The Walking Dead: Atlanta to Senoia

Rick rides into Atlanta on horseback in the pilot, follows a helicopter and ends up trapped under a tank while a horde closes in. The city work was concentrated in Fairlie–Poplar, the diagonal grid of late-19th- and early-20th-century office buildings just north of Five Points. The Flatiron Building and the Healey Building are among the landmarks still standing in the district, and the streets remain part of downtown's working business core.

Visitor guidance: Public streets: start at Five Points and walk north past the Flatiron Building.

The survivors' camp in season one sits beside Bellwood Quarry, the pit outside Atlanta where Rick is reunited with Lori and Carl after the coma. The former granite quarry closed in 2007 and was used for filming in summer 2010, standing in for the group's camp. It is now Shirley Clarke Franklin Park: the city opened the site to the public in 2021, turning the quarry into a reservoir and green space, and renamed it in 2025 after the mayor who bought the land.

Visitor guidance: Shirley Clarke Franklin Park is public green space on the Beltline; the quarry pit is now the city reservoir.

Rick's group reaches the CDC in the season one finale and is let in by Dr. Edwin Jenner, the last scientist left there. The Cobb Energy Centre stood in for the agency's headquarters, since the real CDC's security ruled out filming there. Jenner shows the group what the infection does, seals the doors and triggers the self-destruct, and the survivors escape moments before the building explodes. The venue now houses Atlanta Opera and Atlanta Ballet.

Visitor guidance: The centre is an active concert and opera venue; check its listings for public events.

Downtown Senoia becomes Woodbury, the fortified town where Andrea and Michonne are taken in the third season. About seventy survivors live there, and the Governor runs the place with Merle as his right-hand man. After season one the production moved to Riverwood Studios just outside town, and the town became the show's standing set. Fans still come hoping to watch filming; some residents resent the crowds, while others say the visitors keep local businesses alive.

Location precision: Woodbury is fictional; Main Street in downtown Senoia stood in for it.

Visitor guidance: Main Street and the surrounding historic blocks are public streets.

In "Clear", Rick, Carl and Michonne drive to Rick's hometown for weapons and find the sheriff's station stripped. A masked gunman on a roof stops them and turns out to be Morgan, the first survivor Rick met after waking from his coma. Grantville's ruined Arnold & Baxter cotton warehouse was used for the town's scenes, and the words "Away With You" are still painted on its brick. The warehouse now forms a courtyard for the restaurant next door, and it draws visitors from around the world.

Location precision: King County is fictional; the cotton warehouse in Grantville stood in for the town.

Visitor guidance: The 17 Church Street warehouse now serves as a courtyard for the adjoining restaurant.

After season one the production settled at Riverwood Studios outside Senoia, where an existing subdivision of family homes doubles as the Alexandria Safe-Zone. In "Remember", Rick's group enters and is asked to hand over its guns. Deanna Monroe, a former Ohio congresswoman, interviews each of them on camera and gives them houses with electricity and hot water. The subdivision sits inside the private studio lot.

Location precision: Alexandria is fictional; the subdivision inside Raleigh Studios stands in for it.

The Kingdom is filmed at Fort McPherson, the army base that closed in 2011 and was partly sold to Tyler Perry, whose studios now occupy the ground. In "The Well", Carol and Morgan are brought to the community and meet King Ezekiel, a former zookeeper playing king, his Bengal tiger Shiva and his right-hand man Jerry. Ezekiel offers Carol the abandoned house nearby so she can stay close without joining, and visits her there with Shiva.

Location precision: The Kingdom is fictional; the former Fort McPherson stood in for it.