The village in The Eagle Has Landed was the real village of Mapledurham in Berkshire, England, which stood in for the fictional village of Studley Constable in Norfolk.

Quick Scoop

  • The film’s main village scenes were shot in Mapledurham, a small village near Reading in Berkshire.
  • In the story, this location represents the fictional East Anglian village of Studley Constable in Norfolk.
  • Key spots used include St Margaret’s Church and Mapledurham Watermill, both still visitable today.

Extra filming trivia

  • Cornwall was used to stand in for the Channel Islands, including Charlestown harbour for the “Alderney” scenes.
  • Other sequences were filmed in places like Holkham Beach in Norfolk and Rovaniemi in Finland for the railway scenes.

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