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(Shaun of the Dead location, Duke of Albany, New Cross Gate)  

'Shaun of the Dead: Holing up at ‘The Winchester Arms’: The Duke of Albany, Monson Road, New Cross Gate

SHAUN OF THE DEAD filming locations


CREDITS
SHAUN OF THE DEAD, 2004
dir: Edgar Wright

Simon Pegg
Kate Ashfield
Nick Frost
Lucy Davis
Dylan Moran
Penelope Wilton
Bill Nighy
I don't think I have it in me to shoot my Mum, my flatmate, my stepdad and my girlfriend all at the same night.

Hold on! A British comedy that's (a) smart, (b) not written by Richard Curtis and (c) funny? Now that came as a surprise. Based on the simplest of premises: In a city packed with blank-eyed wage slaves and whacked-out clubheads, how long would it take us to notice the arrival of George A Romero's lumbering, flesh-chomping dead?

It takes Shaun (Simon Pegg) quite a while, what with placating his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), defending his amiably slobby best mate Ed (Nick Frost) and pleasing his parents (the priceless Penelope Wilton and Bill Nighy).

Romero seems happy with the homage. Both writer-director Wright and star Pegg have been rewarded with zombie cameos in his latest, Land of the Dead.

(Shaun of the Dead location, Crouch End)  

'Shaun of the Dead: Shaun's flat: 83 Nelson Road, Weston Park


Shaun's neighbourhood is north London, around Crouch End, where his flat is 83 Nelson Road at Weston Park, N8. Across the road, the local grocery store, where Shaun fails to notice anything, um, out of the ordinary, is Weston Park Grocery, 96 Weston Park. Shaun works in an electronics store on High Road, North Finchley, and his parents live at 37 Abbots Gardens, East Finchley.

(Shaun of the Dead location, Weston Park)  

'Shaun of the Dead: zombies in the grocery store: Weston park Grocery, Weston Park


Odd, then, that he has such a trek down to his beloved local boozer, 'The Winchester Arms'. The pub is way across the city, south of the Thames, in New Cross Gate. It's the Duke of Albany, 39 Monson Road at Barlborough Street, SE14. Unfortunately, zombies, unlike black cabs, do go south of the river.


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FILMING LOCATIONS FOR SHAUN OF THE DEAD
London
 
TRAVEL


London: Flights: Heathrow Airport; Gatwick Airport

Crouch End: rail: Crouch Hill or Harringay

Duke of Albany, 39 Monson Road at Barlborough Street, New Cross Gate, SE14 (tube: New Cross Gate, East London Line)
 
ASSOCIATED FILMS


New Cross is where Gary Oldman grew up, and is the setting for his directorial debut Nil By Mouth

 

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