The Sweeney - Production - Filming Locations

Filming Locations

Most of the locations used for filming The Sweeney were around the west London area - in particular, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith (where the Flying Squad's offices were based - referred to as 'The Factory' by the characters), Fulham, Earl's Court, Kensington & Chelsea and Notting Hill districts, close to the Euston Films HQ at Colet Court in Hammersmith. The opening titles were filmed in Colet Gardens. However, other notable locations in London, the South East of England and further afield were also used for filming the show's episodes and included:

  • Chertsey/Penton Hook Lock, Surrey - "Thin Ice", "Bad Apple", "On the Run", "Feet of Clay" & "Jack or Knave?".
  • Battersea - "Jigsaw", "Stoppo Driver", "Faces", "Trap", "Trojan Bus", "Country Boy", "Visiting Fireman", "Tomorrow Man", "May" & "Victims".
  • Bermondsey - "Regan".
  • Black Park Country Park, Wexham, Buckinghamshire - "Regan", "Payoff", "On the Run" & "Hearts & Minds".
  • Dulwich - "Regan", "Ringer".
  • Dulwich Hamlet F.C. "Ringer".
  • Gozo/Maltese Archipelago - "Sweeney 2".
  • Earlsfield - Garratt Lane and Garratt Snooker Club - "Supersnout".
  • Heathrow - "Golden Boy", "Stoppo Driver" & "Tomorrow Man".
  • Kingston upon Thames - "Hit and Run" & "Trojan Bus".
  • Maida Vale - "Night Out".
  • Peckham - "Ringer".
  • Potters Bar, Hertfordshire - "Big Spender".
  • Putney/Putney Bridge "Contact Breaker", "Abduction" "Taste of Fear" & "Sweeney 2".
  • Queens Park Rangers F.C., Loftus Road - "I Want the Man!".
  • Raynes Park - "Big Spender", "Golden Fleece" & "Victims".
  • Roehampton - "Queen's Pawn", "Golden Fleece" (Bank of England Sports Centre), "Victims" & "Sweeney 2" (Danebury Avenue/Alton Estate).
  • Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey - "Big Spender".
  • Southall Gas Works - "Faces".
  • Southwark - "Ringer".
  • Staines, Middlesex - "The Placer".
  • Twickenham - "The Placer", "Golden Fleece" (Twickenham Stadium) & "Bad Apple".
  • Uxbridge - "Thou Shalt Not Kill" (Brunel University) & "Bad Apple".
  • Wandsworth - "Queens Pawn", "Jigsaw", "Abduction", "Country Boy", "Tomorrow Man", "May", "Drag Act" & "Sweeney 2".
  • Wimbledon - "Contact Breaker", "Stay Lucky, Eh?" "May", "Lady Luck" & "Money, Money, Money".
  • Wokingham, Berkshire - "Thin Ice".

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