Chariots of Fire

West Sands Beach, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK, imdb. Carlton Hotel. Whilst this is indeed the location it is representing the true location as described in the voice over, "Carlton Hotel, Broadstairs, Kent". This has been clarified and brought to our attention by Anne Ammundsen - see Header Section for more details. (RL)

This is the famous 18th hole of the St Andrews Golf course. The building on the left is the clubhouse. That on the right is the Hamilton building now with apartments changing hands at $10,000,000 each. The name Carlton Hotel was presumably for the film. Nick Cox

Saint Mary-le-Strand Church in the (then) present day, London WC2.

Peter took this shot in the (now) present day. There's a bit more greenery!

This does not look like the interior so all there is of London is one establishment shot as far as I can tell... The interior is St Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, with thanks to Tony.

Just in EC2. SJ

Havers in old age make-up.

All there except for the lectern. SJ

Trinity Street, Cambridge, looking south down Kings Parade. On the right is Kings College Chapel, and beyond that the ornate entranceway to Kings. On the left is St Mary's Church tower and beyond that the shops that front onto Kings Parade. Tom Hartley kindly sent in this info.

And now, directly into the sun. This area is also seen in Bachelor of Hearts. SJ

Still Cambridge.

This is Trinity Lane from the Senate House Passage corner. SJ

Cambridge

And this is the entrance to Trinity Hall. SJ

Cambridge

And again. SJ

Eton College, Eton in Berkshire, (race around quad of Trinity College), according to IMDb. But when I was a lad Trinity was in Cambridge. Perhaps they mean that the film used Eton to represent Trinity.

Various parts of Eton College appear in ‘The Madness of King George’, ‘Cloudburst’, ‘The Fourth Protocol’ and ‘Fun at St. Fanny's'.

Bicycles still there. RJ

Now. SJ.

The Schoolyard of Eton College in Eton, Berkshire.

Now. SJ.

A similar scene appears in 'Shakespeare in Love' whilst other views of Eton College can be seen in ‘Fun at St. Fanny's’, ‘Cloudburst’, ‘The Fourth Protocol’, 'Arabesque' and 'The Madness of King George'.

Now. SJ.

Taken by RJ years ago and gathering dust until now.

A Scots kirk. Various Scottish locations are given courtesy imdb. Take your pick. In fact take a real pic, and send it in and earn brownie points.

Name of the church is Fowlis Wester parish church or St Bean's church, Perthshire. 6km east of Crieff off the A85 road. Can't find a street name but the village is tiny. Neil Rigby/Google... Great find (Feb 2102), Neil, this one was elusive for several years. And finally a replacement for the Google, taken by Andy McArthur.

"The church is the B listed Fowlis Wester Parish Church, Fowlis Wester PH7 3NL. Dedicated to St Bean (or St Beanus), who was an Irish missionary who preached Christianity in 720 ad. The current church was renovated in 1927 by Glasgow Architect Jeffrey Waddell and considered to be his finest work. 40 years after the film was made trees obscure the view of the church building." Andy McArthur adds some detail.

Andy McArthur enjoying his trip.

Another detail of the church

That tree really has grown! Andy McArthur with the pic.

Turning the corner from the gateway.

Andy rounds this off with another contribution. (SJ)

Is this for real, or a set? Is it Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Scotland-Ireland athletics meeting; Liddell preaches to crowd) IMDb?

"After researching mining, I found the street. I cannot capture the other rounded cottage with GEV. The colliery and chimney have gone. Michaels Colliery. The running track has also been built on. But the cottages and view remain. Randolph Street, East Wemyss, Fife KY14." Another clever discovery by Neil Rigby... Gavin McCord adds that the Michael Colliery closed in 1967 after a disastrous fire. The houses are still there, though the winding gear has been removed. The grassy space is now a care home.

As Eric Liddel and Others sing in church, the action moves to another, very wet, race meeting. Gavin McCord advises that the stand is at the Stewart's Melville rugby ground on Ferry Road in Inverleith, Edinburgh.

Taken from as close as Gavin could get due to a high stone wall around the boundary of the ground.

This looks like Eton standing in for Trinity, or was it the other way round? See pics cof003.

Yes Eton again. SJ.

Now. SJ.

