Although the park next to the fictional Cherry Tree Lane is never named, we hear that the set of one of the film's most spectacular songs—“Trip a Little Light Fantastic”—was modeled after Regent's Park. One the city's eight royal parks, it includes the London Zoo, Queen Mary's Gardens, and a boating lake.
The Banks' family home is said to be on Cherry Tree Lane, but unfortunately, there's no Cherry Tree Lane in London. But don't let that discourage you. There are plenty of streets that look just like the fictional Cherry Tree Lane – particularly around Kensington.
The Banks children—Jane, Michael, and the twins, John and Barbara—live at 17 Cherry-Tree Lane in London with their parents. When their nanny leaves, her replacement arrives one evening borne on the east wind.
Set in London during the Great Depression, the film sees Mary Poppins, the former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks, return to them in the wake of the death of Michael's wife. Walt Disney Pictures announced the film in September 2015.
Finally, we get to the environs of the Banks family and the park alongside their house, which is the famous garden at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. This has made countless screen appearances over the years – seen in everything from Norman Wisdom comedies to Bond movies.
The first book introduces the Banks family from Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London, consisting of Mr and Mrs Banks, their children Jane and Michael, and baby twins John and Barbara.
Mary Poppins is the main character of the books, a magical nanny who sweeps into the Banks home of Cherry Tree Lane and takes charge of the Banks children. She never openly acknowledges her strange and magical powers, and feigns insult when one of the children refers to her previous adventures.
Cherry Tree Lane, home to the Banks family of Mary Poppins (1964), awaits a visit from a “practically perfect” nanny. Walt Disney's classic film, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was shot entirely indoors at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, with this London set constructed on Stage 4.
Singer and actress Julie Andrews has long been famed for her perfect pitch and impressive vocal range. From her 1954 Broadway debut as Polly in “The Boy Friend,” she has received rave reviews from critics and lasting devotion from music fans.
The parents (David Tomlinson and Glynnis Johns) don't take much notice of their children Jane and Michael, and it is only until a mysterious woman named Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) appears from the sky that things begin to change.
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Sadly, Michael's wife has died, and he's struggling to bring up his children and maintain his house and finances by himself. Just as the bank is about to foreclose on his mortgage, Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) flies in on her umbrella to care for Michael's children.
Mary Poppins is a story of redemption. We see how a bad parent, caught by the trappings of his work and the stress of everyday life loses sight of the one thing that matters, his family. It's a great character arc.
"Jack is a lamplighter. He apprenticed under Bert from the original films so he knows all about Mary," said Miranda. "So it's really nice to play the Bert position in this film. You kind of get to go on all the fun adventures with the Banks family."
Travers portrays the relationship between Mary Poppins and Bert. In the first story the romantic aspect is clear: “Mary!” he cried, and you could see by the way he cried it that he loved her.
Mary Poppins was a triumph at the 1965 Oscars, winning five awards and being nominated for eight others. So enduring is the film's legacy that it inspired a hit stage production that opened in 2004.
In the Mary Poppins books and films, the Banks family home is at number 17 Cherry Tree Lane. There is no Cherry Tree Lane in central London, but there are plenty of streets of Georgian houses which look like the Banks' – particularly in the affluent areas of Chelsea and Kensington.
Mary Poppins is set in London, England—capital of the British Empire and home to any number of cockney street sweepers and magical nannies. But Poppins isn't set in then-modern day London (in the swingin' 1960s). It's set in the Edwardian Era, specifically in 1910, back when King Edward VII was doing his thing.
Bowral, an Australian country town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, has a compelling claim to be considered the birthplace of Mary Poppins.
