Blenheim Palace West Colonnades - Spectre

Blenheim Palace have reimagined their Lights, Camera, Action film trail featuring new blockbuster films and series. Visitors can walk in the footsteps of movie and television stars and experience the silver-screen in the newly updated film trail which now features Napoleon (2023), The Diplomat (2024), Heads of State (2025), as well as one of the earliest major productions ever filmed at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948).

In addition, visitors to Britain’s Greatest Palace can also see the filming locations of some of the most famous blockbusters in cinematic history, from the spellbinding Harry Potter to the spytastic James Bond. Along the way learn fun film facts like how Billy Connolly saved a wedding day when filming Gulliver’s Travels in 2010, and feast your eyes on the photos that captured it all.

Along the trail, you can visit: 

  • The Great Hall (Napoleon, A Little Chaos, Cinderella, Queen Charlotte, The Diplomat)
  • The Great Court (Queen Charlotte, Gulliver’s Travels, James Bond Spectre, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation)
  • The Green Writing Room (Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation)
  • The Saloon (Bridgerton: Season 3, The Libertine, A Little Chaos, Queen Charlotte, Napoleon)
  • The Long Library (Napoleon, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Cinderella, Queen Charlotte)
  • The West Colonnades (James Bond: Spectre, The Libertine)
  • The First State Room (Napoleon and Heads of State, A Little Chaos)
  • The Water Terraces (Bridgerton: Season 3, Queen Charlotte)
  • The South Lawn (Bridgerton: Season 3, Gulliver’s Travels)
  • The Grand Bridge (Cinderella)
  • The Walled Garden (Inspector Morse)
  • The Italian Gardens (BFG)
  • Bladon Bridge (Cinderella)

To find out more about the Lights, Camera, Action film trail and to book tickets, visit the Blenheim Palace website.