Elgoods Brewery and Gardens in Wisbech is a 200-year-old Classic Georgian brewery, which sits on a four-acre garden featuring a lake, herb garden and lawns leading to a maze. Scenes involving Fisk Senior (Peter O'Toole) and Young Fisk (Jeremy Northam) were filmed in the grounds of Elgoods Brewery in which the maze boundary can be clearly seen. Young Fisk is pushing Fisk Senior in his wheelchair when conversation begins with Fisk Senior reminisces his old dog, Wag, who he describes as one of the seven great dogs in the world.

An Edwardian mansion which is privately owned mansion and not open to the public is located on the Elveden Estate in Norfolk and was used for interior filming. The mansion boasts a unique marble hall which is reminiscent of the Taj Mahal which became the setting for Nawab of Ranjiput's (Ramon Tikaram) palace and where Swami Nala Prash's (Art Malik) holds his lecture on 'The Transmigration of Souls' which is where Fisk Senior and Junior meet one Dean Spanley (Sam Neill) as well as Wrather (Bryan Brown). This is where indoor cricket scenes were also filmed.

The magnificent 18th century Palladian style stately home, Holkham Hall, became the billiard room in the home of Wrather (Bryan Brown) and Club for the filming of Dean Spanley. Scenes in the billiard room featuring Wrather and Young Fisk (Jeremy Northam) discussing the meetings with the Dean were filmed within one of the opulent rooms within Holkham Hall. Some of the Club scenes were also filmed at Holkham Hall where Fisk Senior and Junior meet the Dean for the second time following the Swami's lecture. It is here when we are introduced to the Dean's likeness for Tokay wine.

A privately owned house near the town of Holt became Young Fisk's (Jeremy Northam) house. The first dinner hosted by Young Fisk and attended by The Dean filmed at this location. It is also where the Dean (Sam Neill) openly shares his oddly open-minded views on reincarnation after drinking the Hungarian Imperial Tokay.

The beautiful backdrop of Norwich Cathedral was used for scenes featuring Sam Neil, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole, the principle cast of Dean Spanley. It is the Cathedral's grounds whereby Young Fisk meets the Dean for the third time when the Dean has chased a cat up a tree. Young Fisk subsequently extends an invitation to dinner to further discuss the transmigration of souls. With the promise of Tokay, the Dean is persuaded to accept the invitation. We are later taken to Norwich Cathedral's stunning cloisters where Fisk Senior (Peter O'Toole) mischievously trips a young boy over who is running from his mother. Young Fisk (Jeremy Northam) furiously confronts his father about his callous ways. Lastly, Prior's Hall is dressed to be a Vestry where Spanley is getting into vestments. Toa Fraser, Director of Dean Spanley describes his time at Norwich Cathedral, ''It was a privilege to work in and with Norwich Cathedral as a key part of the storytelling of Dean Spanley. We used the Cathedral and an old monastic building in the Close, and shot inside and out. On the last day of the shoot, we filmed in the Cathedral cloisters. It had been a tough but fulfilling, happy shoot. It was bitterly cold. We shot a scene in which Jeremy Northam locks horns with his father, Peter O'Toole. It was O'Toole''s last moment on set, and as Northam and O'Toole performed their scene we roared our delight. We said our goodbyes, and I sat alone in the cloisters, listening to the choir practising Hark the Herald Angels Sing: a moving moment I'll never forget. We are indebted to The Very Reverend Graham Smith, Philip Thomas and the staff of Norwich Cathedral for their assistance and generosity.''