Dracula (1974)

In Transylvania, a pack of wolves run through the forest to reach Castle Dracula.

An inn at Bistritz in Hungary, May 1897. Looking up at the Clock Tower of Oakley Court on Windsor Road in Oakley Green, Berkshire.

The camera moves across the roof of the hostelry nestled in the Carpathian Mountains. Oakley Court, Oakley Green.

The best possible comparison of the clock tower by Antony Blair.

A diligence enters the courtyard to take an overnight break on its journey to Bukovina. The entrance of the now built over courtyard at Oakley Court.

Swinging around, the coach comes to a stand at the door of the inn. Oakley Court beside the River Thames at Oakley Green.

The following morning, Jakov the Innkeeper (George Pravda) and his Wife (Hana Maria Pravda) bid Jonathan Harker (Murray Brown) farewell as he re-joins the diligence. Oakley Court on Windsor Road, Oakley Green in Berkshire.

Having collected him at the Borgo Pass, the Count’s calèche takes Harker to Castle Dracula. The entrance to Trakošcan Castle in Varaždin County, Yugoslavia, now Croatia.

After the tiring, day-long journey, the solicitor arrives at his destination. Inside the entrance archway of Dvor Trakošcan, Trakošcan Castle.

Harker surveys his surroundings after the calèche departs. Trakošcan Castle to the north-west of Bednja.

After a month spent in the castle at the insistence of his host, Harker wakes. Looking up towards Trakošcan Castle from Trakošcansko jezero, the artificial lake to the west.

Leaning out of his window, Jonathan Harker sees a cart loaded with wooden boxes leaving the castle. The 13th century Trakošcan Castle was reconstructed in Neo-Gothic style in the mid-1800s.

Some weeks later in England, a train pulls into Whitby station where Mrs. Westenra (Pamela Brown) is waiting on the platform. Tenterden Town station on Station Road in Tenterden, Kent. The station can also be seen in 'The Orchard End Murder' as well as 'The Man from Nowhere'.

The ticket office and signal box captured by Keith Prested who took the best angle possible with a stationary train in the platform.

Mrs. Westenra and Harker's fiancée Mina Murray (Penelope Horner) leave the station together. Tenterden Town station on the Kent & East Sussex Railway had closed in January 1954 and was reopened in February 1974, after filming had taken place.

Keith Prested moved on to the ticket office entrance where Christmas fairy lights form an archway in the foreground.

Climbing into the carriage, Mrs. Westenra tells Mina that Dr. Van Helsing has been called as her daughter Lucy has been sleepwalking. Outside Tenterden Town station in Tenterden, Kent with the signalbox in the right background.

Keith Prested found that the signal box has survived, the hedge hasn't.

As they enter the driveway to Hillingham, Mina is told of a Russian ship that was beached nearby on which the sole surviving Seaman had lashed himself to the wheel.

Mrs. Westenra continues to say that the cargo was a few wooden boxes filled with earth. The front of Harefield Grove on Rickmansworth Road, Harefield in Greater London.

As Dr. Van Helsing and Lucy’s fiancé Arthur Holmwood remain at her bedside, Count Dracula approaches the house. The Grade II listed Harefield Grove at Harefield in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Finding Lucy missing after they had fallen asleep during the night, Arthur Holmwood (Simon Ward) and Doctor Van Helsing (Nigel Davenport) run from the house in daylight. Harefield Grove, Harefield in Greater London.

The two men run towards Lucy’s pale form sitting on a bench beneath a tree. The grounds of Harefield Grove in Harefield.

After she recovers sufficiently, Lucy Westenra (Fiona Lewis) is taken out on the river by Arthur.

Lucy thanks Dr. Van Helsing for her return to health. Harefield Grove can be seen in ‘Philomena’, 'Bread', 'Symptoms' and 'Groupie Girl' as well as television’s mini-series ‘And Then There Were None’ made in 2015.

At Scarborough Zoo later that evening, the Zookeeper (Reg Lye) notices movement near one of the cages.

Count Dracula (Jack Palance) turns to the Zookeeper before setting a wolf to attack him.

