Elizabeth

Filming Locations

• Alnwick Castle

  Alnwick Castle was used for the battle at Leith Castle, where Mary of Guise sends a defiant message to Elizabeth, and also for the burning of Protestant martyrs at Bishopsgate.

• Athelhampton

  Athelhampton House in Dorset was used as one of the period locations in the film, contributing to the Tudor visual world created by director Shekhar Kapur.

• Aydon Castle

  Aydon Castle, near Corbridge, provided the apartment of Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) and the torture chamber in which the Catholic priest Ballard (Daniel Craig) is interrogated.

• Bamburgh Beach

  Bamburgh's coastal setting was used for location filming, with the beach and castle providing the dramatic Northumberland seascape seen in the film.

• Durham Cathedral

  The nave of Durham Cathedral, with its distinctive lozenge-carved pillars, served as Elizabeth's Palace of Whitehall, and the Chapter House was used as the Palace State Room.

• Haddon Hall

  Haddon Hall in Bakewell was used to represent Elizabeth's childhood home at Hatfield, including scenes in which the young Elizabeth receives news that she has become Queen.

• Montacute House

  Montacute House, the Elizabethan manor in Somerset, was used as one of the period house locations in the film.

• Stogursey Church
• Tower Of London

  The Tower of London prison cells were filmed at Warkworth Castle rather than the actual Tower, though the production listed the Tower as the represented location; Bolton Castle stood in for the Tower's courtyard and armoury.

• Warkworth Castle

  Warkworth Castle was used to film the Tower of London prison cell scenes, in which Elizabeth is held captive on the orders of Queen Mary.

• York Minster

  York Minster was used to film Elizabeth's coronation ceremony, standing in for Westminster Abbey.