Where was The Dig filmed

Locations

• Aldwych Tube Station (not in use)

  In movie

  Scene where Edith Pretty arrives in London.

  Real

  Aldwych Tube Station on the map

  Scene was shot Aldwych is a closed station on the London Underground, located in the City of Westminster in Central London. It was opened in 1907 with the name Strand, after the street on which it is located, and was the terminus of the short Piccadilly line branch from Holborn that was a relic of the merger of two railway schemes. The station building is close to the Strand's junction with Surrey Street, near Aldwych. During its lifetime, the branch was the subject of a number of unrealised extension proposals that would have seen the tunnels through the station extended southwards, usually to Waterloo. Wartime efficiency measures led to the branch being closed temporarily on 22 September 1940, shortly after the start of The Blitz, and it was partly fitted out by the City of Westminster as an air-raid shelter. The tunnels between Aldwych and Holborn were used to store items from the British Museum, including the Elgin Marbles. Because it was a self-contained section of the London Underground that was closed outside weekday peak hours, Aldwych station and the branch line from Holborn were popular locations for filming scenes set on the Tube even before their closure. Since the branch's closure in 1994, its use in film productions has continued, with the station appearing as itself and, with appropriate signage, as other stations on the network.

  London, Aldwych Tube Station

• Chinnor railway station

  In movie

  Scene where Edith takes a train to visit her doctor in London

  Real

  Chinnor railway station on the map

  Scene was shot The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway. Chinnor railway station in Oxfordshire is on the line of the former Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway. The station was reopened by the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association in 1994 after a period of disuse.

  Chinnor

• Ealing Town Hall - East staircase

  In movie

  Scene where Basil goes to the museum to show what he has found

  Real

  Ealing Town Hall - East staircase on the map

  Scene was shot Ealing Town hall is a municipal building in New Broadway, Ealing, London. It is a Grade II listed building.

  London

• Gladstone Statue

  In movie

  Scene where Edith drives through London and sees soldiers protecting the monument with sandbags.

  Real

  Gladstone Statue on the map

  Scene was shot The statue of William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), stands on the west side of one of east London's most historic churches, the parish church of St Mary and Holy Trinity.

  London

• Norney Grange - Library

  In movie

  Scene where Basil Brown tries to convince Edith Pretty about the archaeological site.

  Real

  Norney Grange - Library on the map

  Scene was shot This Grade II listed building on the outskirts of Shackleford was used as a replacement for Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, which Edith actually bought in 1926. In the interior, many original furnishings have been preserved, including the library.

  Godalming