Where Was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Set

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Now, the actual Potts family home—that windmill with the collapsed roof and the suspiciously convenient workshop—is a different story. That wasn’t in Germany at all. It was built on the backlot of Pinewood Studios in England. Yes, the most iconic house in the movie is a fake, propped up on a soundstage like a Hollywood starlet in a corset.

But here’s the kicker: the real car was not just a prop. The filmmakers built a dozen of them, and one of those original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars still exists today. It lives in a museum in Beaulieu, England, where it sits and judges other cars for not having wings. So the car is from England, even if the village is from Germany. Make it make sense.

The Beach Scene: A British Seaside Lie

Remember the scene where the family goes to the beach to eat candy and dream about cars? That was filmed at Herne Bay in Kent, England. The filmmakers tried to make it look like the French Riviera, but the water was the temperature of a cold cup of tea, and the extras were probably wearing thermal underwear under their swimsuits.

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In fact, most of the beach shots were done on a soundstage at Pinewood, using tons of sand and a giant tank of water. The actors were shivering in 68-degree waves, pretending it was the Mediterranean. That’s movie magic: making you believe you’re in paradise when you’re actually in a concrete box with a fake sun.