Our location scouts in the Enfield Film Office have walked almost 100 miles in the past month and now, with no less than 60 locations going up on our books, Enfield is looking glorious! Thats all well and good I hear you say, but what can Enfield offer that no other borough can?! Well, with over 900 hectares of green space, Enfield has an abundance of beautiful parks and gardens to suit your productions needs, but thats not all! We have a large range of beautiful properties and streets perfect for those location briefs that call out for that unique characteristic. Heres a rundown of the Top 5 locations that will blow your scouting socks off!
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Straight in at Number 5 is Enfield Civic Centre!
Enfield Civic Centre provides a multitude of fantastic backdrops and varying rooms for filming including wonderful wood panelled rooms which can be easily partitioned off. The beautiful council chamber offers a great setting that doubles as a courtroom and underneath the building is a spacious underground car park with a stripped back / brutalist look.
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Hot off the press at Number 4 is Salisbury House!
Salisbury House is a Grade II* listed late Tudor Manor House, built in the early 17th Century and once formed part of Bury Lodge. It is situated in the beautiful Bury Lodge Gardens on the borders of Edmonton and Bush Hill. The wonderful wood panelled Edinburgh Room is a great double for a traditional boardroom and the Tudor Room, located on the second floor in the eaves of the house has large wooden beams which complete the look.
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Creeping into the bronze position, at Number 3 are the Empty Cottages!
These cottages offer spacious run down rooms including a large reception room at the back of the property and 2 good sized bedrooms on the first floor. With the right prep / dressing these cottages can be transformed into any look you’re after, or you can keep the derelict / abandoned feel to them. Outside the front of the properties there is ample space to facilitate and there are on site toilet facilities located nearby.
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Just missing out on that coveted top spot at Number 2 is Trent Park!
Trent Park is 413 acers. This large and versatile park provides a natural, rural and tranquil atmosphere right on the outskirts of London and on the border of Enfield. The grounds of the park also include a Country Manor House, Hockey Club, Go Ape Activity Centre and a Golf Course.
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In its rightful position at Number 1 is Forty Hall and Estate!
Forty Hall is a Grade 1 Listed Jacobean Manor House, nestled in leafy Enfield and set amidst an idyllic landscape. It is one of England’s finest historic houses, set in its own Estate, and is a rare example of an intact 18th Century Landscape. The house itself boasts fantastically preserved 17th & 18th Century architecture with rooms that include a Great Hall, Kitchen, Bed Chambers and Parlour.
With a wide range of street locations such as Abbotshall Avenue lined with Art Deco Houses, Northern Street near Bush Hill Park and Gentlemen’s Row lined with period and Grade II listed properties, Enfield has everything and more to offer! Get in touch now to facilitate your shoot at these fantastic locations, and with the relaunch of our intuitive online platform, FilmHub, browse the rest of the library here to see what more Enfield has to offer!