A sign points to News & Booze in North Street as one of the two locations in Stortford being used for the new Spider-man: Far From Home blockbuster

Hollywood comes to Bishop's Stortford on Monday (July 2) as film crews shoot scenes in the town for the new Spider-man movie.

The sign that greets visitors to News & Booze

Star Tom Holland is expected on set when Rose Line Productions UK Ltd crews start work on Marvel Studios' Spider-man: Far From Home, which will be released the day after American Independence Day in 2019.

On Sunday evening, yellow no-parking cones along two stretches of North Street and South Street, a Warner Brothers film production vehicle parked on the forecourt of the Bishop's Stortford Social Club and covered lighting equipment outside the old post office were the only signs of the impending action, which gets under way on Monday at 7am and runs until 8pm.

The interiors of two locations at opposite ends of the town centre are being used for filming: the disused former main post office in South Street and convenience store News & Booze in North Street.

Blinds have been installed in the windows of both buildings to deter prying eyes and security guards will be keeping watch overnight.

News & Booze was closed on Sunday in preparation for Monday's filming. It will reopen on Tuesday (July 3).

Businesses and residents in the town centre were warned last month of potential disruption"for a number of daysin order to prepare and then reinstate the locations for the feature.

The new Spider-man film will also star Jake Gyllenhaal as villain Mysterio, with Michael Keaton (as Vulture), Jacob Batalon (Ned), Zendaya (Michelle Jones) and Marisa Tomei (May Parker) reprising their roles from last summer's Spider-man: Homecoming.

The premise of the sequel - which is being directed by Jon Watts, who was at the helm of Homecoming - is that young Peter Parker, aka Spider-man, is on his travels around Europe, including a visit to London.

Star spotters are in for a tough time, according to a Rose Line letter distributed to businesses and residents of South Street, Station Road, Newtown Road, North Street, Water Lane and Hadham Road affected by the production.

"The scenes we are filming will be entirely of the interior of our locations, though due to the size of the locations, the majority of our crew and equipment will be positioned outside between public and private spaces.

"We shall endeavour to keep footpaths open at all times, though should we have to block the way with equipment, we shall ensure that there is a safe diversion in place.

"We will maintain access to any doorways or businesses. Though.. there is a chance we may need to ask members of the public to hold for short periods of a couple of minutes at a time if we are in the middle of filming.

"We plan to park our essential technical vehicles as close to our filming location as possible and are making arrangements to park between South Street, Newtown Road and then North Street in suspended bays and on double and single yellow lines."

Rose Line has been liasing with Herts County Council's highways department, East Herts Council and the town council.