After filming scenes at an Oxford college actors and crew from the Mamma Mia! sequel took a walk along the Thames.

Recalling the opening line from pop smash Angeleyes, ABBA's 1979 double A-side hit with Voulez-Vous - 'last night I was taking a walk along the river' - the Universal Pictures movie crew relocated from New College in the city centre to the riverbank near The Trout pub in Wolvercote.

Actors dressed in student gowns to take part in the filming.

Ten years after Mamma Mia! The Movie grossed more than $600m around the globe filming has started on the sequel in Oxford.

Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper will reprise their roles as Sophie and Sky in the movie featuring ABBA songs while Piers Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard and Colin Firth also return to play Sophie’s three possible dads, Sam, Bill and Henry.

New additions include Cinderella and Baby Driver actress Lily James and she has been filming scenes at New College in Holywell Street, where production vehicles have been parked this week.

A member of staff at the college said: “The film crew has been here all week but we are trying to get on with their work.”

Security was tight and members of the public were not being allowed into the college as filming took place.

Scenes are also expected to be filmed in the villages of Wytham and Wolvercote, and in Croatia.

The new film, due in cinemas next July, is directed by Ol Parker, writer of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, while Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA return to provide music and lyrics.

Meryl Streep, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski are also back in their original roles.

The Universal Pictures movie switches back and forth in time to show how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present.

Producer Judy Cramer said: “I’m so thrilled to have our brilliant original cast back and to welcome the new cast to the Mamma Mia! family.

“It was so much fun casting these young roles, and there is great excitement among the whole cast as we explore the characters past and present and continue this heartwarming story where it left off, told once again through much-loved ABBA songs.”

The creative team includes musical director Martin Koch and music programmer Nick Gilpin, both collaborators of the original stage show, as well as Anthony van Laast, choreographer of the stage show and Mamma Mia! The Movie.

The new movie, entitled Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, is due out on July 20, 2018.

It is produced by Ms Cramer and Gary Goetzman, producers of the original film.

Ms Cramer is also the producer of the worldwide smash hit musical visiting the New Theatre in November.