Most of Disney’s 2017 live‑action Beauty and the Beast was filmed on soundstages at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with a handful of exterior scenes shot on location in the English countryside.

Main Filming Locations

  • Shepperton Studios, Surrey (UK) – The production was based almost entirely at Shepperton Studios, where the grand interiors like the Beast’s castle, ballroom, library, and Belle’s village of “Villeneuve” were built as large practical sets.
  • London area, England – Some additional work and location shooting took place in and around Greater London, complementing the studio work.

Countryside Exteriors

  • Ashridge Estate / Ivinghoe Beacon (Buckinghamshire) – Rural sequences, including parts of the snowy countryside and roads leading toward the Beast’s castle, used landscapes on the Ashridge Estate around Ivinghoe Beacon.
  • Winterfold Forest & Hurtwood (Surrey Hills) – Forest scenes, such as Belle’s father traveling through the woods, were filmed in these wooded areas near the studios, providing dramatic natural backdrops.

“Real” Places That Inspired the Sets

  • The elaborate castle and village sets at Shepperton drew visual inspiration from real European sites, including French villages and historic libraries and abbeys in Germany and Portugal, even though those locations themselves were not used for principal photography.

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