Hugh Grant at St Andrews, October 2007. Will Compernolle (Flickr username: wcompernolle) · CC BY 2.0
Hugh GrantThe Prime Minister · 2007
Emma Thompson at a London premiere, 2005. Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ · CC BY 3.0
Emma ThompsonKaren · 2005
Bill Nighy in May 2007. alotofmillion · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bill NighyBilly Mack · 2007

London · Christmas Eve

Love Actually

Richard Curtis’s Christmas film, told the way Mark tells Juliet: on cards, one at a time, each one a real place you can stand in.

Six baubles, six of the cast. Tap one to light it.

Keira Knightley at the Toronto film festival, September 2005. photo: Tony Shek,retouch: Patrol110 · CC BY 2.0
Keira KnightleyJuliet · 2005
Colin Firth at a London premiere, October 2005. Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ · CC BY 3.0
Colin FirthJamie · 2005
Alan Rickman at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007. David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0
Alan RickmanHarry · 2007

St Luke’s Mews · Christmas Eve

Say it without
saying it.

Mark stands on Juliet’s doorstep and says everything on cards. Turn ours: 5 cards, 3 real places.

Christmas Eve. A doorstep in Notting Hill.

Card 1 of 5

A cobbled mews of brightly painted houses, one blue with yellow windows — St Luke’s Mews, June 2025. Bex Walton · CC BY 4.0

St Luke’s Mews · St Luke’s Mews, Notting Hill, W11

On Christmas Eve Mark turns up at Juliet’s house with cue cards declaring his unrequited love.

A private home on a residential mews. Look from the end of the mews, keep the doorstep clear and don’t knock.

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Brit Movie Tours

Love Actually Tour

From Blackfriars station · Daily 10.30am · small group £65 adults, £55 children

Two and a half hours, 3.3 miles on foot with short Tube and bus hops, from Blackfriars to Bond Street: the bench, the Oxo flat, Downing Street, the wedding church, the department store and the cue-card mews.

See the tour

Grosvenor Chapel

South Audley Street, Mayfair · Monday to Friday 8am–2.30pm · free

Sit in the church where Peter and Juliet marry. Free; a working chapel, so be quiet during services.

Plan a visit

Oxford Street · December

A necklace,
wrapped.

An open box on the counter.

Selfridges lit purple at night with Christmas lights strung over Oxford Street — Selfridges, Oxford Street, at Christmas, November 2017. Simeon87 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Selfridges · Oxford Street, W1

Harry buys a necklace for Mia here, while Karen shops with him. Harry and Karen first meet at St Christopher’s Place, behind Selfridges.

A working department store. Check the day’s hours with the store; December weekends are the busiest.

Where we read it

Yachts moored in the Old Port of Marseille along the Quai de Rive Neuve — The Quai de Rive Neuve, Vieux-Port, Marseille, July 2011. Patrick Nouhailler · CC BY-SA 3.0

Quai de Rive Neuve · Marseille

Portugal was
Marseille.

PortugalOn screen

On screen Jamie flies south to find Aurélia and asks her to marry him in the restaurant where she works. Stamp the passport to see where it really was.

A working bar on the Old Port. Sit outside and look along the quay.

Where we read it

InterContinental Marseille

InterContinental Marseille, Hotel Dieu

1 Place Daviel, Marseille

The eighteenth-century Hôtel-Dieu above the Old Port, across the water from Le Bar de la Marine.

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Whitehall · Shepperton

Number 10 was
in Surrey.

Black iron gates across Downing Street with police officers behind them — The Downing Street gates from Whitehall, November 2011. Editor5807 · CC BY 3.0

You can see the door of Number 10 through the gates from Whitehall, but you can’t walk down the street. The Prime Minister’s dance and the other Number 10 scenes were not filmed here. Hugh Grant’s dancing scenes and the other Number 10 interiors were shot at Shepperton Studios.

Closed to the public. You can see the door of Number 10 through the gates from Whitehall. A working film studio. It is not open to visitors.

Where we read it

Poplar Road · Herne Hill

Door to door

The Prime Minister goes looking for Natalie one house at a time. Knock on every door.

6 doors. Knock, knock.

South Bank · Southwark · Clapham

Along the river,
and south.

A bench where a stepfather and his son talk about love; a glass building that played a record company; a church in Clapham. The old City Hall is 2.2 km downstream of the bench as the crow flies; St Paul’s is 4.8 km south.

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The Queen’s Walk at Gabriel’s Wharf, May 2012. Robin Stott · CC BY-SA 2.0
The bench
The Queen’s Walk bench · Queen’s Walk, by 56 Upper Ground, SE1
Daniel and Sam have their riverside talk on a bench in front of the Riviera restaurant at Gabriel’s Wharf. The benches have since been moved slightly. Gabriel’s Wharf itself has closed, ahead of a new temporary use.
The riverside walk is public at all hours. The benches have been moved a little since filming.
Where we read it
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The former City Hall from across the Thames, September 2021. Vpostrel · CC0
The glass building
The former City Hall · 110 The Queen’s Walk, SE1
Billy Mack’s record company office is the old City Hall building on the South Bank. The building, now 110 Queen’s Walk, is being expanded and converted into offices, with the Scoop amphitheatre beside it upgraded.
See it from the Queen’s Walk. The building is closed and being rebuilt as offices.
Where we read it
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St Paul’s Church, Rectory Grove, Clapham, May 2013. Reading Tom · CC BY 2.0
South, to Clapham
St Paul’s Church, Clapham · Rectory Grove, Clapham, SW4
Daniel attends his wife’s funeral here, with Sam.
A working parish church. See the churchyard from Rectory Grove; check service times with the church.
Where we read it

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Somerset House · Trafalgar Square

days to Christmas Eve

The whole film runs towards one night. Here is what is on between today and then.

