Film

Love Actually Walking Tour
London

Follow the overlapping love stories of Richard Curtis's beloved Christmas film across London's most iconic streets, markets, and landmarks.

9 stops · 8.5 km

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Every Stop Has a Story

The Heartfelt Gateway

The film's opening scenes of joyful reunions play out above one of the world's busiest hubs for the flower trade, moving millions of stems through Heathrow's cargo holds every day.

Jamie's House

The scene of Colin Firth's heavy-coated walk to this house was filmed on a sweltering July day, and the too-lush 'December' trees give it away.

Christmas Concert

The Prime Minister watches a school Christmas concert from the wings, smuggled in by Natalie for the moment several of the film's love stories quietly come together.

Mark Declares his Love to Juliet

Mark's silent cue-card confession of love plays out on a mews of converted Victorian stables that once housed the carriages and horses of London's wealthiest residents.

Love is Wrapped Up

Selfridges moved its perfume counters to the front doors specifically to mask the smell of horse manure from the street, a decision that ended up defining the luxurious, fragrant shopping experience seen on screen today.

Peter and Juliet's Wedding

This Mayfair chapel, Peter and Juliet's wedding venue on screen, was the wartime place of worship for thousands of stationed American troops, including a regular congregant named Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Daniel and Son's Heart-to-Heart

Daniel and Sam's heart-to-heart bench scene required careful tide-timing, since the Thames here can drop to a muddy 'foreshore' that the production needed to avoid on camera.

Love in the Political Spotlight

The brass letterbox on the world-famous black door isn't engraved for a 'Prime Minister' at all, but for the 'First Lord of the Treasury,' the title held by Robert Walpole, Britain's first PM.

Mark's Home

Strict laws banned illuminated advertising signs, so the tower's 1920s owners spelled out 'OXO' directly into the windows instead, a loophole that gave the building both its name and Mark's screen address.

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