[spoilers] Spooks Locations

[Tea Lady]

Right, not one to give up I believe I have found the building used for the aerial location shot of the "London Regent Hotel, WC2" from 8.8

Spoiler: show

where Sarah was staying

and the building used for the Tears in the Wind Scene in 8.8. The funny thing is I think they are the one in the same building as I wasnt looking for the Regent. When I looked at an aerial shot of the building I thought was used in the Tears in the Wind scene I recognised it and went back and checked and yes it was also used as the Regent. This may make sense though. Kudos may have got permission to film in the building and use an aerial shot of the building, to save money.

I believe this is the Tears in the Wind building due to the location of the church tower to the north and red castle turrets, the black church tower to the east, the easterly direction towards Canary Wharf, and the north westerly direction towards the Gherkin and Lloyds. This building also had the correct metal design on the balcony which you can just see in one of the pictures. Also the balcony seems to go round most of the building which would explain how they could miss out the Monument (very tall thing with gold on the top) from the shots which at the time was covered in scaffolding for a year.

           

The building is where the red circle is in the first picture. It is Regis House, 41-46 King William Street, London.
Apparently there is a disused underground station and tunnels under this building which you access through the basement of Regis House and filming is often carried out down there. Series 7 I wonder?