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About Time (2013)

Where About Time says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The beach below Tim's family home was really filmed on a different beach, about 11 km away.

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About Time
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Scenes and places

The morning Dad reveals the family secret

Set in Tim's family home, Cornwall — The morning after New Year's Eve, James tells Tim that the men of their family can travel back to moments they have lived before. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Porthpean House, St Austell (Cornwall · Porthpean, St Austell, England) — The family home and garden: Porthpean House near St Austell. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Train to St Austell, then bus or taxi

Meeting Mary in the pitch-dark restaurant

Set in Dans le Noir restaurant, London — In a restaurant where diners eat in total darkness, Tim meets the American Mary, flirts with her and gets her phone number. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 1 Newburgh Street, Soho (Soho · Newburgh Street, London, England) — The restaurant exterior. One source says this building was set-dressed as the restaurant; the real one is elsewhere. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Walk from Oxford Circus station

Tim and Mary's wedding in Cornwall

Set in Tim and Mary's wedding — After Tim proposes, he and Mary marry. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at St Michael Penkevil church (Cornwall, St Michael Penkevil, England) — The village church used for the wedding, on Cornwall's Roseland peninsula. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Bus toward St Austell or Truro, then walk

Back to the childhood beach with Dad

Set in The beach below the family house — Before losing his father, Tim goes back with him to a happy memory from Tim's childhood. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Vault Beach, Gorran Haven (Cornwall · Vault Beach, Gorran Haven, England) — The beach shown below the house is Vault Beach near Gorran Haven. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Bus toward Gorran Haven village, then walk

Filmed at Paddington Station — Tim arrives in London Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 59 Brondesbury Road, Queen's Park — Tim lodges with Harry Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Lincoln's Inn Fields (near 2 New Square) — Tim's law firm Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 102 Golborne Road, Notting Hill — Mary's home Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at National Theatre, South Bank — Reunion with Charlotte Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand — The courtroom scene Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Abbey Road zebra crossing and studios, St John's Wood — Tim's walk on arrival; Mary goes into labour Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Portloe village (Broom Parc area) — Part of the Cornwall scenes Google Maps · Apple Maps

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