X-Men: First Class was filmed in Oxford and London, UK, as well as in the USA.

Filming Locations:

Charles Xavier's House

In the Movie

In Reality

The Eagle Pub

In the Movie

In Reality

Prime Metzier Bank

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed at Somerset House, a large neoclassical building designed by Sir William Chambers and built in 1776 on the Strand overlooking the Thames. For over two centuries, the building housed various learned societies and government offices, including the Royal Academy, the Geological Society, the Navy Board, and the Stamp and Tax Office. In the mid-1980s, the building was converted into a center for the visual arts.

Hellfire Club

In the Movie

In Reality

Wind Tunnel

In the Movie

In Reality

Russian Military Bunker

In the Movie

Scene where The X-Men want to find Shaw, but he doesn't show up.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at West Wycombe Park, built for Sir Francis Dashwood between 1740 and 1800, a unique blend of Palladian, Neoclassical, and Greek Revival styles. Different architects designed various parts of the house, including Nicholas Revett for the west portico and Roger Morris, who designed the east part. The house is surrounded by a garden designed by Nicholas Revett, featuring several small "temples" based on Greek and Roman architecture, as well as a Gothic chapel built later.

Russian Checkpoint

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed at Black Park, a 618-acre park located in Buckinghamshire. The park is popular with filmmakers due to its easy accessibility, flat landscape with relatively little undergrowth, and convenient location adjacent to Pinewood Studios.

The Kremlin

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed at Australia House, the longest continuously occupied diplomatic mission in the country, opened in 1918 after a multi-year delay due to World War I. The building was designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie and constructed largely from materials brought from Australia.