Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The

Rumour has it that this shot may have been filmed in The Strand . . . . but Alan Smythe advises that Cox & Co [Bankers] were apparently at one time on corner of Whitehall and Craigs Court SW1, so it is more likely to be a shot of buses in Whitehall, than the rumour of The Strand.

Baker Street set (Pinewood Studios). Included for the sake of completeness.

Ballet Theatre. Gordon Thomson advises that this was the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden with the sequences shot on a Sunday. (RL)

Ballet Theatre. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. (RL)

Somerset House, Strand in London, which also features in ’Wilde’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, 'Burke and Hare' from 2010 and ‘GoldenEye’ amongst others.

The same WC2 location taken by Peter.

Somerset House, London.

Definitely Somerset House, on the Strand in London. The door is now one of the back entrances to the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Interior Diogenes Club. Gordon Thomson, who worked on the film, advises that it is actually "E Stage" at Pinewood Studios. (RL)

Interior Diogenes Club. "E Stage" at Pinewood Studios. Gordon recalls the Production Manager, Eric Rattray, saying that he had never seen such a large set built for just a walk-through shot. (RL)

Interior Diogenes Club. Again, this is "E Stage" at Pinewood Studios identified by Gordon Thomson.

Jon Horswell advises that this is Nairn station masquerading as Inverness. Nairn is on the Aberdeen to Inverness line so it's close enough!

And here's Adrian Turner's comparison shot of the station.

The footbridge at Nairn station identified by Jon Horswell.

A churchyard, possibly in Inverness-shire but Adrian Turner speculates that it is more likely to be nearer London adding that "In 1969 a friend of mine wrote a piece for an American newspaper about the making of Wilder's picture and he went out on location to the cemetery. The unit publicist asked him not to reveal the identity of the cemetery but he did say it was an hour outside London."

Adrian set out to visit the location where he found it much tidier today with the house in the background no longer visible. (RL)

Another view of the churchyard. Adrian knew the cemetery wasn't in Scotland but nearer Pinewood and spent several years, off and on, looking for it. Then ReelStreets put him in touch with Gordon Thomson who had worked on the movie. Gordon approached other crew members but everyone drew a blank before Gordon contacted a pal on BritMovie. After a week or so one of their forumites, 'Doc Robert Pepper', finally solved the riddle of the cemetery's location.

Adrian found it was almost impossible to replicate the angle achieved in the film and imagines that the large red granite memorial was moved. In any event, he says, this must have been an unusually difficult location which is borne out by the awkward wayit was staged and photographed. (RL)

And the churchyard again, with the church in the left background. Along with Adrian, Anthony McKay was also searching for the elusive location but it was 'Doc Robert Pepper', revealed to be Robbie Higgins, who identified St. Mary's in Winkfield, Berkshire.

A roughly similar view from Adrian without the angels and cherubs brought from Pinewood’s prop department. (RL)

The Caledonian Hotel which, after hours of poring over various maps, Alan Watt identifies as Kilmartin Hall, a private residence on the north shore of Loch Meikle in Inverness-shire. To add further weight to his identification, this link to Historic Environment Scotland describes the long window and cruciform arrow slit in the flue seen to the left in this capture of the property. http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB15002

Adrian Turner provides this shot which also shows the cruciform arrow slit.

Broadway Tower in Worcestershire.

Castle Stuart (Inverness-shire).

Adrian Turner provides this view of the castle.

Scottish Highland road (possibly Urquhart Bay/Loch Ness in the background).

Scottish Highland road (same location as image 18).

Eilean Donan Castle (Kyle of Lochalsh in Highland, Scotland).

Eilean Donan Castle captured by Adrian Turner.

Time for a break. Located by Patrick Kincaid, this is looking across Loch Meiklie in Inverness-shire.

Monks cross a nearby stone bridge as the three picnic on the banks of a river. Patrick Kincaid identifies this as the bridge crossing the River Enrick at the eastern end of Loch Meiklie, Inverness-shire.

Here's Patrick's comparison shot of the location now. See https://unbound.com/books/the-continuity-girl/updates/lakes-and-castles-on-location-with-the-continuity-girl-1-loch-meiklie for more.

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Taken from higher up as it was too misty and drizzly to pay the entrance fee! SJ

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

A misty castle overlooks Loch Ness. SJ

A duplicate of 24, Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire as Lionel and Cynthia had the added advantages of a fine day and being able to enter the site. (RL)

In contrast to Simon's circumstances. (RL)

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

The entrance as seen from the inside by Lionel and Cynthia Sear. (RL)

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Lionel and Cynthia visit The Watergate. Lock Ness can be seen beyond. (RL)

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

The entrance from the inside again. Lionel and Cynthia used the same location source as for 025.

The Caledonian Hotel again. Alan Watt locates this as Kilmartin Hall on the shore of Meikle Loch to the west of Drumnadrochit in Inverness-shire.

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

Urquhart Castle, Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire.

The main tower. Lionel and Cynthia regret that it is not the correct spot, but they say, a revisit is not impossible! (RL)

Kilmartin Hall again. Alan Watt tells us that it was our contributor Patrick Kincaid's identification of nearby locations that drew him to the area and adds "Last August, my brother and I peered through the entrance gates whilst on holiday nearby and we could just make out the tall window through the summer foliage".

Alan Watt identifies this as the entrance road to Kilmartin Hall on the north shore of Loch Meikle, Aberdeenshire.