Museums | Airfield | Battleship | Bunker
IWM has a range of historic and unique filming locations in London, Cambridgeshire and the North West for TV, commercial film, photography and creative advertising shoots.
Our locations are at once authentic and immersive, flexible and adaptable, and offer crews both contemporary and heritage locations that bring stories to life on screen.
Filming spaces include a wartime bunker in the heart of London, a Second World War battleship, an airfield with green spaces and period buildings; and two modern museums featuring galleries, events spaces, screening rooms and eye-catching architecture.
We also offer many behind-the-scenes areas, including:
- A Victorian reading room
- Boardrooms
- Modern research room
- Aircraft hangars
Screen credits
IWM's range of spaces have been featured across many film and television programmes:
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Courtesy of Lionsgate
Feature films
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Lionsgate), Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner Bros), The Courier (Lionsgate), The Swimmers (Netflix).
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Courtesy of Iconic Combat Machines
Television
Strictly Come Dancing, The Apprentice, Who Do You Think You Are? Question Time, Newsnight, The One Show, Digging for Britain, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera, Discovery, UKTV, ITV, Sky Sports, Five News and The Big Lottery Fund among many others.
Churchill War Rooms
London, SW1A 2AQ (view map)
A unique Second World War bunker with historic rooms, winding corridors, museum galleries, and period infrastructure. Churchill War Rooms has two large function rooms with AV facilities and adaptable meeting rooms. Churchill War Rooms is centrally located, adjacent to Whitehall, St James Park and the West End.
HMS Belfast
London, SE1 2JH (view map)
A historic warship and iconic London, HMS Belfast has an Admirals Bridge, engine rooms, operations room, shell room, mess decks, sleeping quarters, officer’s cabins, galley kitchen, and surgery. There are also multiple function rooms, catering facilities, a café and bar on board. The ship is moored on the River Thames, between London Bridge and Tower Bridge.
IWM London
London, SE1 6HZ (view map)
IWM London has a Georgian exterior and modern interior featuring vehicles of the land, sea and air; extensive galleries, imposing staircases, a striking glass roofed terrace and a private chapel. The museum also has multiple function rooms and meeting rooms, back offices, corridors, stairwells and catering facilities. Access to curators and collections items is possible by arrangement.
IWM Duxford
Duxford, CB22 4QR (view map)
A historic Second World War airfield, museum and surrounding landscape set in Cambridgeshire. IWM Duxford has six large hangars ranging from the First World War and Second World War period, to the Sir Norman Foster designed American Air Museum with its contemporary hangar of glass and concrete. IWM Duxford is also home to The British Airliner Collection, a fleet of period commercial airliners dating from the 1940s to 2000s.
Paved and grass runways and taxiways are open to GA, warbirds and military aircraft. There is also a large secure 24/7 unit base area with crew and SA parking facilities which can include marquee builds. IWM Duxford also has multiple green rooms, meeting and build spaces within the site, toilets and cafés.
IWM North
The Quays, M17 1TZ (view map)
An iconic aluminium-clad building with jutting angles designed by internationally acclaimed architect Daniel Libeskind. IWM North is situated across from Media City with a waterfront backdrop. The museum has urban stairwells, corridors and 152 steps to the top of the metal grated AirShard. IWM North also has secure 24/7 parking, unit base facilities, meeting/green rooms, cafe, catering and toilets.
Contact our team
Our filming team would be happy to discuss your project and filming at IWM. Please contact us at each of our branches to discuss your specific project:
- IWM London, Churchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast: 0207 416 5392 or email: [email protected]
- IWM Duxford: 01223 499 308 or email: [email protected]
- IWM North: 01223 499 308 or email: [email protected]