The Mitre, 181 Copenhagen Street, N1

Director Mike Leigh envisioned Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) as a North Londoner, living in Copenhagen Street, the Ladykillers neighbourhood near King’s Cross (she gives her address as,’82 Essex Buildings, Oslo Street’).

And that is indeed where you'll find the local boozer, where Vera’s son, Sidney, and his pals keep the wheels of the alternative economy turning, It’s The Mitre, 181 Copenhagen Street.

Trivia: In the end, the ideal housing block for the Drake family was found in the East End. It’s Cressy Houses, at the south end of Hannibal Road, off Mile End Road, near Stepney Green tube.

Vera Drake (2004, dir: Mike Leigh)