · Landmarks & buildings

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — Goldfinger, EastEnders. International airport in Rochford, Essex, England

3. 🏞 River Thames · 8 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production — Spectre. River in southern England

4. 🏛 Coryton Refinery · 14 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Andor. Essex, England, oil refinery and former village

5. 🏰 Fort Darnet · 17 km south-west · Castles & palaces

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Great Expectations. Disused military installation in Kent, England, UK

6. 🏙 Cliffe · 17 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Full Metal Jacket. Village in Kent, England, United Kingdom

7. 🏙 Corringham · 18 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Andor. Town in Essex, United Kingdom

8. 🏞 Isle of Sheppey · 18 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The End of the F***ing World. Island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary

9. 🏙 Lower Halstow · 19 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Wonder Woman. Village and civil parish in Kent, England, UK

10. 🏛 Hanningfield Water Treatment Works · 19 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production — World War Z

11. 🏛 Chatham Historic Dockyard · 20 km south-west · Landmarks & buildings

    2 productions — Les Misérables, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England

12. 🏞 Chatham Dockyard · 20 km south-west · Landscapes & nature

    12 productions, per Wikipedia — The Mummy, Sherlock Holmes. Former Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent, United Kingdom

+ 9 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏰 Manor of Cobham, Kent · 26 km south-west · Castles & palaces

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — The Crown, Wild Child. Manor house in Kent

2. 🏙 Tilbury · 26 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Fish Tank. Town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England

3. 🏙 Gravesend · 26 km south-west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Black Mirror. Town in Kent, England

4. 🏞 Port of Tilbury · 27 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Port

5. 🏙 Chelmsford · 27 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Fourth Protocol. City in Essex, United Kingdom

6. 🏙 Faversham · 27 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production — Jagame Thandhiram. Town in the English county of Kent

7. 🏛 St Giles, Wormshill · 28 km south · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — EastEnders. Church in Wormshill, Kent, England, UK

8. 🏙 Wormshill · 28 km south · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — EastEnders. Village and civil parish in Kent, UK

9. 🏙 Northfleet · 29 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Doctor Strange. Town in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England

10. 🏙 Whitstable · 29 km south-east · Towns & cities

    1 production — Black Mirror. Town in Kent, England

11. 🏙 Brentwood · 30 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production — Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Town in Essex, England, UK

12. 🏛 Ringlestone Inn · 30 km south · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — EastEnders. Pub in Wormshill, Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

+ 414 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏛 The Dorchester · 60 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Cleopatra. Hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street, London

2. 🏛 The Lanesborough · 60 km west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Eyes Wide Shut. Hotel in London, formerly St George's Hospital

3. 🏞 London Zoo · 60 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. World's oldest scientific zoo, in London, England

4. 🛣 Chalcot Crescent · 60 km west · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Paddington. Street in the Primrose Hill district of the London Borough of Camden, London NW1

5. 🛣 Belgrave Square · 60 km west · Streets & squares

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — Downton Abbey, The Fallen Idol. Square in London, England, UK

6. 🏞 Regent's Park · 60 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production — Spy Game. Royal Park of London, England, UK

7. 🏙 Belgravia · 60 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — An American Werewolf in London. District in central London, England, United Kingdom

8. 🏞 Hampstead Ponds · 60 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath, also known as Kenwood Ponds.

9. 🏞 Parliament Hill · 60 km west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Notes on a Scandal. Hill and area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK

10. 🏞 Primrose Hill · 60 km west · Landscapes & nature

    1 production — Paddington 2. Hill and park in the London Borough of Camden, England, UK

11. 🏞 Hampstead Heath · 61 km west · Landscapes & nature

    4 productions, per Wikipedia — Eternals, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Park in Camden and Barnet in London, England

12. 🏛 St Mary's, Bryanston Square · 61 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Last Christmas. Church of England church in London

+ 412 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

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