Is this Goldenacre, Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Liddell wins race at Scotland-France meeting), imdb?

The Golden Acre sports ground at Inverleith taken through the railings. Thanks to Google. Nick Cox

R M Crorie confirms this and the previous as Heriot's sports ground, in Inverleith, both taken looking north-west with Bangholm Terrace in the background. He was there, earning £6/day plus lunch as an extra, while a student at Edinburgh University to cheer on Liddell. And he appears in this still (the tall figure on the edge of the group in front of the pavilion pillar on his left/our right)! (SJ)

Panning left from above. Thanks to Google. Nick Cox

Broughton McDonald Church, Broughton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Church of Scotland church, Paris) imdb. So this looks right, do we all agree? ... No, Ged Browne sets us right with The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on The Mound, Edinburgh. The Statue is John Knox- 1514-1572, foremost leader of the Scottish Reformation.

Now. RJ who was not put off by the earlier false identification.

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on The Mound, Edinburgh.

Now. RJ

The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland on The Mound, Edinburgh. The Statue is John Knox- 1514-1572, foremost leader of the Scottish Reformation.

Now: oops missed the top bit. RJ

Charleson and Campbell walk by Arthur's Seat, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.

Now. RJ. Also seen in One Day, Battle of the Sexes, Ecstacy. (SJ)

Another shot as above.

Now. RJ

Eton

Eton College from the Slough Rd. The still was taken from the playing field over the wall. Thanks to Google and Nick Cox.

Hall Barn, Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire where Lord Lindsay jumps over hurdles that have champagne glasses on them as noted on IMDB and also seen in 'The Walking Stick', 'Anoop and the Elephant', 'Take a Girl Like You', 'Gosford Park' and 'Nobody Runs Forever'.

Hall Barn, now a hotel. Nick Cox.

Back at Eton Trinity I believe.

Believe it. SJ.

Now. SJ.

Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK (Liddell and Abrahams leave for Paris on boat train), IMDb.

This shows the original architecture of the Woodside ferry terminal Birkenhead CH416DU. Neil Rigby.

Woodside ferry terminal Birkenhead CH41 6DU. NR

This shows the ferry gangway as it is today.

The old Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building at Pierhead in Liverpool L3 confirmed by Tony Onslow.

The Grade II* listed Port of Liverpool building, captured by Neil Rigby.

Could this be The Cafe Royal, West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK , imdb? Once again Ged Browne personally visited and says that it's not just right at all. It does look somewhat "set-ish" (SJ)

Panning left from above.

Is this Liverpool Town Hall, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK , imdb? No this is Broughton McDonald Church, Broughton Place, Edinburgh, Scotland misidentiified earlier.

Broughton Place, Edinburgh. Thanks to Google & Nick Cox.

Liddell and Abrahams get off the boat train. York Station, York, North Yorkshire.

The same location replacing a previous copyrighted image. (PW)

The same canopy over the car park entrance at York station. (PW)

Station interior, is it York, Birkenhead or somewhere else? ... Answered: click the date for a comparison.

York station on Station Road, York. The former platform next to platform 2 is now a car park. This image replaces an earlier incorrect one. (PW)

After 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' York station once again stands in for London Victoria station, where once more the well-known tender loco No 737 of the former South Eastern & Chatham Railway appears, loaned by the National Railway Museum. The Wainwright Class D 4-4-0 engine was built at Ashford in 1901 and withdrawn in 1956. Nicknamed "coppertops", this SECR locomotives became particularly associated with boat trains to Dover and Folkestone. Manuel G adds some detail.

York again, at the north end of the station. This image replaces an earlier incorrect one. (PW)

Out of sequence but nevertheless an additional still provided by Ged Browne to show the field where the ‘Highland Games’ took place, when Eric Liddel showed the locals his paces!

Ged knows the Sma' Glen well - a stunning valley, a few miles north of Crieff, on the road to Dunkeld / Pitlochry. 200 yds up the private road to Auchnafree, from the stone bridge crossing the river, this was on private land, Ged was given special dispensation by the kind owner for this shot and the next. (SJ)

An eye-catching rock formation also captured by Ged.

And Ged's comparison where he climbed the wooded hill beyond the owner's house, which gives the elevated view of the field as above. (SJ)