Notting Hill: From Portobello Road to the Savoy

William Thacker owns a travel book store in Notting Hill, and one day famous actress Anna Scott walks in and buys a book. The crew filmed the shop scenes on Portobello Road, using number 142 as the Travel Book Store. The street runs through the Notting Hill district, and on Saturdays it hosts Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets.

Visitor guidance: Visit on a Saturday to catch Portobello Road Market around number 142.

Moments after Anna leaves the shop, Will bumps into her rounding a street corner, spilling juice over her, and takes her to his flat across the street so she can change. As she leaves, she impulsively kisses him. The exterior is 280 Westbourne Park Road, a house owned by writer Richard Curtis, though the flat itself was made up in the studios. The blue door was auctioned for charity, and the current door is blue again.

Visitor guidance: Look for the blue door at 280 Westbourne Park Road.

That afternoon Anna invites Will to her hotel, the Ritz, where he is mistaken for a reporter and swept into a press event for her new film. Asked who he writes for, he invents Horse and Hound magazine, an alias he will reuse in the finale. The crew moved to the Ritz after six weeks in Notting Hill and had to film there at night. The Ritz London is a 5-star luxury hotel at 150 Piccadilly, opened by Swiss hotelier César Ritz in 1906.

Visitor guidance: The hotel stands at 150 Piccadilly.

Anna agrees to be Will's date at his sister Honey's birthday party that evening, and William surprises everyone by arriving with the megastar on his arm. The party house is 91 Lansdowne Road, home in the story to Bella and Max. This is a private home with no public access.

Later that night the two enter a private neighbourhood park, where Anna kisses Will again. The garden is Rosmead Gardens on Rosmead Road, the communal garden they break into after dark. It returns in the closing shot, when a pregnant Anna and Will spend time in the private park from their first date. The garden is private with no public access, so this stop is for the story rather than a visit.

Months later Anna is back in London making a film based on a Henry James novel, an idea Will once suggested, and he visits the set unannounced. The period shoot was filmed at Kenwood House. Kenwood, also known as the Iveagh Bequest, is a stately home in Hampstead on the northern edge of Hampstead Heath, remodelled for Lord Mansfield by Robert Adam in 1764.

Visitor guidance: Kenwood House stands on Hampstead Lane by Hampstead Heath.

For the finale everyone races across London to Anna's press conference at the Savoy Hotel. Posing once more as a Horse and Hound reporter, Will asks whether Anna would be more than friends if he begs her forgiveness, and she says yes, then answers the room's question about how long she will stay in Britain with a smiling Indefinitely. The proposal was filmed in the Lancaster Room. The Savoy is a luxury hotel on the Strand, opened in 1889.

Visitor guidance: The hotel is on the Strand.