The Long Good Friday - Locations

Locations

The film was shot on location around London including:

• Heathrow Airport – Harold is seen arriving in London after having disembarked from Concorde there.
• St Katharine Docks – Harold's yacht is moored on the Thames at this location.
• St George in the East (Church of England) Church – used for exterior shots of the church where Harold's mother goes to a service and where his Rolls Royce is blown up in the churchyard, killing his/his mother's chauffeur.
• St Patrick’s Church (RC), Greenbank, Wapping – used for the interior scenes of the Church service.
• Canary Wharf/West India Docks is the venue for Harold's proposed marina development. The future location of One Canada Square is clearly visible as his yacht tours the site. There is also a small model of the proposed development in Harold's yacht.
• Paddington station.
• King George V Dock in the Royal Docks, now the site of London City Airport – Harold has a meeting here.
• The Savoy Hotel – where Harold meets the American Mafia towards the end of the film.
• Wigmore Street.
• The Salisbury pub, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, Harringay – used to represent Fagan's Pub in Belfast.
• The Lion and Unicorn pub, was a set built for the film in Wapping. Hoskins has said that they used to get members of the public knocking on the door asking if it was open. It is blown up in the film.
• The Governor General pub – where Harold finds Billy (Nick Stringer) – is the Waterman's Arms, a Thames-side pub at 1 Glenaffric Avenue on the Isle of Dogs.
• Harringay Stadium, Green Lanes, Harringay, a greyhound racing stadium at the time, now the site of a superstore – the banger racing scenes were shot here.