Where Is The “Locke & Key” Filming Location?
Is Matheson a real place?
Matheson, Massachusetts is a fictional town but that doesn’t mean the sights you see on the show are fictional, too! The town of Matheson is actually a combination of a few different Canadian towns in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Some of the sets from the series are CGI but there are plenty of places from the show that you can visit in Canada, too! We’ll walk you through which of the iconic sets are real, which ones are CGI, and which ones were built in the studio.
Is The Keyhouse real?
Sadly, you aren’t going to be able to find the Keyhouse no matter how hard you search the Canadian countryside. While the Locke family home is one of the most recognizable structures in the series, it’s actually a mix of a studio-built front facade and a CGI exterior. As for the land around the Keyhouse, that does exist!
The Hamilton Spectator reports the exterior shots of the Keyhouse were all shot on a property located on Concession 11 East near Freelton in Ontario. However, since this property is on private land, this location isn’t open for fans to visit.
Where are the drowning caves under the Keyhouse Manor?
Since we’ve already discussed the Keyhouse isn’t a real building, it probably doesn’t come as any surprise that you aren’t going to find caves under the Canadian manor where filmmakers shot “Locke & Key”.
However, the caves do exist elsewhere! The staircase leading to the subterranean Black Door can be found in Ovens Natural Park in Feltzen South, Nova Scotia.
You can even take a tour of the sea caves if you visit but keep in mind, these aren’t the sea caves that were used to shoot the interior of the Drowning Caves in the series. Crews built the “Locke & Key” filming location for the interior of the caves is the Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto.
Is Matheson Academy a real school?
Another fun “Locke & Key” filming location that actually exists is the Matheson Academy, where the Locke kids go to school. In real life, the Matheson Academy is known as Humber College on the Humber Institute of Technology campus in Ontario.
If you visit the campus, you’ll notice many of the interiors of the G Building Centre for Entrepreneurship look pretty familiar. However, if you’re looking for the Matheson Academy Hall, you won’t find it at Humber. The hall is actually the Graham Library at the Wycliffe College in Toronto!
