You probably knew that London’s Australia House stood in for Gringotts Wizarding Bank in Harry Potter, and that you can find the Joker stairs in the Bronx. But did you know that you can find Q Branch under Waterloo Station or how to find Joe Goldberg’s You book store in New York?
Enter CineMapper, the movie and travel lover’s dream app.
The handiwork of British entrepreneur Tim Hughes and web developer Izzy Osman, it’s a visually-detailed, interactive map of film and TV locations that spans the global.
Locations are being added all the time – for new films and classics alike – but there’s already a whole host of spots for Londoners, New Yorkers and film lovers around the world to spend hours exploring.
'I create content online about films (@whoshughes) and in one TikTok, I covered Star Wars locations you can visit in the UK,' Hughes tells Mail Online.
'This TikTok hit over a million views so I made it a TikTok series, and eventually I made a Google Map to document them. Two years later, Izzy said he could help make it a proper web app.’
‘We started sharing CineMapper and it went semi viral again!’
CineMapper currently has 2241 locations across 596 films and streaming shows. Locations are being added all the time – for new films and classics alike – but there’s already loads of grammable spots for Londoners, New Yorkers and film lovers around the world to spend hours exploring and sharing.
To demo the tool, just scroll and zoom to pinpoint your nearest movie location.
Head to New Jersey for all the key spots once frequented by The Sopranos or explore, well, most of the UK for Bridgerton and Harry Potter locations. Our current favourite? Deadpool’s visit to a chilly North Sea beach in Norfolk.
The app is already a hit with film fans, with as many as 217,000 pin clicks in a week. Head to the official site to explore it.
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