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Filming and photography in Westminster

We welcome filming and photography applications and our team is on hand to help you plan a safe and successful shoot.

Restricted and rested locations 2024

John Adam Street and surrounding areas

  • This area continues receiving a high level of applications for closures and a high volume of parking requests.
  • We are unable to support any closures on a weekday.
  • Stop/Go will only be supported out of peak travel times and reviewed case by case.
  • Filming, vehicle movements and on-street activity will generally not be supported between 10pm to 7:30am. Anything outside of these hours will require extensive consultation and agreement with your assigned officer.
  • Suspension of resident parking will not be supported on Buckingham Street or Robert Street.
  • Please note there are extensive public realm works in Villiers Street continuing into 2024, which will restrict access into John Adam Street.

Lancaster Gate, Craven Terrace Area

  • Road closure applications in this area are not currently being accepted.
  • Resident and shared-use parking suspensions will generally not be supported. Consideration will be given to a handful of bays to support filming days only but on agreement with your assigned officer and with reallocations being required.
  • A number of pay by phone bays must be maintained in the street for resident and general use.

Little Venice

We will not be accepting filming applications for the following streets in Little Venice until further notice. This is due to works in the area that will not be completed until Spring 2024.

  • Blomfield Road
  • Bristol Gardens
  • Clifton Villas
  • Formosa Street
  • Warrington Gardens
  • Warrington Crescent
  • Warwick Avenue
  • Warwick Place

City of Westminster College, Paddington Green, parking suspensions for this area, including for filming at the college, are extremely limited. This is due to the high use of parking bays in this area by local residents.

Mount Street Gardens and adjacent South Audley Street

  • We are not accepting any filming applications for Mount Street Gardens.
  • We are also not accepting filming on the two small sections of South Audley Street to the North and South of Grosvenor Chapel. The main length of South Audley Street may still be used for filming.

St Martin’s Lane

Night shoots are not supported on St Martin’s Lane. Filming requiring a road closure at this location must apply with at least 4 months’ notice and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Whitehall Court, Whitehall Place

  • Applications, including a road closure of Whitehall Court and/or Whitehall Place, will be limited and assessed on a case-by-case basis. This is due to the number of road closures these streets have related to annual events.
  • Parking on Whitehall Court is unable to be suspended outside of a closure.
  • Generators are not supported on Whitehall Place between Scotland Place and Whitehall Court.

Published: 24 January 2022

Last updated: 25 March 2024