Midsomer Murders walking trail

Locations around Thame
Buckinghamshire
Locations around Thame
Oxfordshire
Brill. The church is used in Four
Funerals and a Wedding and in the
same episode the Red Lion
doubles as the John Knox pub.
The incident room is also located
in the village. The well-known
windmill appears in A Tale of Two
Hamlets.
Adwell. The church is Midsomer
Parva Church in The Sword of
Guillame and Death and the Divas.
Chearsley. The Bell Inn becomes
The Woodman in Country Matters
and the local post office is Elverton
Village Store.
Cuddington. The village shop
appears in Death of a Stranger and
Not in my Backyard and becomes
the Paradorma shop in Talking to
the Dead. The Crown appears in
Death in Disguise. An incident unit
is set up in the Bernard Hall in
Death of a Stranger which in
Death and Dreams appears as the
band headquarters. The Spanish
evening in Bad Tidings and Cyrus's
talk in Talking to the Dead take
place here as the Village Hall.
The graves of Tom Hicks and
Douglas Hammond in Shot at
Dawn are in the churchyard.
Village houses appear in Birds of
Prey, Bad Tidings and Death and
Dreams and as the vicarage in
Talking to the Dead.
Dinton. The village green is
Midsomer Barton’s Oak Apple Day
in Dead Letters and the site of a
well in Who Killed Cock Robin.
The pub is used for the exterior of
The Hearts of Oak pub in Dead
Letters and the church for the
wedding in Who Killed Cock
Robin.
Haddenham. The church and
nearby pond have appeared in
Birds of Prey, Judgement Day and A
Talent for Life. Many village
properties featured in Vixen’s Run,
Orchis Fatalis and Midsomer Life.
Long Crendon. The Manor House
is seen in Garden of Death, Things
that go Bump in the Night and The
Axeman Cometh and the road
outside is used in A Tale of Two
Hamlets and Second Sight. The
High Street features in Tainted Fruit,
The House in the Woods, Blood
Wedding and Blood on the Saddle.
The Eight Bells appears in A Tale of
Two Hamlets and as the Florey
Arms in Blood in the Saddle. It is
also seen in The Oblong Murders.
Blood Wedding has scenes of the
library and of the church, which
also appears in Dead Letters.
Nether Winchendon. The church
features in Things that go Bump in
The Night and a house nearby in
Death in Disguise.
Nether Winchendon house is used
as 'The Lodge of the Golden
Windhorse' in Death in Disguise
and as Lynton Pargetter's home in
Talking to the Dead.
Shabbington. The Old Fisherman
pub features in A Talent for Life.
Wainhill. The railway crossing is
used in Death in a Chocolate Box.
Worminghall. The village hall is
used as Misomer Mere school in
Second Sight and the disused
airfield appears in A Talent for Life.
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Aston Rowant. Village houses
appear in The House in the Woods
and as the Virtue Arms and village
store in A Sacred Trust.
Chinnor. The railway station is
Holm Lane Junction in Death in a
Chocolate Box.
Henton. A village house features as
Ford’s house in A Rare Bird.
Lewknor. The school appears as a
school in A Tale of Two Hamlets
and The House in the Woods.
Village houses feature in A Tale of
Two Hamlets, The House in the
Woods and Death and Dust.
Village houses are used for Trevor
Minchin’s house and Woodley and
Woodley tailors in The Made to
Measure Murders.
Little Haseley. Many village
properties have featured in Dark
Autumn, Hidden Depths, and
Midsomer Rhapsody. The manor
house became Melvyn Stockard’s
house in Who Killed Cock Robin.
Crowell. The Shepherd’s Crook
pub is The Apple Tree pub in The
Night of the Stag.
Moreton. Chestnuts farm was used
for the home of one of the victims
in Death and Dreams.
Gt Haseley. St Peter’s Church
appears in the wedding scenes in
Midsomer Rhapsody and the
postman’s funeral in Dark Autumn.
Stoke Talmage. The church is
used for the funeral scenes in
Orchis Fantalis and where Joyce
and Tom are seen walking in the
churchyard.
The Village Hall becomes an
antique shop in Dark Autumn; the
book signing session in The Fisher
King; Midsomer Parva village hall
in Blood Wedding; the location of
the recital in The Silent Land; the
photographic exhibition in Picture
of Innocence and also appears in
Not in my Backyard.
The Plough pub is where Barnaby
and Troy play Aunt Sally in Dark
Autumn and appears as March
Magna library in The Silent Land.
Village houses feature in Picture of
Innocence, The Silent Land, Days
of Misrule, Hidden Depths and
Midsomer Rhapsody.
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Sydenham. The church appears as
the church of Midsomer Abbas and
the Crown Pub is The Stag Inn in
The Night of The Stag.
Towersey. Village houses appear
as Adam Keyne’s house in Tainted
Fruit and Connor Simpson’s house
in Death in Chorus.
Thame Park. The house doubles
as Tye House in Death’s Shadow.
The grounds are used for the hunt
scenes in Death of a Stranger.
For details about guided tours of Thame please contact:
Thame Museum visits co-ordinator 01844 215178 / 212891
Ideal group size of 10 to 25 (£5 per person)
Larger parties may be divided into two or more groups.
Thame Museum 79 High St Thame OX9 3AE
www.thamemuseum.org
www.visitmidsomer.com
www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk
Photo: courtesy of Bentley Productions
Midsomer Murders filming locations
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this historic market town
B Thame Town Hall first appears as
the Causton Arts Centre in The Maid in
Splendour but is Causton Town Hall in
Shot at Dawn and Not in My Back Yard.
Joyce is seen singing carols outside the
Town Hall in Days of Misrule.
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scene at the start of Vixens Run. The Coffee
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by a stranger in Picture of Innocence and in the
same episode the Fuji shop becomes Fixpix
Photos of Causton. Barnaby and Jones have a
coffee in Pump Lane in Dead in the Water.
Harriet Davis Estate Agents from The House in
the Wood is now Tim Russ Estate Agents.
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F The court yard
behind 34 Upper High
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Vixens Run and was
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Upper High Street. The nearby Swan
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The Citizens Advice
Bureau became Midsomer
Life newspaper office in
the episode Midsomer Life,
although Barnaby and
Jones exit through the iron
arch of the public toilets.
It also appears as Causton
Library in Vixens Run.
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Various street scenes have featured in the
Cornmarket. The Spread Eagle became The
Morecroft Hotel in Midsomer Life with scenes shot
both inside and out and in the rear car park.
Barnaby tries to break up a fight here and gets
punched in the face. The interior also features in
Vixens Run, and in the same episode the Oxfam
Bookshop, across the road, became Jenny’s Cover
to Cover book shop.
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entrance via
Southern Road