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Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed?
The Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand. We hold 10 confirmed locations, including Hobbiton Movie Set, Mount Sunday and Tongariro National Park. 10 of them are open to visitors.
On screen: Hobbiton, the Shire is Hobbiton Movie Set, Edoras, Rohan is Mount Sunday, Mordor is Tongariro National Park and Rivendell is Kaitoke Regional Park, Upper Hutt.
Travel atlas: New Zealand
Locations
10
Countries
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You can visit
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Hobbiton Movie SetNew ZealandThe Shire · as Hobbiton, the Shire
Mount SundayNew ZealandEdoras · as Edoras, Rohan- Tongariro National ParkNew ZealandMount Doom · as Mordor
TwizelTwizel · New ZealandThe Battle of the Pelennor Fields · as Pelennor Fields
Kaitoke Regional ParkUpper Hutt · New ZealandRivendell · as Rivendell- Mount VictoriaWellington · New ZealandGet off the road · as Under the tree, the Shire
- ParadiseGlenorchy · New ZealandLothlórien · as Lothlórien and Isengard
Putangirua PinnaclesMartinborough Community · New ZealandThe Paths of the Dead · as Dimholt Road- Deer Park HeightsQueenstown · New ZealandThe road to Helm's Deep · as Rohan
- Poolburn ReservoirVincent Community · New ZealandRohan village · as Rohan
Common questions
Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed?
The Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand. We hold 10 confirmed locations, including Hobbiton Movie Set, Mount Sunday and Tongariro National Park. 10 of them are open to visitors. On screen: Hobbiton, the Shire is Hobbiton Movie Set, Edoras, Rohan is Mount Sunday, Mordor is Tongariro National Park and Rivendell is Kaitoke Regional Park, Upper Hutt.
Can you visit the Lord of the Rings filming locations?
10 of the 10 locations are open to visitors. The rest are private homes, working studios or restricted sites — each page says which.
How many Lord of the Rings filming locations are there?
We hold 10 confirmed locations across 1 country.
Take the whole Lord of the Rings map with you.
Venture puts every one of these on a single map and sorts them by how far you are from each. It also tells you what else was filmed nearby — often something you would never have looked up.
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