Cold War Airbase: The Collective's Latest Top London Film Location

As film and television production in the UK enters its busiest phase of the year, London-based film location agency The Collective unearths another unique and versatile film location, already attracting interest from filmmakers from home and abroad.

London, UK (PRWEB) May 20, 2009 -- With around 20 feature films and numerous TV shows due to be shot in and around London over the next few months, the summer is set to be a busy time for film location managers. These are the people tasked with finding the buildings and backdrops which match the needs of the script, which have real visual impact, and which meet the logistical requirements of film production. Discovered by The Collective's in-house location scouts earlier this month, RAF West Drayton, a former Cold War military air traffic monitoring facility, ticks all the boxes.

Within its 32 acre footprint, RAF West Drayton offers a staggering array of office buildings, set-build warehouses, industrial plant areas, and a range of rooms and spaces which could easily double as hospitals, schools or police stations - all extremely popular location briefs. As a former RAF monitoring station, it is also home to some terrifically atmospheric Eastern Bloc military exteriors and interiors, just crying out for a tense Cold War era drama production.

"The hassle and cost involved in a film production constantly decamping from one location to the next explains the popularity of sites like West Drayton, where a project has access to copious parking, ready-to-go production offices, a wide range of filming locations, as well as some truly unique period environments," explains location scout Tom Barnes. "We were really excited to find such a unique site only half an hour's drive from central London. There are only a handful of places like this available for filming in and around London. We sent out a location listing by email to London-based location managers last week and the phone's been ringing every day since, with people working on high profile feature films and television shows really keen to have a look around".

RAF West Drayton is immediately available for filming and photography. You can explore the site in detail on The Collective's online location library, http://www.location-collective.co.uk. To arrange a viewing, or to find out more about the site, call Lottie Mason on +44 (0)20 7284 8903.

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