Runners

A police car drives over a bridge.

An industrial site is seen nearby.

11-year old Rachel (Kate Hardie) is riding her bike when she goes missing, leaving the bike on the ground.

Searching for news of Rachel, her father Tom (James Fox), walks along a local alley used by the local schoolchildren.

Tom interrogates a group of schoolgirls.

The family home, currently unidentified.

Tom drives to a meeting of a self-help group. An unidentified Nottingham location.

The meeting is held in an empty swimming pool. Unidentified location. Is Deep End a reference to Jane Asher's previous film?

Tom talks with Helen (Jane Asher), another member of the group. Lace Market, Broadway, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.

Helen and Tom talk about their situations. Lace Market, in front of The Birkin Building, a landmark Grade II listed Victorian warehouse.

Tom sees children playing nearby. Unidentified location.

Helen tells Tom that she is looking for her 11-year-old son. Broadway, looking northeast across Stoney Street towards Plumptre Place.

Tom takes a train to London. Approaching Victoria Station, with a view across to Battersea Power Station. Many of the London shots in this film were originally identified on Christopher Matheson's London On Location website,

This was taken from a rear window in a hotel in Belgrave Road, Pimlico. It's not entirely on angle but I suspect it may endure. SJ

The view takes in Victoria Station sheds and Globe House, 89 Eccleston Square SW1, a 1960s government office block which held Home Office bodies including the Passport Office until 2023.

The train comes to a stop, with a view of the train sheds at Victoria Station.

As Tom makes an appeal from a radio station we see a panorama taken from the Grosvenor Hotel, looking over rooftops with Victoria Tower to the left.

Panning right, Victoria Station is seen, with Westminster Cathedral in the background.

A train passes Ladbroke Road, heading for Paddington station.

Helen looks on from the Ladbroke Grove Railway Bridge.

She walks south at Ladbroke Grove.

Continuing his search, Tom climbs the steps by 330 Ladbroke Grove W10...

...while Helen walks around Central London. Unidentified location.

Helen's quest takes her past Octavia House, Southern Row W10.

Tom reaches the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square SW1, which can also be seen in 'Columbo: Dagger of the Mind', 'Interlude','Match Point', and 'Some Like It Sexy'

On the east side of the square. SJ

Tom stares as he sees a girl he thinks could be Rachel. Sloane Square SW1.

The girl walks into an alley. Unidentified location.

The view backwards is seen as Tom follows,

The girl starts running down a narrow alley, Brydges Place, an alley that runs between St Martin's Lane and Bedfordbury in WC2, seen also in 'The Comic Strip', 'Mary Poppins Returns', 'Last Christmas' and 'The Tall Guy'.

It's very narrow! SJ

Tom watches as the girl disappears.

Now looking east. SJ

He emerges into St. Martin's Lane.

Brydges Place's entrance is between no. 31 on the right and the London Coliseum on the left. SJ

Tom heads down the street. St. Martin's Lane, looking south towards Trafalgar Square.

The Edith Cavell Memorial is in the centre. SJ

Tom and Helen chase a boy thinking it might be Helen's son.

From ground level on the western Brighton section of the station. SJ

She is mistaken. Victoria Station.

And this is the eastern Dover/Chatham side. SJ

Receiving a tip-off, Tom visits a playground. Colville Square Gardens W11.

He surveys the area from the top of the slide, with buildings on the north side of Colville Square in the background.

Tom spots Rachel and rushes out of the gate. Colville Square, facing west. The square can also be seen in 'The L-Shaped Room', Half Moon Street' and 'The Knack . . . and How to Get It'.

Rachel is walking down a street with a friend. Looking northeast on Colville Terrace, across the junction with Colville Gardens.

Tom chases after her, crossing Lanark Road at the junction with Elgin Avenue, facing northeast.

Rachel spots Tom as she enters Maida Vale underground station W9.

A wider view as I was beaten by the depth of focus. SJ

As Tom approaches the station he passes the National Westminster Bank branch at 298-300 Elgin Avenue, which lasted until 2018.

Canopies prevent a clear view. SJ

Rachel says she has to go, but arranges to meet at Burlington Arcade the next day. Maida Vale Station.

The vantage point for the original view was closed off so I had to do with this off-angle. It appears that glass has been added to the top. SJ

Tom meets Rachel at Burlington Arcade, 51 Piccadilly W1.

Not quite so busy. SJ

Rachel tells Tom that she is not coming back with him. Burlington Arcade also appears in 'My Week With Marilyn', 'Last Christmas', 'The Best House in London', 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger', 'The File of the Golden Goose', '101 Dalmatians' and 'Patriot Games'.

All the units are identical so it's tricky to pinpoint. SJ

Tom arranges for his wife Gillian (Eileen O'Brian to come to London. Liverpool Street Station, Bishopsgate EC2.

Tom steps out to look for Rachel, but she has disappeard again, and his wife goes home. The west side of the station, looking towards Liverpool Street.

An exasperated Tom drinks from a can and talks to some stray youths. Victoria Station SW1.

The east section of the station. SJ

Across the way a bunch of stray girls hurl abuse at the youths. View from Victoria Station towards Victoria Buildings in Terminus Place SW1.

This entrance was closed off for a long time during refurbishment but fortunately it re-opened. SJ

Rachel walks briskly past a theatre. Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue W1 on the corner with Wardour Street. Refurbished and renamed the Sondheim Theatre in 2019.

Tom wanders the upper reaches of Liverpool Street Station.

Rachel turns up, says she cannot stay, and arranges to meet Tom at Paddington Station.

Tom pleads with Rachel, as she disappears again. Liverpool Street Station.

From his car, Tom spots Rachel, 183 Praed Street W2.

Currently overwhelmed by RS scaffolding. SJ

Rachel hands out flyers at the station entrance. Paddington Underground Station, Praed Street W2.

And the pan left is no better. SJ

Rachel runs off down the street. Praed Street.

Ah, that's better. SJ

Rachel crosses Praed Street by a zebra crossing, no longer there, at the junction with London Street.

Rather busy, traffic-wise. SJ

Tom attempts to follow Rachel into Paddington Station, but is rushed by street kids.

This area has greatly opened up with the relocation of the underground entrance. SJ

Rachel walks along Westbourne Grove. The view is eastward with the Garway Road junction to the right.

I assume the lamppost is in the same position. SJ

Tom stalks Rachel in his car. The corner of Monmouth Road W2 and Westbourne Grove W2.

This just catches, on the left, Camilla Fayed's Farmacy Farm restaurant which recently closed. SJ

Rachel walks south along Monmouth Road W2 . . .

Relatively unchanged. SJ

. . .reaching her house at no. 31.

It looks a lot smarter now. SJ

Tom confronts Rachel, bundles her into his car and drives off. Looking east from the end of Monmouth Road where the rear of houses in Leinster Square can be seen.

A lot tidier with the exception of the Lime Bikes. SJ

Tom screeches around the corner. Currently unidentified location.

Tom gets Rachel to call her mother. From Victoria Station, looking towards Terminus Place.

Looking at the Victoria Palace in the background. SJ

Tom visits a burger bar with Rachel. Casey Jones burger bar, Victoria Station.

Burgers are still being served. SJ

Rachel explains to Tom what happened. Victoria Station Platform 7.

About here. SJ