Where was it filmed?
Does anyone know the locations used for Goodnight Mister Tom? Parts of the village looked like a place where part of my family used to live, so wondered if it was the same place.
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Hi James
The village houses and the lanes where the bike rides were shot, were in Turville, Bucks.
Some scenes like the train station though were filmed elsewhere. 'Tom's cottage' is located immediately opposite The Bull and Butcher pub which is at the heart of the village. You also see this pub in the opening sequences of Vicar of Dibley. 'Geraldine's vicarage' is the cottage by the gate leading to the church just 30 yards from the Bull & Butcher.
By the way, the pub is full of character and has a pretty landlady called Lydia. They serve excellent food.
If you do visit Turvile you'll also spot a windmill on top of the hill above the village - it features in one of the flying scenes in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The first two stations we see in the film (when the lad goes back to see his mum) are filmed at Corfe and Swanage in Dorset. You can still ride that train to this day and the stations have been preserved too.
Ollie
Tom's cottage was the same building a Geraldine's - they in-filled the part set back from the road with his workshop.
shareI don't know, that's why I'm asking.
shareThe country station shots were filmed at Arley on the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire, the London station shots at Loughborough on the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire.
shareThe scenes of the ford were at Chenies, Buckinghamshire. A little lane, on the right just after you turn the sharp right hand bend in village (after the green). It's now a dead end, stopping at the river Chess.
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