From the picturesque Cotswolds villages to the beautiful countryside we call home, there are an abundance of film locations within Wiltshire.
Our county has seen plenty of A-listers come and go such as Julie Andrews, Daniel Radcliffe and Pierce Brosnan. Here are some of the biggest blockbusters:
1.The World is Not Enough, 1999
James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle
Wiltshire location: Swindon
The old Motorola HQ at Groundwell was set as a Turkish oil refinery in the second Bond film to be shot in Swindon.
2. The Black Spot, 2019
Based on the hit short film Full Disclosure, The Black Spot follows an agent in the International Off-world Trade Federation as he uncovers some dark secrets.
Director: Oliver Rogers
Starring: Lloyd Kaufman, Len Kabasinski, Jack Klaff
Wiltshire location: Across Wiltshire and Swindon
The 21 year-old filmmaker, Oliver Rogers,based the film in Wiltshire and used many Swindon locations throughout the film including Milton Road, Stanford House, The Beehive, Longs Bar and some local houses.
3. Far From the Madding Crowd, 1967
Bathsheba Everdene, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and is romantically pursued by three very different men.
Director: John Schlesinger
Starring: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates
Wiltshire location: Devizes
The scenes set at "Casterbridge" (Hardy's Dorchester), at the Corn Exchange and the hiring fair in the square, were shot at Devizes at Wiltshire, no doubt because of its large market square.
A few scenes were also shot near Devizes, in the Vale of Pewsey. The cobbled street apparently leading up to Casterbridge's market-place is Shaftesbury's Gold Hill .
4. Pride and Prejudice, 2005
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class.
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn
Wiltshire location: Stourhead Landscape Garden
The 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice features the 18th-century landscaped garden, Stourhead, and one of its enchanting temples. The Temple of Apollo, set above the tranquil lake, was used as the location for Mr Darcy’s first and futile proposal to Lizzie. Afterwards an offended Lizzie makes her exit across the Palladian Bridge.
5. The Princess Diaries
Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo
Wiltshire location: Longford Castle
While much of the film's action is set and shot in San Francisco, Wiltshire is used as a stand-in for the fictional European state of Genovia, the small realm which is the Princess's birthright.
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
An ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its victims paralyzed.
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Wiltshire location: Lacock Abbey
The hushed classroom, in which Harry becomes the object of suspicion after speaking parseltongue, is the Chapter House of Lacock Abbey and the corridor outside is the Abbey’s Cloister.
7. War Horse, 2011
Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis
Wiltshire location: Castle Combe
The horse, Joey, is bought and sold at the horse fair, located at the Market Cross in Castle Combe.
8. Barry Lyndon, 1975
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee
Wiltshire location: Wilton House and Stourhead
The interior of ‘Castle Hackton’ was mostly filmed inside Wilton House whilst the gardens featured in the film are those of Stourhead.
9. 1917, 2019
April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays
Wiltshire location: Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain was used to play northern France in the film. The area is over 300-square-miles and featured six different film locations. The tunnel scene was filmed in a barn at Salisbury Plain, as was a farmhouse near to the village of Shrewton.
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009
As Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes') dark past.
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Wiltshire location: Lacock
In the later film of the Harry Potter saga, Lacock was used as a filming location again but instead of the Abbey the village itself was featured. Slughorn’s house, where Dumbledore takes Harry, can be seen on the west side of Chapel Hill just off Church Street.
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