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28 Days Later (2002)
Where 28 Days Later says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Jim walks an empty London: the real streets Danny Boyle emptied, and the places he went to find the rest.
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Scenes and places
Jim wakes in an empty hospital (2002)
Jim wakes alone in a hospital bed, wired up and calling out, and finds the wards empty. Nobody answers, which is the first sign that something has gone very wrong while he was in a coma.
Set in St Thomas' Hospital — The London hospital where Jim wakes to find it deserted. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A London hospital on the south bank of the Thames.
Filmed at St Thomas' Hospital — Wikipedia lists the film among the works that feature this hospital. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Jim crosses an empty Westminster Bridge (2002)
Jim walks out into London and finds it silent, with no traffic and no people. He keeps looking for anyone at all as the scale of the emptiness sinks in.
Set in Westminster Bridge — The central London bridge Jim walks across while looking for signs of life. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A central London bridge beside the Houses of Parliament.
Filmed at Westminster Bridge — Jim walks across the bridge in the film; a busy crossing is shown empty. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The overturned bus on Whitehall (2002)
Jim wanders past a wrecked, overturned bus in the middle of the capital's government street. The empty road shows how completely the city has been abandoned.
Set in Whitehall, outside Downing Street — The government street where an overturned bus lies across the road. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The street linking Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square, with Downing Street off it.
Filmed at Whitehall, outside Downing Street — Per the article, the crew placed the bus outside Downing Street at 4am despite permission being denied. The coordinate is the road, not the bus. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Horse Guards Parade, deserted (2002)
Jim crosses another of London's most recognisable spaces, now empty. He still has no answers about where everyone went.
Set in Horse Guards Parade — The ceremonial parade ground in central London. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A parade ground in central London.
Filmed at Horse Guards Parade — One of the bustling London places the film shows empty. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Piccadilly Circus with nobody in it (2002)
Jim finds the usually packed junction deserted. The silence makes the collapse feel total.
Set in Piccadilly Circus — The West End junction known for its lights, empty in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A junction in London's West End.
Filmed at Piccadilly Circus — One of the bustling London places the film shows empty. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Oxford Street, empty (2002)
Jim walks the length of a street that is normally impossible to cross. Still nothing moves.
Set in Oxford Street — London's main shopping street, deserted. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A main shopping street in London's West End.
Filmed at Oxford Street — One of the bustling London places the film shows empty. The coordinate is the street, not a specific stretch. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A church after a massacre (2002)
Jim steps into a church and finds the aftermath of a massacre. People, including an infected priest, rise and chase him, and he is saved by two survivors, Selena and Mark.
Set in A church in London — A church where Jim finds the aftermath of a massacre; the film does not name the church in the sources checked.
The film's sources checked do not say which building this is, or where it was filmed.
Jim's parents' house in Deptford (2002)
Jim insists on walking across the city to find his parents, and the survivors agree to go with him. At the house he learns what happened to them.
Set in Jim's parents' house, Deptford — Jim's family home in south-east London; the coordinate is the Deptford district, not the house. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A district in south-east London on the Thames; the film's house location is not given in the sources checked.
Frank and Hannah's flat in Balfron Tower (2002)
Jim and Selena climb the tower after seeing a makeshift signal lamp and meet Frank, a cab driver, and his daughter Hannah. Frank plays them a radio message promising protection, and the four decide to travel together.
Set in Balfron Tower — The tower block where Frank and his daughter Hannah live. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A tower block in east London.
Filmed at Balfron Tower — Wikipedia lists the film among the works that feature this tower. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A night-time supermarket run (2002)
The film stages a supermarket scene, shot overnight in a real London shop. Its place in the story is not given in the sources checked.
Set in A supermarket in London — A supermarket where the survivors stock up; the coordinate is the street where it was filmed, not the shop. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A shop on Tottenham Court Road, per the director.
Filmed at Budgens, Tottenham Court Road — Boyle says the supermarket scene was filmed overnight at a Budgens on Tottenham Court Road. The coordinate is the street, not the store. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A quiet stop at Waverley Abbey (2002)
On the journey to Manchester the group stops at old ruins for what the article calls an idyllic interlude.
Set in Ruins on the road to Manchester — Ruined abbey ruins where the group rests on the way north. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Abbey ruins in Surrey.
Filmed at Waverley Abbey, Surrey — The article names Waverley Abbey as the ruins used for the idyllic interlude on their journey to Manchester. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The deserted blockade outside Manchester (2002)
The four reach the place the broadcast promised and find the blockade deserted. The hope that drove the trip falls apart.
Set in Blockade outside Manchester — The military blockade the radio broadcast promised; no filming location is given in the sources checked.
Described only as a blockade outside Manchester; the sources checked do not say where it was filmed.
The fortified country house (2002)
Soldiers take Jim, Selena and Hannah to a heavily fortified house under the command of Major Henry West. Jim and the others have to work out what the soldiers really want.
Set in Fortified country house — The country house held by soldiers under Major Henry West. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A country house near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Filmed at Trafalgar Park, near Salisbury — The article says the mansion used in the film was Trafalgar Park near Salisbury. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cottage in Cumbria (2002)
Another twenty-eight days later, Jim recovers at a remote cottage in Cumbria, where the infected lie weak on the roads. The film ends in the countryside, far from London.
Set in Remote cottage in Cumbria — The remote cottage where Jim recovers; the filming area is Ennerdale, but the in-story cottage has no exact place.
A remote lakeland area in north-west England.
Filmed at Ennerdale, Cumbria — The article says the end scenes were filmed around Ennerdale in Cumbria. The coordinate is Ennerdale Water, not the cottage. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Jim — A bicycle courier who wakes from a coma to find London deserted.
- Selena — A survivor in London who meets Jim.
- Frank — A taxi driver living in a Balfron Tower flat with his daughter.
- Hannah — Frank's young daughter.