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Film & Media

Cinematic by nature

A location that does half the work for you
Guide

A ready-made set

One of England's most dramatic landscapes, with a working slate mine that brings industrial texture and history to every frame. No set dressing required.

Weather

Dramatic by default

Mountain light, shifting weather and the raw scale of the fells create natural drama you can't manufacture. Every season brings something different.

Public transfor

We make it easy

Catering, vehicle access and on-the-ground support from our team. We're experienced hosting crews and know how to keep a shoot running smoothly.

Arrival

400 years of history

Honister slate has been worked from this mountain since the 1700s. The mine, the landscape and the people who built it are a story worth telling, and a backdrop unlike anything else in the UK.

A featured landscape

Honister has been a magnet for film and TV crews for years. Sweeping fells, dramatic light, a working mountain with industrial grit baked into every shot. The landscape, the mine and its story have featured in documentaries, dramas, soaps and major brand campaigns. There's a reason they keep coming back.

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Dramas & documentaries

Honister has provided the backdrop for TV dramas, documentaries and factual productions, with the mine offering a location unlike anywhere else in the UK.

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Major brand campaigns

Household name brands have shot here. The dramatic landscape and working mine set make for advertising visuals that are impossible to replicate on a studio lot.

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Returning productions

Several productions have used Honister more than once. When a location works, crews come back, and this one works.

"The Lake District does the heavy lifting – we just make it easy to be here."
Prentice Wilkinson-Weir, Managing Director
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For film & production crews

We're set up to support productions of all sizes. On-site catering, vehicle access across the site, and a team who know the location inside out and can help you plan your shoot from first recce to wrap. Whatever your production needs, get in touch and we'll figure it out together.

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For journalists & press

Journalists are always welcome at Honister. If you're writing about the Lake District, adventure tourism, the slate industry or anything in between, we'd love to have you. Get in touch about press trips, photography, imagery requests or interview opportunities with the team.

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Golden-hour sunlit mountain valley with layered peaks, misty atmospheric haze, sparse vegetation in foreground, and a winding stream through the rocky terrain below
Mountain landscape with a cable car ascending a steep grassy slope toward rocky peaks, with a winding stream visible in the valley and clear blue sky above
Group of hikers wearing orange helmets and colorful backpacks standing on rocky mountain terrain with clear blue sky and distant mountains in the background
Sunset over a mountainous valley with a glowing sun reflected in a lake below, surrounded by dramatic orange and yellow clouds above silhouetted peaks.
Golden-hour sunlit mountain valley with layered peaks, misty atmospheric haze, sparse vegetation in foreground, and a winding stream through the rocky terrain below
Mountain landscape with a cable car ascending a steep grassy slope toward rocky peaks, with a winding stream visible in the valley and clear blue sky above
Group of hikers wearing orange helmets and colorful backpacks standing on rocky mountain terrain with clear blue sky and distant mountains in the background
Sunset over a mountainous valley with a glowing sun reflected in a lake below, surrounded by dramatic orange and yellow clouds above silhouetted peaks.

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