Thanks for that, Roy. The interior scenes in the derelict church were filmed in an abandoned church which used to stand in Bessborough Gardens, close by Vauxhall Bridge. I was only 5 years old at the time, and we lived in one of the large houses which still exist along the south side of the Gardens. I can clearly remember the large film crew being set up for what seemed like a couple of weeks in the street immediately in front of the house. The Gardens themselves used to be in two portions then. The pathway which runs from NE to SW used to be a road carrying traffic from Vauxhall Bridge to Bessborough Street. The southern portion of the gardens was mainly taken up by the church which stood at the eastern end, bounded by the (now) pathway, Grosvenor Road and our street (which was also known as Bessborough Gardens). We always assumed that the church was war damaged, although from memory there was little damage to the external structure.
At the time, I didn't realise that they were only filming the interior, so when my Dad took me to see the film I was very confused when I saw the exterior shots of the church, until he explained the tricks employed in film-making. Thanks to you (and other posters) for pointing out the the location of these exterior scenes after all these years. I have only come across these very interesting posts tonight while doing some idle searching down memory lane.
I've lived in Sydney, Australia for many years now and it's many years since I've passed by Bessborough Gardens, so I've relied on Google Earth to update me on the area. If you look at the historical view of the Gardens you can clearly see the previous road now pathway mentioned above, together with a very blurred image of the church and its steeple in the SE corner.
By the way, filming at this location may explain why Goldie walks "home" towards Big Ben. Depending on the continuity of filming, the crew may just have moved across Vauxhall Bridge Road and filmed her walking along the embankment with the river on her right. This is just a guess, however, as it's quite a few years since I last saw the film.
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