11 Nov 2026The rink opens at Somerset House
2 Dec 2026Love Actually Live in Concert, Eventim Apollo
24 Dec 2026Christmas Eve
10 Jan 2027The rink closes

Somerset House

Somerset House and its winter skating rink are in the opening montage. Skate at Somerset House runs from 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027, with tickets from £11 to £28.50.

The courtyard is free to walk into. The winter rink runs from 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027.

Where we read it

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square and its Norwegian Christmas spruce are in the opening montage. Norway has given London a Christmas tree every year since 1947, as thanks for Britain’s support during the Second World War. The tree is usually a Norwegian spruce 50 to 60 years old, felled near Oslo in November and shipped over by sea.

A public square, open at all hours. The tree goes up in December.

Where we read it

The cast, around the time of the film

Welcome
home.

Hugh Grant in a grey sweater vest and white polo shirt on a golf course — Hugh Grant at St Andrews, October 2007. Will Compernolle (Flickr username: wcompernolle) · CC BY 2.0

Emma Thompson smiling, with short fair hair and drop earrings — Emma Thompson at a London premiere, 2005. Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ · CC BY 3.0

Bill Nighy in black-rimmed glasses and a dark suit, two fingers raised to his brow — Bill Nighy in May 2007. alotofmillion · CC BY-SA 3.0

Keira Knightley with loose curls and a check jacket, looking at the camera — Keira Knightley at the Toronto film festival, September 2005. photo: Tony Shek,retouch: Patrol110 · CC BY 2.0

Colin Firth with curly hair and stubble, smiling — Colin Firth at a London premiere, October 2005. Caroline Bonarde Ucci at https://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline_bonarde/ · CC BY 3.0

Alan Rickman in a dark suit, hands in pockets, in front of a festival backdrop — Alan Rickman at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007. David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0

Richard Curtis, white-haired, smiling, in a dark jacket and blue shirt — Richard Curtis at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of That Christmas, October 2024. Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0

Where we read it

Richard Curtis directed the film; Hugh Grant plays the Prime Minister, Emma Thompson Karen, Bill Nighy Billy Mack, Keira Knightley Juliet, Colin Firth Jamie and Alan Rickman Harry.
Rotten Tomatoes: Love Actually, cast and crew
Richard Curtis wrote it; the book of the film is published under his name.
Open Library: Love Actually by Richard Curtis (Michael Joseph, 2003)

Back to
Arrivals.

Where it is now

11 places you can visit, 10 in and around London and 1 in Marseille. The house on St Luke’s Mews and the homes on Poplar Road are private, and Shepperton Studios is a working studio: none of them is on the map. Downing Street is pinned at the gates.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Open to visitors Monday to Friday, 8am–2.30pm; Sung Eucharist on Sundays at 11am.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working department store. Check the day’s hours with the store; December weekends are the busiest.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The courtyard is free to walk into. The winter rink runs from 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public square, open at all hours. The tree goes up in December.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Closed to the public. You can see the door of Number 10 through the gates from Whitehall.

Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, June 2015. Jim Osley · CC BY-SA 2.0
24 South Audley Street, W1
Grosvenor Chapel
Peter and Juliet’s wedding, at the start of the film, was filmed here.
Open to visitors Monday to Friday, 8am–2.30pm; Sung Eucharist on Sundays at 11am.
Where we read it
Selfridges, Oxford Street, at Christmas, November 2017. Simeon87 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oxford Street, W1
Selfridges
Harry buys a necklace for Mia here, while Karen shops with him.
A working department store. Check the day’s hours with the store; December weekends are the busiest.
Where we read it
The ice rink at Somerset House, December 2025. Matt Brown · CC BY 4.0
Strand, WC2
Somerset House
Somerset House and its winter skating rink are in the opening montage.
The courtyard is free to walk into. The winter rink runs from 11 November 2026 to 10 January 2027.
Where we read it
The Norwegian Christmas tree and fountain, Trafalgar Square, December 2022. The wub · CC BY-SA 4.0
Trafalgar Square, WC2
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square and its Norwegian Christmas spruce are in the opening montage.
A public square, open at all hours. The tree goes up in December.
Where we read it
The Downing Street gates from Whitehall, November 2011. Editor5807 · CC BY 3.0
Whitehall, SW1
Downing Street
You can see the door of Number 10 through the gates from Whitehall, but you can’t walk down the street.
Closed to the public. You can see the door of Number 10 through the gates from Whitehall.
Where we read it

Stay

Sleep by the barrier, or the port.

A hotel joined to Heathrow Terminal 5, and the old Hôtel-Dieu above Marseille’s Old Port.

Sofitel London Heathrow

Heathrow Terminal 5

605 rooms, joined to Terminal 5 by a covered walkway of under five minutes. Sleep a few minutes from the arrivals barrier.

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InterContinental Marseille

InterContinental Marseille, Hotel Dieu

1 Place Daviel, Marseille

The eighteenth-century Hôtel-Dieu above the Old Port, across the water from Le Bar de la Marine.

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