Titanic Studios, Belfast

Film studioWhat it is

PrivateNo public access

See outsideFrom the Quarter

Free to viewFrom the street

Shipyard pastThe Paint Hall

This is where the magic got made in Belfast — the big film studios in the Titanic Quarter, carved out of Harland & Wolff's old Paint Hall, the main production base for Game of Thrones and a string of other shows.

What it is — one of Europe's larger film and television studios, on Queen's Road in the Titanic Quarter. It's the old H&W Paint Hall, where ships were once painted under cover; since 2007 it's been sound stages where huge sets were built and filmed.
Why you'd know it — HBO's Game of Thrones was based here for its whole run, with sets like Winterfell, Castle Black and the throne room built inside. Films and other productions have used it too.
This is a private, working studio — you can't go inside. There are no public tours and no visitor entrance. It's a live production site, sealed off behind fencing. You can only see it from the Titanic Quarter around it.
Want to actually walk the sets? That's a different place — the Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Banbridge, which is fully open to visitors with real props, costumes and rebuilt sets. See our guide for that one.
How to experience it — pair it with a day at Titanic Belfast next door. You'll pass the striped studio building and the famous H&W crane on your walk around the Quarter — a landmark of Northern Ireland's screen industry to point at and know the story of.
Getting there — Queen's Road, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, a short Glider bus or train from the city centre. Public parking is around Titanic Belfast and the Odyssey, not at the studio itself.

Not inside — but you can see it, and there's a tour elsewhere

Titanic Studios is a private, working film studio — no public tours, no visitor entrance, no photographs of the sets. It's a live production site behind fencing. What you can do is see the striped building and the H&W crane from around the Titanic Quarter, on your way to or from Titanic Belfast. And if you want to walk real Game of Thrones sets, head to the visitable Studio Tour at Banbridge instead.

Working film studio No public access inside Visible from the Quarter Former H&W Paint Hall GoT filmed here

Worth knowing:

Don't turn up expecting a way in — there isn't one. The visitor experience is the Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Banbridge, about half an hour south of Belfast. This page is here so you know the story of the building when you see it.

The best way to take it in

🚢Do Titanic BelfastRight next door — the studios are on your walk around the same Quarter.

🐉Save the sets for BanbridgeThe GoT Studio Tour there is the one you can actually walk through.

📷Snap it from outsideThe striped facade and the H&W crane make a proper Belfast photo.

🚊Hop the Glider or trainTen minutes from the city centre into the Titanic Quarter.

The honest rundown

Access

Private, working film studio — not open to the public. No tours, no visitor entrance, no set photography.

What you can do

See the building and the Harland & Wolff crane from around the Titanic Quarter, free, on foot. It's a landmark to know, not a venue to enter.

The sets tour

For the actual Game of Thrones sets and props you can walk through, that's the Studio Tour at Banbridge — a separate, ticketed attraction.

What it is

Sound stages converted from the former H&W Paint Hall, run as a studio since 2007. One of the larger film studios in Europe.

Filmed here

HBO's Game of Thrones was based here across its run, with major sets built inside, along with other film and TV productions.

Getting there

Queen's Road, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Co. Antrim. Short Glider bus or train from the city centre.

Parking

None at the studio itself. Use the public car parks around Titanic Belfast and the Odyssey nearby.

Pair it with

Titanic Belfast is a two-minute walk — the natural anchor for a Quarter day out.

Questions

Before you go

Can I go inside Titanic Studios?

No — it's a private, working film studio with no public tours or visitor entrance. It's a live production site, sealed off behind fencing. You can only see it from the Titanic Quarter around it.

Where do I go for the Game of Thrones sets?

The visitable experience is the Game of Thrones Studio Tour at Banbridge, about half an hour south of Belfast — real props, costumes and rebuilt sets you can walk through. That's the one to book.

Is this the same place as Titanic Belfast?

No, but they're neighbours. Titanic Belfast is the museum you can visit; Titanic Studios is the working film studio nearby. You'll pass the studios on a walk around the Quarter.

What was the building before it was a studio?

It's the old Harland & Wolff Paint Hall, where ships were painted under cover in the shipyard days. It became a film studio in 2007.

Is there anything to pay or book?

Not for the studio — there's no ticket because there's no public entry. Seeing it from the Quarter is free.

Can I take photos?

You can photograph the outside of the building and the crane from public spaces around the Quarter. There's no access to photograph any sets inside.

Getting there

Queen's Road, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Co. Antrim — a short Glider bus or a train to Titanic Quarter station from the city centre. Park at Titanic Belfast or the Odyssey and walk; there's no visitor parking at the studio itself.

Directions on Google Maps See the GoT Studio Tour See it on our map

Nearby

Right around the Titanic Quarter

Titanic BelfastNext door · the museum you can visit GoT Studio TourBanbridge · walk the real sets SS Nomadic & the DockTitanic Quarter · a short walk Belfast city centreBy Glider · 10 minutes

The story

From painting ships to building worlds

The big striped building on Queen's Road started life as the Paint Hall — the shed where Harland & Wolff painted the hulls and superstructures of its ships under cover, in the days when Belfast built liners for the world. When the shipyard's work wound down, the hall found a second life.

From 2007 it was converted into film sound stages, and in time became one of the larger studios in Europe. From 2010 it was the main production base for HBO's Game of Thrones, with enormous interior sets built inside its cells over the show's run, and other film and television productions have worked here too. It's a quiet cornerstone of Northern Ireland's screen industry — the place where a lot of what you've watched was actually made, right where the ships once were.

You can't go in, but you can stand in the Titanic Quarter, look across at the building and the H&W crane, and know the story. For the sets themselves, the Studio Tour at Banbridge is where you get to walk them.