Shaun of the Dead Filming Locations in London: FULL List + Map!

The first instalment of The Cornetto Trilogy, Shaun of the Dead is an incredibly successful British horror-comedy from the masterminds behind Channel 4’s TV show Spaced. Even though director Edgar Wright shot the film in an unassuming part of North London, the Shaun of the Dead filming locations are iconic to a chosen few.

Namely a certain pub named The Winchester Tavern. Where one goes to wait for things to blow over.

Shaun of the Dead (2004) is a reference to George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead film series and shares similar themes. Shaun (played by Simon Pegg) is a middle-aged slacker working a menial job and Ed (played by Nick Frost) is his unemployed, video-game-playing, drug-dealing best friend. Slowly, a zombie invasion infringes on their lives and Shaun needs to step up to the wicket (for once in his life) to save his loved ones.

BRILLIANT film. So British, so clever, so timeless. While Shaun of the Dead shot many of the interiors in Ealing Studios, the exteriors are largely based in North London. So, where was Shaun of the Dead filmed? Let’s find out!

Where Was Shaun of the Dead Filmed?

Shaun of the Dead Filming Locations in London

1. Duke of Albany, 39 Monson Road, New Cross Gate

The first Shaun of the Dead filming location is the most iconic, The Winchester Tavern! In a metaphorical sense, ‘The Winchester” has become a place of safety, respite and contentment. I mean, The Winchester Pub is a pub after all, who wouldn’t be content at a pub?! Side note, it’s very odd watching people smoke indoors.

Shaun of the Dead shot the Winchester scenes (the exteriors, at least) at the Duke of Albany pub on 39 Monson Road, New Cross Gate. Unfortunately, like all historic buildings, it closed down and became a block of flats a few years later. A real shame, that.

2. ASDA, 2-20 Western Road, Park Royal

Next, the title sequence kicks in. Holding a mirror against our monotonous, zombie-like existence, Shaun of the Dead features a row of check out assistants performing some kind of synchronised till dance. The supermarket used for these shots was the ASDA at 2-20 Western Road in Park Royal. 

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3. Coal Drops Yard, York Way

Unfortunately, I can’t give an exact address because the exact building and street might not exist anymore. After the supermarket, Shaun of the Dead briefly cuts to some zombie-esque youngsters bobbing their heads in a side street. This is, apparently, the side street next to legendary nightclub Cross Nightclub near York Way but it closed down in 2007/2008. In fact, the powers that be remodelled this entire area into one of those swanky restaurant warehouse districts called Coal Drops Yard.

4. 83 Weston Park, Crouch End

The next Shaun of the Dead location is Shaun’s house which he shares with Pete and Ed. It’s a perfectly normal-looking Crouch End house on 83 Weston Park. Abandoned bikes are strewn in the front yard and weeds are growing through the patio, that sort of place. As I’m sure you know, much of the first part of the film is set here.

5. Londis (Weston Park Grocery), 96 Weston Park, Crouch End

On his way to work, Shaun buys a Cornetto, a strawberry one in fact. So, he pops into his local Londis corner shop which is just a few doors down at 96 Weston Park. One of my favourite Shaun of the Dead film locations! Just a normal, average, English corner shop.

Fun fact: I’m sure you’re aware that a strawberry Cornetto (with a red wrapper) features in Shaun of the Dead, the Classico flavour (with a blue wrapper) features in Hot Fuzz (2007) and a mint Cornetto (with a green wrapper) features briefly in The World’s End (2013). Well, Simon Pegg said The Three Colours Trilogy inspired this colour-coded ice cream appendage. One for my fellow cinephiles out there…

6. Garland Electronics, 763-765 High Road, North Finchley

Shaun isn’t quite as much of a “loser” as Ed because he has managed to hold down a (legal) job in an electronics shop called Foree Electrics, which is actually Garland Electronics on 763-765 High Road, North Finchley. And all these years later, the shop is still up and running! Can you believe The Winchester pub has closed but an electronics store is still in business?! In the 2020s?? Mind = blown.

Also, quick shout out to the appearance of Rafe Spall in this scene as Noel, the mouthy shop assistant. Good grief, I don’t know how I recognised him! He was about 21-years-old at the time of Shaun of the Dead‘s release and he’s definitely Neville Longbottom-ed during the last 15+ years.

7. 15 The Broadway, Crouch End

Shaun takes his stepdad’s advice and buys proper flowers from a florist for his mother. The florist is based at 15 Broadway in Crouch End opposite Town Hall Square where Shaun sees the zombie eat a pigeon.

8. Cunningham House, Hillcrest, Highgate

After effing things up with Liz by failing to plan their date night, Shaun turns up at Liz’s apartment building with the bouquet of flowers he bought for his mum. Liz’s building is in the neighbouring, erm, neighbourhood to Shaun in Highgate. The apartment block is Cunningham House on Hillcrest. 

9. Mount View Road, Stroud Green

After dealing with Pete and the strangers in their back garden, Shaun and Ed decided there is nowhere safer to wait out a zombie apocalypse than the pub. They “borrow” Pete’s red Renault and drive to pick up Shaun’s mum. On the way, the pair drive down Mount View Road in Stroud Green where they see an abandoned ambulance and accidentally run down a zombie.

10. 37 Abbots Gardens, East Finchley

Simon’s lovely mum Barbara and step-dad Philip (played by Penelope Wilton and Bill Nighy respectively) live at 37 Abbots Gardens, on a quiet little slice of suburban paradise in East Finchley. Yeah, the Shaun of the Dead locations aren’t that glamorous but considering you’ve probably seen the film, you already know that!

11. Lyonsdown Avenue, New Barnet

Unfortunately, Philip did not survive the zombie apocalypse and the gang have shut him in his Jag while they seek shelter in The Winchester on foot. Lyonsdown Avenue in New Barnet is the street where Shaun of the Dead shot the Jaguar stunt scenes and where Philip ‘turned’.

12. Logmore Avenue and Monks Avenue, New Barnet

Shaun & Co. tentatively walk down a back alley and bump into Yvonne and her friends. These alleys are between Logmore Avenue and Monks Avenue in New Barnet.

And those are all the Shaun of the Dead filming locations in London, England! Have you watched Shaun of the Dead or visited any of the movie locations? Let me know in the comments below!

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