Hertfordshire County Council earned £312k from filming

Productions featuring stars such as Tom Holland, Joan Collins, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gillian Anderson were filmed at the venue in 2025.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is believed to have used County Hall for filming in June, July, October and November, paying £82,950 to do so.

The fourth film in the latest Spider-Man series, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink and Mark Ruffalo, is set to be released in July.

Filming for the production, organised by Man Productions Ltd, took place in Basingstoke in September last year – and the same company was twice granted permission to film at County Hall.

Another upcoming film to have taken advantage of the Grade II* listed County Hall is The Bitter End, a biographical drama about Wallis Simpson, the divorceé wife of Edward VIII.

The production, which used County Hall at a cost of £30,450 in May and June, will star Joan Collins, Isabelle Rossellini, Miranda Richardson and Charles Dance.

The Julia Set, a yet-to-be-released coming-of-age film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Issacs, filmed at County Hall in October and November last year, costing £45,500.

A further feature film, referred to only as ‘RHD’, used County Hall between February and April at a cost of £77,700. RHD UK Productions Ltd is an Amazon-owned production company.

Television shows to have used County Hall for filming in 2025 include Red Eye’s second series, which premiered on ITV in January, and Secret Service, an ITV Studios adaptation of Tom Bradby’s novel that is set to be broadcast later this month. 

The county council also earned £61,4250 from filming for The Price You Pay at Leahoe in Hertford, with the upcoming Amazon Prime adaptation of Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay using the site in May and June.

Hertfordshire County Council initially declined to provide information about the names of productions filmed at County Hall, but reconsidered after an appeal from the Local Democracy Reporting Service.