‘Shaun of the Dead’ at 20: all the London filming locations as they are now (2024)

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Pegg also commented on the use of a magical realism style, which he says is part of Wright's direction. Many exterior shots were filmed in and around the North London areas of Crouch End (where the film is set), Highgate, Finsbury Park and East Finchley.

Shaun's electrical shop – High Road, North Finchley

As his day job, Shaun works in an electrical store, trying to manage the obnoxious Noel (Rafe Spall) and keep his white goods emporium in some kind of order. The location used in the film is Garland Electronics on the High Road in North Finchley.

Romero seems happy with the homage. Both writer-director Wright and star Pegg were rewarded with zombie cameos in Land of the Dead. Shaun's neighbourhood is north London, around Crouch End, where his flat is 83 Nelson Road at Weston Park, N8.

The Winchester is a public house in Highgate, London. It was built in 1881 as the Winchester Tavern, and later became the Winchester Hall Hotel. The name derives from Winchester Hall, a nearby late 17th-century mansion. The pub has featured on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.

The north east side of Alma Square, St. John's Wood, viewed from Hill Road, sets to scene for much of action which takes place at No. 40. The smaller brown houses are in Hamilton Gardens.

The action of After Life takes place in the fictional small town of Tambury. A variety of locations were put together to represent it. The main shooting centres are Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire and Hampstead, London NW3.

Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes - Tim and Daisy from Spaced (1999). Lucy Davis and Martin Freeman - Dawn and Tim from The Office (2001). Dylan Moran and Tamsin Greig - Bernard and Fran from Black Books (2000). Julia Deakin and Nick Frost are, of course, in Spaced too, as Marsha and Mike, respectively.

The Winchester Tavern is a pub in London. It is Shaun and Ed's favourite pub. Owned by John and Bernie, the Winchester is the refuge of Shaun, Ed, Barbara, Liz, David, and Diane during Z-Day.

Since then, fans have been eagerly waiting for a sequel but according to Simon, it's never going to happen. In a recent interview with The Independent he said that it “kind of frustrates me” when people ask if there will ever be a Shaun of the Dead 2. He explained: “It's finished! That story ended!

Shaun James Riley is the main protagonist of Shaun of the Dead.

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Mossy Bottom Farm is the farm owned by The Farmer, that The Flock live on. There are lots of different places and adventures you can have on it. It is located near The Big City in London.

It was filmed largely in a neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles County's Westside called Century City.

Adults are shown drinking beer and liquor and smoking cigarettes. Two men are shown to be clearly inebriated in one scene. Cigarettes are emphasized or glorified somewhat due to the contexts in which they are used. Many scenes take place in a pub.

Winchester as she is haunted by spirits inside her San Jose mansion in 1906. The Winchester Mystery House® closed its doors to the public for a whirlwind 72-hour film shoot of exteriors, aerials and a few interior rooms. The rest of the filming was done in the director's home country of Australia.

Thankfully, though some are long gone – the old Duke Of Albany pub in New Cross which doubled as the Winchester in Shaun of the Dead was sadly turned into flats in 2008 – fans can still enjoy a drink in many of them today.

An application was made in November 2022 to film the series at Southbank Tower in central London, but filming eventually took place in London's 1927 55 Broadway tower.

Trafalgar Square

This is one of the most iconic landmarks in London and it's experienced its fair share of Doctor Who action over the years, most recently in The Day of the Doctor when the titular Time Lord made quite the entrance after the TARDIS was commandeered by UNIT.

Featuring some of the series' earliest and most effective location filming, The Dalek Invasion of Earth is full of indelible shots of Terry Nation's pepper-pots taking in a number of London landmarks.

John was the husband of Bernie and the owner of the Winchester pub. John is first seen in the beginning of the film when Shaun and his friends are in the pub. He tells the bar "last orders, please" before eventually closing the pub.