Metro-Land Filming Locations

Name: Metro-Land
Director: Edward Mirzoeff
Rating: 7.8
Cast: John Betjeman

Where was Metro-Land filmed? Metro-Land was filmed in 10 locations across United Kingdom in the following places:

Metro-Land Filming Locations

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8 Langford Place, St. John's Wood, London, England, UK ( "helmeted house" where Rev John Hugh Smyth-Pigott once lived )

Metro-Land : John Betjeman finishes a glass of beer and gets onto an old Metropolitan Line train

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Horsted Keynes Railway Station, Station Approach, Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, UK ( John Betjeman finishes a glass of beer and gets onto an old Metropolitan Line train )

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Chiltern Court, Baker Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK ( on location )

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Neasden Nature Trail, Neasden, London, England, UK ( John Betjeman meets ornithologist Eric Simms who created Neasden Nature Trail )

Metro-Land : John Betjeman misses a tee shot on the golf course

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Moor Park Golf Club, Moor Park, Anson Walk, Batchworth Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman misses a tee shot on the golf course )

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Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Croxley Green is both a village and a suburb of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is also a civil parish. Located on the A412 between Watford to the north-east and Rickmansworth to the south-west, it is approximately 20 miles north-west of central London.

Metro-Land : John Betjeman visits an Arts and Crafts house

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The Orchard, Shire Lane, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits an Arts and Crafts house )

Metro-Land : John Betjeman visits Pinner Fair, "a mediaeval fair in Metro-land"

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Pinner, Greater London, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits Pinner Fair, "a mediaeval fair in Metro-land" )

Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England, 12 miles northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 38,698 in 2021.

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High and Over, Highover Park, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits a "modernist style" house )

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Quainton Railway Station, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK ( location )

Metro-Land (1973)

Runtime: 50 minutes

Rating: 7.8

Release year: 1973

IMDB: tt0861719

Plot summary

John Betjeman gives a guided tour of the Metropolitan Line from Baker Street in London to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, and of architecture of the suburbs and villages that grew up along its length since the line was opened in the 1890s.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

John Betjeman

Directors

Edward Mirzoeff

Metro-Land Filming Locations

Metro-Land Filming Locations

1: 8 Langford Place, St. John's Wood, London, England, UK ( "helmeted house" where Rev John Hugh Smyth-Pigott once lived )

2: Horsted Keynes Railway Station, Station Approach, Horsted Keynes, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, UK ( John Betjeman finishes a glass of beer and gets onto an old Metropolitan Line train )

3: Chiltern Court, Baker Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK ( on location )

4: Neasden Nature Trail, Neasden, London, England, UK ( John Betjeman meets ornithologist Eric Simms who created Neasden Nature Trail )

5: Moor Park Golf Club, Moor Park, Anson Walk, Batchworth Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman misses a tee shot on the golf course )

6: Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK

7: The Orchard, Shire Lane, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits an Arts and Crafts house )

8: Pinner, Greater London, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits Pinner Fair, "a mediaeval fair in Metro-land" )

9: High and Over, Highover Park, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK ( John Betjeman visits a "modernist style" house )

10: Quainton Railway Station, Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK ( location )

Metro-Land (1973)