A real place on screen
Castle Combe
Stone cottages, a market cross and a small bridge form a compact village streetscape. The collection treats it as an architectural ensemble, not a single house or a village built for a film.
- Architect / attribution
- Historic village; many builders
- Building chronology
- Medieval core with later buildings
- Place
- Wiltshire, United Kingdom
The real building
Castle Combe is a small Cotswold village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of about 350. The village was the setting for the movie "War Horse" and also the original version of Doctor Doolittle with Rex Harrison .
Films at Castle Combe
Stardust (2007)
On screen: The village of Wall
Wiltshire’s tourism body records Stardust among the productions filmed in the village. The screen geography combines real streets with invented boundaries and other locations.
In the film
Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.
Movie frame
Paramount Pictures Corporation · Scene image source
Movie frame
Paramount Pictures Corporation · Scene image source
Filming evidence
Building sources
A screen appearance does not imply public access. Consult the venue for current visiting arrangements.