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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Where Alice Through the Looking Glass says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Wonderland is a soundstage, but the London harbour in the first scene may be a real dock in Gloucester

Scenes and places

Alice sails home from China

Alice has spent three years sailing the high seas in her father's footsteps. She is bringing her ship home to London from China.

Set in At sea, returning to London — Alice captains her late father's ship on the voyage back to London.

Open water has no fixed spot on a map, so the story place has no coordinates.

Filmed at Gloucester Docks, Gloucester — Historic ships were used here in August 2014. Which scene they appear in is not stated by the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Hamish's ultimatum in London

Alice returns to London and learns that Hamish Ascot has taken over his late father's company. He wants her to sign over her father's ship in exchange for her family home.

Set in London — Back in London, Alice learns her ex-fiance Hamish now runs his late father's company.

Which London street or dock the film shows is not named in the sources used.

Filmed at Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks — Filmed as part of the dock set in August 2014. Linking it to this scene is an inference, not stated by the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Through the mirror

Alice follows a butterfly she recognises as Absolem and steps through a mirror into Wonderland. Her friends tell her the Hatter is madder than usual because his family is gone.

Set in Wonderland (White Queen's court) — Alice follows a butterfly through a mirror into Wonderland.

A fantasy world with no real location.

Time's Castle of Eternity

Alice is sent to ask Time for help saving the Hatter's family. When Time refuses, she steals the Chronosphere and travels into the past.

Set in Time's Castle of Eternity — The castle of Time, home of the Chronosphere that controls all of time in Wonderland.

A fantasy castle with no real location.

The Red Queen's crowning

Alice lands at the Red Queen's crowning, where a young Hatter mocks her when the crown does not fit. Her father judges her unfit to rule and she vows revenge on the Hatter.

Set in The Red Queen's crowning — The royal crowning in the past where a young Mad Hatter mocks the Red Queen.

A fantasy castle and square in Wonderland's past.

The mental hospital

Alice runs into a nearby mirror and wakes up in a mental hospital, diagnosed with female hysteria. With her mother's help she returns to Wonderland.

Set in A mental hospital, London — After running into a mirror Alice wakes up in a hospital.

The sources used do not name a real building or location for this scene.

The Red Queen's second castle

The Wonderlanders reach the Red Queen's second castle and find the Hatter's family shrunk and trapped in an ant farm. The Red Queen catches them and takes the Chronosphere from Alice.

Set in The Red Queen's second castle — Hidden fortress where the Hatter's family is trapped in an ant farm.

A fantasy castle with no real location.

Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey — Principal photography Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Alice Kingsleigh — A ship captain home in London who is pulled back into Wonderland through a mirror.
• Mad Hatter — Tarrant Hightopp, acting madder than usual because he believes his family is still alive.
• Red Queen — Iracebeth, the exiled queen with a grudge against the Hatter.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the London harbour in Alice Through the Looking Glass really filmed?