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 Battlefields, Aslan’s camp, forests, and coastal views of Narnia
Czech Republic Adrspach National Park and other sandstone areas Snowy rock towers and winter wilderness of Narnia
Poland Dunajec River Valley, Siemianowskie/SiemianĂłwka lake region Exterior winter scenes and lakes in Narnia
United Kingdom Highley station and country locations WWII evacuation and “real world” England scenes
United States Griffith Park, Los Angeles Certain forest scenes doubling for English woods
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