Following her death after Dracula returns, Lucy’s funeral takes place. St. Michael's church on Vicarage Drive in Bray, Berkshire located by Adam Jezard.

The Vicar follows the coffin as it’s carried from the church. Adam Jezard identifies the background as St. Michael's church at Bray, not far from the Hammer studios.

A clearer view as proof from Adam.

Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur approach the Westenra family vault. St Michael's church on Vicarage Drive in Bray found by Adam Jezard.

Adam avoids the greenery to take the best view possible.

Van Helsing decides that the women should be moved from the house while he and Arthur track down the Vampire responsible for Lucy’s death. The George Hotel at the corner of High Street and Lion Street in Rye, Sussex.

Parked vehicles posed a problem for Keith Prested outside the hotel.

A carriage brings Arthur, Mina, the Doctor and Mrs. Westenra to the hotel. Outside the George Hotel in Rye.

Keith Prested found a new colour scheme . . . and parked vehicles preventing a matching angle.

In a side street next to the hotel, Dracula sits in his shay. Looking along Lion Street from High Street with Rye Town Hall in the distance.

Facing the same way by Keith Prested who remarks that the far end of Lion Street was closed off for filming to take place.

At the back of the hotel, Dracula looks up at Mina as she appears at a window. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire. The often used location features in many films including ‘Man Accused’, 1974’s ‘Stardust’, ‘School for Scoundrels’ and ‘The Devil Rides Out’.

No lights at the window today. SJ

The Count looks down onto the body of a Porter which he threw from a window after entering the hotel. The Edgwarebury Hotel on Edgwarebury Lane off Barnet Lane, Elstree. The building is currently styled as The Manor Elstree.

The south-east facing corner of the main building above the bar. The same was seen in A Clockwork Orange but there seems to have been an addition of the Count's window for filming here. SJ

Following enquiries at the Coast Guards office about the beached ship, Van Helsing and Arthur make their way to Wainwright Shipping Services in Stockton on Tees. West Street in Rye, Sussex with High Street in the distance.

Keith Prested's view shows that little has changed except for temporary traffic management.

The corner of West Street and Mermaid Street.

Returning to the corner, Keith Prested found set dressing being carried out for a new Netflix drama based on 'Pride and Prejudice'.

Looking along Mermaid Street in Rye, part of East Sussex since 1974. The street can also be seen in ‘Interlude’ while other parts of the town appear in ‘Temptation Harbour’.

Several Houses along Mermaid Street were also being dressed as Keith Prested discovered.

The pair reach Stockton on Tees. Rye Town Hall on Market Street in Rye.

Keith Prested found access very restricted as filming was taking place.

Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur leave Wainwright Shipping Services with a Clerk (John Challis). Looking from the corner of Lion Street towards the Town Hall on Market Street with the entrance to Church Square on the left.

Facing Rye Town Hall, Keith Prested captured a busy film set with cast and crew getting ready for a 'take'.

In Darlington, a Shipping Clerk (Nigel Gregory) tells the two that nine boxes of earth were picked up by the Richmond Shipping Company before being delivered to the Carfax estate.

Carfax Abbey, the house that Jonathan Harker helped Dracula purchase. Oakley Court on Windsor Road, Oakley Green near Windsor in Berkshire.

Antony Blair captured the building from a similar angle.

Van Helsing and Arthur approach the building where they find the boxes. Oakley Court, with the Clock Tower, seen towards the start of the film, in the left background.

Taken from a similar perspective by Antony Blair.

After being confronted by Van Helsing and Arthur at Hillingham as he forces Mina to drink his blood, the Count returns to Carfax before leaving England. Oakley Court on Windsor Road, Oakley Green in Berkshire.

Antony Blair took this wintry view.

Dr. Van Helsing and Arthur travel to Castle Dracula. Trakošcan Castle in Varaždin County near Bednja, Yugoslavia.

The two ride to the back of the castle.

Climbing steps to a terrace, Van Helsing and Arthur survey the building.

Arthur spots a brick lined chamber below the terrace.