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Senate House

London · United Kingdom  ·  Courthouse lobby shooting

Batman Begins filmed at Senate House, London. A brutalist university building's lobby stands in for a courthouse, where a criminal is gunned down. On screen it's City of Gotham State Courts.

Senate House, London
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Where to go

51.521, -0.1287
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Batman Begins (2005)
On screen
City of Gotham State Courts
In real life
Senate House, London
Can you visit?
Private. Not open to visitors
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Senate House today

Batman Begins film location: Joe Chill is gunned down in the ‘City of Gotham State Courts’: Senate House, University of London, Malet Street
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Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

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Questions

Where exactly did Batman Begins film at Senate House?
At 51.521, -0.1287 in London. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Senate House?
Private. Not open to visitors.
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