where was narnia filmed
Most of the world of Narnia in the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was filmed in New Zealand, with major winter and castle landscapes also shot in the Czech Republic and Poland, plus a few locations in the UK and the US for specific scenes.
Main filming countries
- New Zealand provided many of the sweeping landscapes, including battlefields and coastal cliffs that became key views of Narnia.
- The Czech Republic was used for snowy rock formations and forests standing in for Narnia’s “always winter” look.
- Poland and surrounding areas contributed additional exterior winter and lake scenes.
- The production also used locations in the United Kingdom and United States for specific forest and train-station moments in the “real world” parts of the story.
Notable Narnia landscapes
- In New Zealand, places like Elephant Rocks, Flock Hill, Paradise near Glenorchy, Woodhill Forest, and Purakaunui Bay were transformed into Aslan’s camp, battlefields, and the coast near Cair Paravel.
- In the Czech Republic, Adrspach National Park and nearby sandstone formations created the dramatic snowy rock towers and arches of wintertime Narnia.
“Real world” scenes
- The Pevensies’ countryside evacuation and train moments used English railway locations such as Highley station in the UK.
- Some forest scenes set in England were actually filmed in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, adding to the mix of real-world locations around Narnia’s story.
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| Area | Key real locations | How they were used |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | Elephant Rocks, Flock Hill, Paradise, Woodhill Forest, Purakaunui Bay | [7][3][1]Battlefields, Aslan’s camp, forests, and coastal views of Narnia | [3][7]
| Czech Republic | Adrspach National Park and other sandstone areas | [1][3][5]Snowy rock towers and winter wilderness of Narnia | [3][5]
| Poland | Dunajec River Valley, Siemianowskie/Siemianówka lake region | [5][1]Exterior winter scenes and lakes in Narnia | [1][5]
| United Kingdom | Highley station and country locations | [5][1]WWII evacuation and “real world” England scenes | [1][5]
| United States | Griffith Park, Los Angeles | [5][1]Certain forest scenes doubling for English woods | [1][5]