Things You Didn't Know About The Palace Of Placentia

Publish date: 2024-05-08

Today, the site of the former Palace of Placentia brings in over 1.2 million visitors each year, according to the Old Royal Naval College. Along with the ORNC buildings, the site is also home to the University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

The ORNC deems its site "the world's most popular filming location." The website boasts a vast list of movies that have filmed scenes at the historic site from 1925 to today.

In the 1990s, British classics such as "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and the 1995 film adaptation of "Sense & Sensibility" — starring Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, and Hugh Grant — included scenes filmed onsite.

Some of the most notable works to have filmed at the ORNC include the "Sherlock Holmes" movies starring Robert Downey Jr., "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "The King's Speech," and episodes of Netflix's "The Crown."

In 2012 alone, the ORNC was a setting for blockbusters including "Les Miserables," "Skyfall," and "The Dark Knight Rises."

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