Andor Season Two Filming Locations: From Valencia to Bristol

Andor season two filming locations stretch from a futuristic arts complex in Valencia to a Georgian banking hall in Bristol, and almost none of it involved a green screen. Tony Gilroy’s production team built the Empire out of real buildings across three countries, which is part of why the show feels so much more grounded than the rest of the Star Wars universe.

This guide runs through every confirmed location from season two, plus a quick recap of where season one’s Aldhani and Ferrix were shot. We’ve also included the practical details: how to get there, what you can actually visit, and where Ireland’s own film-tourism map connects to the same story.

Season One Recap: Where the Rebellion Began

Before season two moved the story across Europe, Andor’s first season stayed almost entirely within the UK. Understanding those locations helps explain why season two’s shift to Spain feels like such a leap in scale.

Glen Tilt and Cruachan Dam Become Aldhani

Aldhani, the grassy planet where Cassian joins his first heist, was filmed in Scotland’s Glen Tilt in Perthshire, with the nearby Cruachan Dam standing in for the Imperial garrison. The hydroelectric station’s tunnels and stark concrete lines gave the Empire’s outpost a suitably cold, industrial look.

Further south, England supplied the rest of season one’s landscape.

Ferrix, Niamos and the English Locations

Ferrix’s dusty scrapyard was built at Black Park in Buckinghamshire, and the Coryton Refinery in Essex doubled as the planet’s industrial terminal. Cleveleys, a seaside town in Lancashire, played the resort planet Niamos, and Winspit Quarry in Dorset became Saw Gerrera’s hideout: a location season two considered reusing before ruling it out. For travellers who enjoy tracking down a franchise’s real-world footprint, our guide to Star Wars in Ireland covers similar ground, including how Skellig Michael became Luke Skywalker’s island retreat.

Spain Becomes the Architectural Soul of Coruscant

Season two’s biggest change of location was to Spain, where production designer Luke Hull found the buildings he needed to make Coruscant feel like a functioning seat of government rather than a fantasy skyline.

The City of Arts and Sciences, as the Imperial Senate

Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences, Santiago Calatrava’s cluster of white, rib-like buildings on the old Turia riverbed, became the Imperial Senate District. The complex appears prominently in episode four, “Ever Been to Ghorman?”, and again in episode nine, “Welcome to the Rebellion”, when Cassian helps Mon Mothma escape arrest. Visual effects supervisor Mohen Leo has said the location looked like Coruscant from almost every angle, which meant the crew could shoot far more coverage than a built set would allow.

The complex isn’t only a Senate backdrop. The Vestíbul Principal, one of the site’s grand entrance halls, was dressed for Davo Sculdun’s lavish party scene, complete with illuminated ice sculptures built to look like a very strange kind of sushi. It’s a reminder that one location can carry several very different scenes across a season, provided the production design team keeps changing what surrounds it.

Why Calatrava’s Architecture Fits the Empire

Calatrava’s buildings work for Coruscant because they already sit somewhere between a government building and a cathedral: white, curved, and built on a scale meant to make visitors feel small. Luke Hull has said he scouted similar architectural styles across Barcelona, Madrid and Paris before settling on Valencia, looking for shapes that suggested order and control rather than warmth. That instinct, choosing real buildings designed to project authority rather than inventing an alien skyline from scratch, is a large part of why Andor’s Coruscant feels more convincing than earlier appearances of the same planet.

Xàtiva Castle and the Black Market Flashback

An hour south of Valencia, the twin fortresses of Xàtiva Castle appear in episode ten as the setting for a flashback showing a younger Luthen and Kleya running an improvised black market. The castle’s medieval towers sit in sharp contrast to the futuristic Senate scenes filmed thirty miles away, and the site stays open to visitors year-round.

Chandrila’s Mountains and the Wider Iberian Shoot

Production also travelled through Spain’s mountain ranges to capture the landscapes standing in for Chandrila, Mon Mothma’s home planet, continuing a relationship between Lucasfilm and Spain that goes back to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. We’ve rounded up other examples in our guide to more filming locations across Europe. Ghorman, meanwhile, borrowed some of its scenery from Lake Como in Italy, blended into the finished episodes through visual effects.

London’s Brutalist Buildings Play the Empire

Coruscant’s grey, oppressive architecture didn’t need Spain alone. Several key scenes were shot within a few miles of each other in central London.

