5 times big screen hits were filmed or set in Suffolk

1. Tomorrow Never Dies

RAF Lakenheath features in the eighteenth Bond film (Image: Newsquest)

The 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring Pierce Brosnan was filmed at RAF Lakenheath.

The film follows MI6 agent Bond as he tries to stop a power mad media mogul from creating events to initiate World War Three.

The Suffolk airbase is featured as Bond hands over the GPS encoder.

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2. The Dig

The house of Edith Pretty is part of Sutton Hoo's National Trust site where you can visit the ancient burial ground. (Image: Archant)

The Dig starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes was filmed at the place it is set, Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge.

The Netflix hit follows Edith Pretty and a team of archaeologists as they discover she is living on an ancient Viking burial ground.

Another place of interest mentioned in the film is Martlesham Heath Air Base, operating during the Second World War when the film is set.

3. The Personal History of David Copperfield

The Angel Hotel in Bury St Edmunds was dressed up for the Dickens film (Image: Newsquest)

Not only was The Personal Life of David Copperfield filmed in Suffolk, but the author Charles Dickens had other links with the county.

The Angel Hotel in Bury St Edmunds was transformed for filming of the film based on the novel. Blundeston near Lowestoft was featured as the birthplace of David Copperfield, Dickens even stayed in Great Yarmouth in 1849.

The Great White Horse Hotel, in Ipswich, also features in the Pickwick Papers written by Dickens.

4. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Elveden Hall placed actress Angelina Jolie in Suffolk (Image: Mike Page)

Elveden Hall became Croft Towers in 2001 for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie.

The film features in the scenes where Lara trains for her next mission, and when the enemies break in in the night to steal a mysterious clock, key in her next mission to find the ancient city able to control time.

Elveden Hall featured as the home of antagonist Manfred Powell, played by Iain Glen, who is eventually killed by Lara Croft as she avenges her father.

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

De Vere House in Water Street is Grade I listed  (Image: Phil Morley) The picturesque town of Lavenham features in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One as Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe) birth place.

De Vere House in Water Street, Lavenham was transformed into the remains of Harry Potter's parents house when he goes back to Godric's Hollow to visit their graves.

The Grade I listed house was owned and built by the De Vere family in about 1485 and holds the history of the War of the Roses conflict.