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All our photoshoot locations in London
Woolly Mammoth has 65 photoshoot locations to hire in London, from £120 an hour plus VAT, with no booking fee. They are real places rather than white studios: a daylight studio under a full-length skylight in Clapton (Stable Light Studio), a Victorian warehouse with 20-foot arched windows in East London (Sprattsfactory), Grade II listed townhouses facing Hyde Park (The Regency House), a Georgian flat over a garden square in Clerkenwell (Wilmington Square Studio) and a penthouse terrace facing the Houses of Parliament (Skyline Private Rooftop). They seat 10 to 160 people for crew and clients, and 52 have a kitchen with an oven for catering or food shoots.
Brands, agencies and production teams book them for campaigns, e-commerce, editorial and content days. We plan the shoot with you: a shortlist within a working day, a recce at the time of day you will shoot, access and parking, and someone from our team at check-in.
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How to choose a photoshoot location in London
Which look does your brief need?
Start from the pictures you want, then the space: a studio lit by skylights, raw brick and steel, a period room or a skyline. Each look below has its own page.
| Look | Best for | Most Popular Venues | From | See |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight studio | Fashion, e-commerce, portraits | Stable Light Studio, Lumen Loft | £135 an hour | daylight photo studios |
| Warehouse or factory loft | Campaigns, streetwear, music | Sprattsfactory, Shoreditch Reconverted Warehouse | £125 an hour | warehouse venues |
| Period interior | Heritage brands, editorial, luxury | The Regency House, Wilmington Square Studio | £125 an hour | Victorian venues |
| Penthouse or rooftop | Skyline backdrops, lifestyle | Skyline Private Rooftop, The Glasshouse Penthouse | £120 an hour | rooftop venues |
| Home or flat | Lifestyle, interiors, food | Marylebone Classy Flat, Chic Urban Haven | £125 an hour | apartment venues |
Light: which way the windows face
Daylight moves through the day, so ask which way the main windows face and recce at the hour you plan to shoot. The windows of Lumen Loft face east, so mornings are brightest; The Glasshouse Penthouse sits in a south-facing terrace. For full control, two studios can black out the room, with blinds at Lumen Loft and on request at The Foundry Studios - The Loft; anywhere else, bring your own blackout and continuous lights.
Crew size, prep rooms and power
Use the seated capacity as a guide to how many crew and clients a room takes. A venue with separate rooms keeps the set, wardrobe and clients apart: The Loft Studio has three private rooms for dressing or prep, and The Light Foundry has four. Sprattsfactory has high-capacity power for lighting rigs; for any other venue, tell us your lighting load and we check it with the venue before you book.
Parking and load-in
19 of our 65 venues list private parking. Lumen Loft has a service lift for kit, The Foundry Studios - The Kitchen ground-level access through a courtyard, and The Creative Angel Home off-street loading, outside the Congestion Charge zone.
Do you need a permit?
Inside a private venue, you need the owner's permission, and your booking gives you that. Outside is different: Film London explains that streets and council land go through each borough's film service, and the Royal Parks ask for permission, and in most cases a fee, for any commercial photography in their parks.
FAQs about photoshoot locations in London
Hourly rates start at £120 plus VAT, and half of our locations charge £175 an hour or less. A location that seats more people costs more, so a small crew in a loft pays far less than a shoot in a hall. No booking fee is added to the venue's own rate.
| Seated crew and clients | Venues | From | Typical per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 to 20 | 34 | £120 | £150 |
| 21 to 40 | 14 | £120 | £160 |
| 41 to 80 | 10 | £175 | £275 |
| 81 to 160 | 6 | £300 | £450 |
Beyond the studios, light comes through eight floor-to-ceiling windows in a Haggerston home (The Light Foundry), twelve oversized sash windows in a Shoreditch space (The Shoreditch Cabin) and Crittall windows on the top floor of an Art Deco block in Fitzrovia (Fitzrovia Penthouse), as well as a skylight in Clapton (Stable Light Studio):
| Most Popular Venues | What makes it unique | Seats | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Light Foundry | Eight floor-to-ceiling windows and white walls | 13 | £150 an hour |
| The Shoreditch Cabin | Twelve sash windows under a timber ceiling | 60 | £250 an hour |
| Fitzrovia Penthouse | Crittall windows on the top floor of an Art Deco block | 40 | £710 an hour |
| Stable Light Studio | Soft, even light from a full-length skylight | 20 | £240 an hour |
No: none of our locations has an infinity cove, because the rooms themselves are the backdrop. For product and portrait work, Lumen Loft provides a backdrop stand with a choice of colours. See our daylight photo studios.
Listed rooms with chandeliers and panelling on Hyde Park (The Regency House), a Georgian flat with shutters and fireplaces (Wilmington Square Studio) and a former courthouse with a dome in Clerkenwell (Old Session House):
| Most Popular Venues | What makes it unique | Seats | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Regency House | Chandeliers, panelling and 4-metre ceilings on Hyde Park | 140 | £470 an hour |
| Wilmington Square Studio | A Georgian flat with sash windows over a garden square | 10 | £175 an hour |
| Old Session House | Two grand halls and a dome in a former courthouse | 120 |
Yes, on private terraces: one of London's largest, facing the Thames in Vauxhall (Skyline Private Rooftop), a 1,000 sq ft terrace on the 20th floor in Shoreditch (The Avantgarde Penthouse) and a glass-domed penthouse with a terrace in Covent Garden (The Skyline Luxe Penthouse). See all our rooftop venues:
| Most Popular Venues | What makes it unique | Seats | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline Private Rooftop | One of London's largest private terraces | 20 | £440 an hour |
| The Avantgarde Penthouse | A 1,000 sq ft terrace on the 20th floor | 15 | £140 an hour |
| The Skyline Luxe Penthouse | A glass-domed ceiling and a private terrace | 18 | £360 an hour |
14 of our locations have a step-free entrance or wheelchair access, the restored theatre at London Bridge and the Bankside penthouse among them. If someone on the shoot needs step-free access, say so in your enquiry: we check every step of the way in, from the street to the toilets.
Availability changes every day, so the sooner the better. Send us your dates, crew size and moodboard: we reply within a working day with the locations that are free and arrange the recces. For video, see our filming locations.
