Where Love Actually was filmed: From a London mews to Marseille
Where was Love Actually filmed? From a Notting Hill mews to a restaurant in Marseille, the iconic and little-known locations where romcom was shot…so how many can YOU recognise?
- Iconic scenes include Heathrow Airport and St Luke’s Mews Notting Hill, London
- Majority of the 2003 romantic comedy was shot in and around London
Romcom Love Actually is filled with iconic scenes – many of which viewers can visit in real life for a taste of what has become a modern classic.
Heathrow Airport is perhaps the most notable scene in the 2003 multi-layered romcom – where the film starts and ends.
St Luke’s Mews in Notting Hill, London, is also one of the most memorable places from the movie – and as a result is plagued by hundreds of fans every week who flock from across the globe to pose for photos outside the pink house made famous by the film.
Much of Love Actually was shot at London locations – including Selfridges on Oxford Street, Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair and even a school in Putney.
Other London backdrops seen in the film include Trafalgar Square, Somerset House, the Millennium Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, the Oxo Tower, and London City Hall.
Here are the settings of some of the most iconic scenes of the film (spoiler alert!):
Love Actually was written and directed by Richard Curtis and premiered in November 2003
The classic 2003 romcom used a variety of locations across London, as well as south eastern France
1) St Luke’s Mews in Notting Hill, London
The home was used in one the film’s most iconic scenes, featuring Andrew Lincoln as he professes his love to Keira Knightley’s Juliet, using a series of placards to declare: ‘To me, you are perfect.’
Tourists often flock to the pink house to pose for photos for social media.
But the owner of the terraced property is sick and tired of tourists, who continue to ignore a warning made exactly three years ago from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) demanding people stay away from the quaint street.
Love Actually fans often the home in Notting Hill to pose for pictures – much to the annoyance of the owner
The home was made famous during Andrew Lincoln and Keira Knightley’s scene towards the end of the 2003 romcom, where Lincoln drops a series of cards professing his love to his co-star’s character, Juliet
Keira Knightley pictured smiling from the front door of the pink house in Notting Hill
2) Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair
The wedding of Peter and Juliet, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keira Knightly, takes place at the Grosvenor Chapel in South Audley Street, Mayfair.
The scene is an especially moving one, with a surprise after the pair are declared husband and wife to a round of applause by their guests.
Best man Mark organises a surprise choir at the end of the service who break out into a rendition of ‘All You Need is Love’.
The wedding of Peter and Juliet, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keira Knightly, takes place at the Grosvenor Chapel in South Audley Street, Mayfair
3) Selfridges, Oxford Street
This is the scene of betrayal – where Harry (Alan Rickman) is picking a necklace as a gift for Mia (Heike Makatsch).
But the salesman takes too long to wrap up the gift and Harry’s wife arrives, so he has to ditch the present and leave.
The scene was filmed at Selfridges – and took place at midnight in the store once customers had all gone, according to The Tab.
This is the scene of betrayal – where Harry (Alan Rickman) is picking a necklace as a gift for Mia (Heike Makatsch)
4) Heathrow Airport
The opening and closing scenes were both filmed at Heathrow Airport – and are perhaps the scenes people remember the most when thinking of the romcom.
Terminal 3 was the precise location of where the iconic embraces between couples in the film took place.
Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport was the precise location of where the iconic embraces between couples in the film took place
5) Westway Studios, Notting Hill
A scene at the start of the movie shows Billy Mack recording Christmas single Love Is All Around.
He is made to do several takes of the song in the movie.
The filming took place in Westway Studios, 8 Olaf Street in Notting Hill.
A scene at the start of the movie shows Billy Mack recording Christmas single Love Is All Around. He is made to do several takes of the song in the movie. The filming took place in Westway Studios, 8 Olaf Street in Notting Hill
6) Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey
Colin turns up at an airport in Wisconsin, America, to find love in the film.
But the scene wasn’t in America – or an airport – but reportedly filmed in Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey.
Colin turns up at an airport in Wisconsin, America, to find love in the film. But the scene wasn’t in America – or an airport – but reportedly filmed in Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey
7) Le Bar de la Marine restaurant, south of France
Jamie proposes to Aurelia in a very romantic scene at the restaurant where she works.
The location is Le Bar de la Marine, 15 quai de Rive Neuve, Marseille, south of France, according to sceenit.
Jamie proposes to Aurelia in a very romantic scene at the restaurant where she works. The location is Le Bar de la Marine, 15 quai de Rive Neuve, Marseille, south of France
8) Elliott School in Putney, now renamed Ark Putney Academy
A Christmas concert scene sees multiple storylines come together.
It was filmed in Elliott School in Putney, south west London, which has since been renamed Ark Putney Academy and is for children aged 11 to 18.
Young Joanna (Olivia Olson) belts out All I Want For Christmas Is You in the unconventional nativity before being chased down at Heathrow Airport by her crush Sam (Thomas Brodie-Sangster).
When the curtains open, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon) and David (Hugh Grant) are also spotted having a backstage kiss.
Natalie and David awkwardly wave to spectators of the Christmas concert after the curtains open on them kissing
It was filmed in Elliott School in Putney, south west London, which has since been renamed Ark Putney Academy and is for children aged 11 to 18
9) Blenheim Road, Turnham Green
2a Blenheim Road, Turnham Green, is the house where Jamie (Colin Firth) finds out he has been cheated on.
2a Blenheim Road, Turnham Green, is the house where Jamie (Colin Firth) finds out he has been cheated on
10) Bench outside The Wharf Restaurant at 56 Upper Ground, south east London
Daniel and Sam share a bonding conversation about love on a bench next to the Thames.
The exact location for filming this was Queen’s Walk on Gabriel’s Wharf, South Bank.
The bench reportedly sits outside The Wharf Restaurant at 56 Upper Ground.
Daniel is guided in his quest for love by his stepdad Daniel (Liam Neeson), whose wife Joanna had recently passed away
Daniel goes back to the iconic bench years after the film was shot
11) Farmhouse in the French town of Vidauban, located on Chemin du Roucas Troucas
Jamie (Colin Firth) escapes to a beautiful lakeside house after discovering his wife’s infidelity, with nothing but a typewriter.
The location is a farmhouse on Chemin du Roucas Troucas, Vidauban, Var, France, as reported by rivieraonfilm.
Viewers often remember the moment Jamie and Aurelia jump into the lake to save the pages from his book.
Jamie (Colin Firth) escapes to a beautiful lakeside house after discovering his wife’s infidelity, with nothing but a typewriter
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