Midsomer Murders: Filming Locations

Midsomer Murders began on 23 March 1997 with an adaptation of the novel The Killings at Badger's Drift. In the fictional village of Badger's Drift, elderly Miss Bellringer insists that her friend Emily Simpson did not die of a heart attack, and Chief Inspector Barnaby is drawn in. The village is played by real places around South Oxfordshire. The Six Bells pub in Warborough repeatedly appears as the Black Swan, the pub of Badger's Drift, making Warborough the place to look for Badger's Drift.

Location precision: Badger's Drift is fictional and the series used several nearby places; the pin marks the village of Warborough, home of the Six Bells.

Visitor guidance: The Six Bells is a village pub on Warborough's green; check opening times before you go.

Causton is the county town of Midsomer, a medium-sized town where Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby lives with his wife. On screen it is not one place. Thame in Oxfordshire has played Causton many times for the production company, and its boat-shaped High Street, the heart of the market town, is where to start.

Location precision: Causton is fictional and played by several towns; the pin marks Thame's High Street.

Visitor guidance: Thame is a working market town; the High Street is open to walk at any time.

Turville is the picture of a Midsomer village, with historic stone and timber houses around a village green. Its pub, the Bull & Butcher, has been renamed twice for the series. In "Murder on St. Malley's Day" it became The Chalk and Gown, and in "Schooled in Murder" it was The Spotted Cow. Turville has hosted many other productions too, but the pub is the spot to look for if you want a Midsomer pint.

Visitor guidance: The Bull & Butcher is a working village pub; the village green is a short walk away.

Wallingford is another of the towns that stands in for Causton. In 2015 the Wallingford Festival of Cycling was used as the backdrop for filming the Midsomer Murders episode "Breaking the Chain", the third episode of the 18th series. The town centre is built around a market square, with the war memorial and Wallingford Town Hall on its south side.

Location precision: Wallingford plays Causton rather than a named place; the pin marks the market square.

Visitor guidance: The market square is open to the public; shops and cafes line its edges.

In series 16, episode 4, Midsomer takes to the air. White Waltham Airfield, southwest of Maidenhead, was filmed on Sunday 11 August 2013 and appears as the fictional Finchmere Airfield in "The Flying Club". It is the one stop here that is an airfield rather than a village or town.

Visitor guidance: A working airfield; public access is limited, so check ahead before visiting.