This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody (Joseph Gilgun) and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good?

Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

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Below are the THEN and NOW shots of the filming locations used in Shane Meadows, This is England. The now shots are taken accordingly during our recent visit to the place (2007) while the then shots (2006) are the still images from the movie. This is a direct visual comparison of how the filming locations have changed over time. Some places and buildings are now totally unrecognizable due to massive development and area progress while some have undergone the opposite direction towards deterioration and decay. Some places, however, have stayed intact as they were, unaffected by the passage of weather and time.

The order below is the same order from the beginning to the end of the movie. If you can provide further information or help me locate the missing links, it will be greatly appreciated. These are all my personal observations and any form of constructive criticism or informative suggestion would be most welcome. Roly – Filming Locations Detectives

Last Day of Term

July 1983

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The above locations were filmed at Melville Gardens, St Ann’s Area of Nottingham. (Please note this is a Private address, please be considerate when approaching private residencies’) The Church of Christ building is located a few yards away, which is slightly in a disarray condition.

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Going to School

Coming back from school

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The above locations were filmed at Melville Gardens, St Ann’s Area of Nottingham. The Church of Christ building is located a few yards away, which is slightly in a disarray condition.

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Sandhu’s News

'It's not a library you know.'

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The Shop is located on Ewe Lamb Lane, Stapleford, in Nottingham. The lads in the photo grew up in the area and remembers when the shop was open. The lads said that all fixtures and fittings were still in place.
Unfortunately we were unable to take photos of the interior, if you can help in this department please let us know!

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School playground

'How many people can fit in a mini'

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The Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College, Derby Road, Long Eaton was used in the above filming. We were unable to gain access to the college, however thanks to 'Thribb' who gained permission to take a photo of the playground. Thanks Thribb for letting us use your image.

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Walking Home

After the caining

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Thanks to a Thribb on the Shane Meadows Forum, we found the shop quite easily. The takeaway is still a takeaway, not sure if it had a new fascia on the shop though! The path heading towards the underpath was quite easy to find. These are located at Church Square, New Lenton, Nottingham.

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Chance meeting

Here we meet Woody (Joseph Gilgun), Milky (Andrew Shim), Pukey (Jack O'Connell), Kes (Kieran Hardcastle) and later on Gadget.

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Once again thanks to Thribb on the Shane Meadows Forum, we were able to locate the underpath with no problems at all. Here is a photo of my wife on the wall were Shane ran on, which is a good 45 minute walk from the underpath.

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Chillin Out

Earning some pocket money

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The above was shot at Clarke Street, Nottingham

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Chilin Out

Catapult

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The above was shot at Ruchis, Denham Street Central, Nottingham, NG75. The shop is now empty.

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Catapult

Target Pratice

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Do you recognise where these scenes were filmed? Did you work on the production? If so please contact us and help us to update the website. As we have sleuthed many locations, please don't forget to include the film grab number and film name (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image.) We will give you full credit for your information, thanks. Click here to go to the contact form

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Nothing to do

The abandoned building

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We had an e-mail from Mick Gayfer, who told us the above was filmed at Grimsby fish pontoon.

If you would like to submit photographs or any additional information please contact us and help us to update the website. As we have sleuthed many locations, please don't forget to include the film grab number and film name (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image.) We will give you full credit for your information, thanks. Click here to go to the contact form

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The Beach

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Do you recognise where these scenes were filmed? Did you work on the production? If so please contact us and help us to update the website. As we have sleuthed many locations, please don't forget to include the film grab number and film name (located if you place your mouse pointer over the image.) We will give you full credit for your information, thanks. Click here to go to the contact form

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Please note, this is a hobby website, the only purpose we use film grabs is to show a direct comparison how buildings, landscapes etc have changed since the time of filming, we do not use the film grabs in any other material. All photographs and homemade videos are (copyrighted) to Roland Keates aka, Filming Locations Detectives, or otherwise specified. Part of the material is not our property and is exposed, we respect copyright laws and only use the film grabs for visual information. No COPYRIGHT infringement intended, however if you require us to remove the film grabs, please inform us so we can immediately see to its removal. If you wish to reproduce anything from this website, please contact us. Click here to go to the contact form to contact me, thanks Roly

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