craft services for film in london
London is straightforward to reach on the M40. The access arrangements at the location are the part that needs planning in advance, not the journey.
Our owner has worked craft on productions including Avengers, Spider-Man and Star Wars — and to be straight with you, that was somebody else's craft service rather than WoldCoffee's. The company is new; the experience behind it is not.
Getting there
travel and access
The journey in is simple. What happens in the final quarter of a mile is what needs arranging before the day.
- Route
- M40 east to the A40 and in. West and central London are around an hour and three quarters in normal traffic; east and south London are longer and depend on the river crossing.
- Access
- Most London locations need something arranged in advance: a filming permit, a road closure, a suspended bay, or a pass for a gated lot or private ground. We tow a horsebox rather than run an articulated unit, which helps on a narrow street, but we still need the approach, the standing and any height restrictions confirmed beforehand.
- Emissions zones
- Greater London is covered by the ULEZ and the LEZ, with the Congestion Charge on top where a location sits inside it. We deal with those as part of the booking.
The county
working in london
London shoots run on a tighter footprint than anywhere else we work, and the unit base is usually decided by what the council and the location will allow rather than by what would be convenient.
That can mean a suspended bay on a residential street, a corner of a car park, a private forecourt, a gated lot or a park under a filming agreement. The trailer needs firm standing, a route in that clears its height and width, and a 13A supply — or a generator where a location has no power at all. Because it carries its own water tanks, no standpipe or plumbed connection is required, which removes one of the harder things to arrange on a street location. The historic county of Middlesex falls inside our London and Surrey coverage, so a job described that way is not a separate question.
Spec
what turns up, wherever the job is
- Base
- Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
- Power
- 13A, 16A, 32A or a generator
- Water
- Not required — the trailer carries its own
- Radius
- No fixed limit — overnight and away work undertaken
The full spec, what we bring to set, how a booking runs and how it is priced are all set out on craft services for film and TV.
Questions
london, answered
Do you cover central London as well as the outer boroughs?
Yes, subject to access. Central locations usually need a permit, a bay suspension or a private forecourt arranged in advance, and the trailer needs a route in that clears its height and width. Send us the location and we will tell you what is workable.
What about the ULEZ, the LEZ and the Congestion Charge?
Greater London is covered by the ULEZ and the LEZ, and the Congestion Charge applies where the location sits inside the zone. We deal with all three as part of the booking.
Also
the rest of the patch
The same trailer and the same team also cover event and private hire coffee and workplace coffee.
discuss a london shoot
Send us the shooting dates, the location and the crew number, together with the access arrangements — permit, bay suspension, gated lot or private ground.