Commercial Services - Basildon Film Office

Our one-stop service will give you:

• advice on all filming enquiries
• professional and friendly service
• local knowledge
• co-ordinated support across all our services

You can rely upon us to provide excellent support before, during and after your shoot.

Apply to film in Basildon

If you are interested in using Basildon borough as a film location, please send us details of your requirementsand include details of your public liability insurance.

• Request to film in the Basildon Borough

Film office support charges for 2024/25

We will give prices on application for filming that involves a very large crew of more than 50 people.

All charges are exclusive of VAT.

Small crew of 1 to 5 people

• Administration Fee for processing licence applications: £50
• Fee for street filming - one off: £50
• Location fee - full day: £837 - Our full day rates may be negotiable if filming is to take place over several days.
• Location fee - half day: £418.50
• Location fee - per hour: £125

Medium crew 6 to 15 people

• Administration Fee for processing licence applications: £50
• Fee for street filming - one off: £125
• Location fee - full day: £1076.16 - Our full day rates may be negotiable if filming is to take place over several days.
• Location fee - half day: £538.08
• Location fee - per hour: £150

Large crew 16 to 50 people

• Administration Fee for processing licence applications: £50
• Fee for street filming - one off: £175
• Location fee - full day: £1793.58 - Our full day rates may be negotiable if filming is to take place over several days.
• Location fee - half day: £896.79
• Location fee - per hour: £200

Filming on public roads and paths

If you wish to film on public and/or paths, or if your filming may affect them, you need to contact Essex County Council.

• Phone: 01245 430430
• Email: contact@essex.gov.uk (opens new window)

Easy to access and well connected

Basildon is situated on the north bank of the River Thames immediately to the east of London. We're easy to get to and we have great transport connections, and we are also outside of the London congestion charge zone.

Whichever way you prefer to travel, getting here is simple. You can get here:

• by road - well connected via the A13, A127 and the M25 (just 10km away)
• by rail - just 35 minutes from central London
• by air - there are 6 international airports within 60 minutes' drive (London City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Southend and Stanstead)
• by sea - we have 3 international sea ports nearby

Our main town centre offices are in The Basildon Centre, see contact details bottom of page.

For further information and enquiries

For further information and enquiries about filming in Basildon, see contact details below: