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Full Metal Jacket

North Thames Gasworks

London · United Kingdom  ·  Ruined city of Hue

Full Metal Jacket filmed at North Thames Gasworks, London. A vast abandoned gasworks on the Thames, dressed as a bombed-out Vietnamese city and planted with palm trees. On screen it's Hue.

Where to go

51.51608, 0.059426

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is a street or a long feature — the coordinate is a representative point on it, not a single spot.

Good to know

Title
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
On screen
Hue
In real life
North Thames Gasworks, London
Can you visit?
Closed to visitors
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Full Metal Jacket film at North Thames Gasworks?
At 51.51608, 0.059426 in London. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is a street or a long feature — the coordinate is a representative point on it, not a single spot.
Can you visit North Thames Gasworks?
Closed to visitors.
What else was filmed near North Thames Gasworks?
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