

It’s striking enough to have been painted by John Constable and was home to architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. Take a look at Admiral’s Walk in Hampstead, NW3, and Admiral’s House.

The studio isn’t open for tours, unless you’re a member of D23, not a branch of the secret service but the official Disney fan club.īut if you’re looking for a London location, don’t despair.

The ‘Cherry Tree Lane’ set was built on Stage 4. Parts of The Princess Diaries were also filmed here and it’s now known as The Julie Andrews Stage. Stage 2, one of the largest in LA, was built in 1949 and was used for much of the filming of Mary Poppins. Initially, the Burbank lot was used only for animation but, after WWII, live-action soundstages were added. There’s not a single shot of London.ĭisney had several studios but the huge success of the risky full-length animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937 allowed the company to buy the Burbank property, which went on to become its HQ, in 1940Q. Every frame of the original 1964 Mary Poppins was filmed on soundstages at Disney’s Burbank Studio, 500 South Buena Vista Avenue, Burbank in California.