The Barbican Centre’s Concrete Walkways

The Barbican Estate’s raised concrete walkways, visible on Silk Street, appear in “Ever Been to Ghorman?” as Cassian and Bix Caleen make their way to a Coruscant deli. The brutalist complex, built in the 1960s and 70s, has long attracted location scouts precisely because it looks unlike anywhere else in the city. Fans of historic British architecture with a very different character might prefer our guide to castle hotels in England for a slower, more traditional trip.

The Lloyds Building, Canary Wharf and Guildhall

Stellan Skarsgård and Diego Luna share a tense meeting inside the Lloyds Building on Lime Street, an inside-out structure known for its exposed pipework and stairwells. Canary Wharf’s office towers double for the Empire’s corporate spaces, and the west wing of Guildhall’s courtyard appears in episode five, “I Have Friends Everywhere”. Between them, these three sites cover most of season two’s London-as-Coruscant footage.

Bristol, Italy and the Wider Andor Map

Season two’s most talked-about UK reshoots happened not in London but in Bristol, during a return to the set in June 2024.

Bristol’s Bank of England Building

Crew were spotted filming around the former Bank of England building on Wine Street, Bristol, a city recognised by UNESCO as a Creative City of Film thanks to its long history of doubling for other places on screen. “Bristol’s Georgian banking halls and Victorian dockside buildings were built to project authority long before anyone thought to point a camera at them,” says Ciaran Connolly, Founder of ConnollyCove. “Standing on Wine Street, you can see exactly why a production designer would choose it for an empire that wants to look permanent.”

From Delays to a Final Wrap

Season two’s production timeline explains why the Bristol reshoots came so late. Principal photography began in November 2022, then paused twice in 2023, first for the Writers Guild of America strike and then for the SAG-AFTRA strike, before resuming in January 2024. Filming wrapped the following month, and the crew returned to Bristol around June 2024 to complete a handful of additional scenes. The show premiered on Disney+ in April 2025, nearly three years after that first day on set.

Greenham Common and Watlington

Away from the cities, Greenham Common in Berkshire became Saw Gerrera’s rebel hideout for season two, and the village of Watlington in Oxfordshire supplied the farmers’ huts of Mina-Rau. Both locations sit on open countryside that visitors can walk through without needing any special access, which makes them an easy add-on for anyone already driving between London and Bristol.

Bristol and the Wider South England Trip

Bristol sits within easy reach of the Cotswolds and the rest of South England’s film-tourism trail, so it’s worth combining with a longer stay. Our Bristol travel guide covers the city in more depth, and our South England guide rounds up the wider region for anyone extending the trip beyond Andor.

Planning an Andor Filming Locations Trip From Ireland

Getting to these locations from Ireland is more straightforward than the galaxy far, far away suggests.

Reaching Valencia and Bristol

Direct flights connect Dublin and Belfast to both Valencia and Bristol, which makes a long weekend covering the Senate District and the Bristol reshoot locations realistic without a UK stopover. Xàtiva is an easy day trip from Valencia by train, and spring or autumn weather avoids the worst of the Spanish summer heat while still giving long, bright days for photographs. Pinewood Studios itself doesn’t offer public tours, so the real-world locations above remain the best way to see where Andor was actually made.

Skellig Michael and Ireland’s Own Star Wars Map

Andor isn’t the first Star Wars production to lean on real landscapes rather than sets. Our coverage of Star Wars in Ireland traces how Skellig Michael became Ahch-To, and travellers heading that way often pair it with our Ring of Kerry guide, since the island sits just off that route.

Our Skellig Islands guide digs into the practical side of a visit, from boat operators to the best months for calm seas.

When Fiction Meets Fact: Game of Thrones and Beyond

Northern Ireland tells a similar story on a bigger scale. Game of Thrones turned the Dark Hedges and Castle Ward into some of the country’s most visited sites, a connection we cover in our guide to Ireland’s film locations and our Northern Ireland getaways guide.

For a broader look at how often film crews choose Ireland’s coastline over a studio backlot, our roundup of movies filmed in Ireland is worth reading alongside this one.

Conclusion

Andor season two proves that Star Wars doesn’t need an entirely invented universe to feel enormous. A futuristic arts complex in Valencia, a concrete estate in London and a banking hall in Bristol did most of the work, standing in for an empire that spans a galaxy. Fans who enjoy tracing a franchise back to its real-world roots will find plenty more of that thread running through Ireland’s own film locations, from Skellig Michael’s Star Wars fame to Northern Ireland’s Game of Thrones trail. Explore more of ConnollyCove’s film and TV location guides to plan your next set-jetting trip.

FAQs About Andor Season Two Filming Locations

Here are quick answers to the questions we see most often about Andor’s real-world locations.