Here is The Studio Map’s list of UK studios – and expanded facilities – due to open in 2024 and beyond. The list and links are all under review as planning & construction progress. We welcome any updates and additions to this list.
Additionally, new stage expansion is planned at several UK studios. More information about these stages due in mid-2024.
Proposed new facilities
• Stirling Studios, Scotland • A new film campus planned for a former MoD site at Forthside • More Info
• Langleybury Film Hub • An amended scheme for 300 acres of Hertfordshire countryside • More Info
• Denham Film Campus, Buckinghamshire • Planned campus, close to Pinewood Studios • More Info
• Camden Film Quarter, London • Film hub with studio planned for Kentish Town, by YOO Capital • More Info
• Studio 9 – Northern Films, Hull • Plans for a purpose-built film studio with a 19,700 sq ft soundstage • More Info
• King’s Meadow, Nottingham • The former Carlton Television Studios, purpose-built, under renovation • More Info
• Wroughton Studios • A new film studio facility situated at the Science and Innovation Park in Wiltshire • More Info
• LAMDA, London • Building a VP volume & mo-cap space, to support the Independent Film sector • More Info
• Crown Works Studios, Sunderland • A new production hub on the banks of the River Wear • More Info
• Seren Virtual Productions • Great Point Media has invested in a virtual production hub in Cardiff, Wales • More Info
• The Fold, Leamington Spa • A creative hub with state-of-the-art studio & production facilities • More Info
• Ashford International Studios, Kent • Construction will start on the site at Newtown Works in mid-2023 • More Info
• Scotch Corner Richmond • A proposal for a 30,650 sq. m film and television facility in Yorkshire, UK • More Info
• Medina Studios • A new film and television studio planned in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight • More Info
• Pallion Shipyard Studios • Plans include the “world’s largest covered water studio” in Sunderland • More Info
• Gillette Studios • Early presentation to Hounslow Council for the development of the old Gillette factory • More Info
• Holyport Studios • Greystoke Land’s public consultation for studio development near Maidenhead • More Info
• Studio Ulster • Virtual Production studio complex in Belfast, Northern Ireland, open 2024 • More Info
• MARV Studios • Primarily a stunt training facility, with motion capture facilities. • More Info
• Pioneer Film Studios • Film campus in Glasgow, Scotland. Partly open, more stages due in 2023 • More Info
• University of Sunderland • Virtual production studio (LED & Chromakey) to open summer 2022 • More Info
• Home of Production (HOP) Studios • A 1.3million sq ft site planned for Bedfordshire • More Info
• Sunset Waltham Cross Studios • Update, July 2023: Plans for the 21-stage site in Broxbourne, Herts are “paused” • More Info
• Mo-Sys • Virtual production hub planned for Greenwich, east London, with eight stages – status unknown • More Info
• SEGRO Park Enfield • Netflix has signed a deal to take space at this speculative development • More Info
• Pyramid Studios • New studios planned for the business park in Bathgate, near Edinburgh • More Info
• Wycombe Film Studios • Stage one built, tested & ready for productions, full planning permission granted • More Info
• Marlow Studio Project • Film studio and filmmaking campus near Marlow, Buckinghamshire • More Info
• London Film Studios (SHL), Enfield • Film studio, now taking bookings • More Info
• Bray Film Studios • Five new sound stages planned for the Thames-side studio • More Info
• Digbeth Loc. Studios • Studio in Birmingham, fully opening in 2024 • More Info
• Brighton Film Studios • A 11,000 sq ft studio, for students. External hires may be available mid-2022 • More Info
• The Northern Studio, Hartlepool • 3,000 sqm film studios • The Northern School of Art • More Info
• Eastbrook Studios, Dagenham (MBS/BeFirst), East London • 12 sound stages totalling c.252,000 sqft. • More Info
• The Wharf Studios, Barking • Six new stages near Dagenham Eastbrook Studios, see above.
• Sky Studios Elstree Hertfordshire • Film and TV studio, continued development • More Info
• Littlewoods Studios, Liverpool • Film & TV studios planned for the Littlewoods Building • More Info
We welcome details of any new UK studios, either planned or recently opened, to share with users of The Studio Map
It has been widely reported in Birmingham and the West Midlands that Create Central will build a studio complex in Digbeth near to Birmingham city centre.
Thank you, David, for the heads-up. I imagine these might be the much-rumoured ‘Mercian Studios’, see above. Here’s a more recent news reference & link: “Peaky Blinders founder Steven Knight thinks Hollywood producers will be banging on the door of Birmingham when his new movie studio opens”.
Thanks, Tony,
Steven Knight’s Mercian Studios are a different project to the Create Central studios I mentioned.
Mercian Studios were originally planned to be built on the outskirts of the city near Birmingham Airport. That plan still remains, hopefully at some point In the future. Steven Knight has since announced that the first phase of Mercian Studios is now planned to be built in Digbeth which is near to the city centre.
Create Central are a group of broadcasting professionals based in and around Birmingham with some support from the West Midlands Combined Authority, although they are an independent organisation. They announced two or three months ago that they will be renovating a number of old industrial buildings, also in Digbeth, to provide state of the art studios very much within the centre of Birmingham.
Both of these projects are entirely separate from each other.
Apparently the BBC, amongst others, are interested in using Create Central’s facilities. Steven Knight might be justifiably optimistic about getting Hollywood interested in his studios as he is reported to be in negotiations with backers from the US. An announcement is expected soon.
Regards, David [Comment has been edited for length]
Hi David – Just to clarity – Create Central is not building a studio in Digbeth. We are working with Steven Knight on his Digbeth Loc studios and are the industry partner for the new Creative Content Hub at The Bond in Digbeth (listed here).
Hi Tony,
Where are we going to get the technical expertise from.
There’s a shortage of staff for all departments and grades on the current level of film Production now.
It’s a real problem, Dave. “Projections for the next five years tell us we’re going to need a minimum of 30,000 people coming into the workforce…” – a recent quote from Adrian Wootton, Film London. There is an industry-wide scramble to train and re-train to address this shortage. And it’s not just a UK problem.
Studio Ulster
https://www.studioulster.com/
Hi James, Many thanks for bringing Studio Ulster to the attention of The Studio Map. What’s the timeline for the full opening of the studio? Tony
Hi James, Our users would love to know the timeline for the full opening of the studio. Do you know the schedule? Tony, Publisher, Pocket Films
… Readers will also find it useful to google around “new film studios in the UK” as the scale of development is quite eye-opening (this post is a good round at the time of writing)