Edit. Most are dinghy sailors who love the books. It was published in 1947. Photograph of the town jetty at Bowness taken in June 2014 by John Burgess In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit. is the twelfth and final completed book of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Filming Locations (3) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. Swallows and Amazons (1974) Filming & Production. Bowness-on-Windermere in the English Lake District was used as the location for ‘the native settlement of Rio’ in the film of Swallows & Amazons produced by Richard Pilbrow in 1973 and now distributed by StudioCanal, who have a shot of the town on their website here. Swallows and Amazons is a 2016 British family adventure film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb, based on Arthur Ransome's 1930 children's novel of the same name.The film stars Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, and Harry Enfield. Swallows and Amazons (2016) Filming & Production. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. If you enjoy ‘Swallows and Amazons’ do think of joining The Arthur Ransome Society who often visit the film locations or the Arthur Ransome Group on Facebook where you will meet like-minded people – of all ages. Please click here for details of the broadcast . With Bobby McCulloch, Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Abbie Glozier. In this book, the three families of major characters in the series, the Swallows (the Walker family), the Amazons (the Blackett sisters) and the Ds (the two Callums), are all reunited in a book for the first time since Pigeon Post. Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). Yes No. Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK 3 of 3 found this interesting Interesting? Edit. Showing all 17 items Jump to: Filming Locations (17) Filming Locations. Windermere, Cumbria, England, UK (The lake scene) Great Northern?