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and Princes Risborough are about 30 minutes away. minutes 30 about are Risborough Princes and Marlow Carnival; Santa Fun Run and Swan Upping. Swan and Run Fun Santa Carnival; Marlow

and brewery shops. brewery and

Marlow Town Regatta; theatre at Wycombe Swan; Pop-up cinema; town walks; walks; town cinema; Pop-up Swan; Wycombe at theatre Regatta; Town Marlow

15 minutes from Marlow, and Beaconsﬁ eld, Windsor Windsor eld, Beaconsﬁ and Marlow, from minutes 15

tastings, open nights nights open tastings,

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Marlow, Cookham, Hurley and Henley are each about about each are Henley and Hurley Cookham, Marlow,

the area, each offering offering each area, the Events

over 30 other ﬁ lming locations in the local area. Little Little area. local the in locations lming ﬁ other 30 over

now well established in in established well now

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Brewing Co. Ltd are are Ltd Co. Brewing

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Rebellion and Fisher’s Fisher’s and Rebellion

and cycling leaﬂ ets as well as postcards and souvenirs. and postcards as well as ets leaﬂ cycling and buckinghamshire/marlow

Luxters’ brand. Both Both brand. Luxters’

www.treasuretrails.co.uk/things-to-do/ • Murder Mystery Trails Trails Mystery Murder • events, accommodation, attractions, walks walks attractions, accommodation, events,

liqueurs under the ‘Old ‘Old the under liqueurs

in Marlow Library, with details on travel, travel, on details with Library, Marlow in www.visitthames.co.uk/towns/marlow-p92421 • Visit Thames Thames Visit •

well as ales and and ales as well

Marlow is the visitor information service service information visitor the is Marlow murders-trails murders-trails

sparkling wines, as as wines, sparkling

www.visitchilterns.co.uk/heritage-and-history/midsomer- • Visit Chilterns Chilterns Visit •

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Winery who produce white, red, rosé and and rosé red, white, produce who Winery

www.hambledenvalley.com

English sparkling wines and The Chiltern Valley Valley Chiltern The and wines sparkling English

‘Dead in the Water’. the in ‘Dead • Where to stay and what to do in the Hambleden Valley Hambleden the in do to what and stay to Where •

Marlow Winery, award-winning producer of of producer award-winning Winery, Marlow

Midsomer Murders as a rowing scout in in scout rowing a as Murders Midsomer

www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/midsomer • Visit Buckinghamshire’s Midsomer Midsomer Buckinghamshire’s Visit •

Offering wine tasting tours are Harrow & Hope Hope & Harrow are tours tasting wine Offering II in May 2002. Sir Steve appeared in in appeared Steve Sir 2002. May in II

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love Marlow! love Park, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth Queen by unveiled was Park, www.wycombe.gov.uk/pages/Sports- • Marlow Visitor Information Service Service Information Visitor Marlow •

If you’re a fan of beer and wine tasting, you’ll you’ll tasting, wine and beer of fan a you’re If

Olympics. His statue, in Higginson Higginson in statue, His Olympics. www.brakspear.co.uk/midsomer Brakspear pubs location Midsomer • •

CBE, won gold medals at ﬁ ve consecutive consecutive ve ﬁ at medals gold won CBE, www.afootinthechilterns.co.uk • Guided walks and Nordic walking with Anthea Anthea with walking Nordic and walks Guided •

Local Marlow hero, Sir Steve Redgrave Redgrave Steve Sir hero, Marlow Local

www.ticketsource.co.uk/henley-hosts/events • Midsomer guided tour, Henley tour, guided Midsomer •

www.stonor.com the grand entrance it has today. has it entrance grand the

Stonor Park Stonor www.nationaltrust.org.uk and Cliveden and Park

was erected in fancy brick and stone, giving Marlow Marlow giving stone, and brick fancy in erected was

Greys Court Greys , Nufﬁ eld House, West Wycombe Wycombe West House, eld Nufﬁ , Trust National houses: Manor •

shortly afterwards, the stunning church by the bridge bridge the by church stunning the afterwards, shortly

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watching in awe from The Compleat Angler. Very Very Angler. Compleat The from awe in watching

www.srpf.org.uk B&B Retreat Katherine’s St.

, Parmoor Parmoor , •

under it in a Spitﬁ re in 1943, to impress his girlfriend, girlfriend, his impress to 1943, in re Spitﬁ a in it under

www.chilternretreat.co.uk • Chiltern Retreat Camping Camping Retreat Chiltern •

the excitement as WW2 fi ghter pilot, Bill Marshall fl ew ew fl Marshall Bill pilot, ghter fi WW2 as excitement the

www.thestagandhuntsman.co.uk Hambleden Huntsman, and Stag The •

bridge which crossed at St. Peter’s Street. Imagine Imagine Street. Peter’s St. at crossed which bridge

www.thefrogatskirmett.co.uk/accomodation.html • The Frog, Skirmett Skirmett Frog, The •

William Tierney Clark and replaced the old wooden wooden old the replaced and Clark Tierney William

www.thechequersﬁ ngest.co.uk www.thechequersﬁ Fingest Chequers, The •

Marlow Bridge was completed in 1832 by engineer engineer by 1832 in completed was Bridge Marlow

www.theprincealbert-pub.co.uk • The Prince Albert, Frieth Frieth Albert, Prince The •

No visitor ever said they spent too long in Marlow! Marlow! in long too spent they said ever visitor No

www.yewtreefrieth.com • The Yew Tree, Frieth Frieth Tree, Yew The • Vietnamese, to name but a few. a but name to Vietnamese,

www.royaloakmarlow.co.uk • The Royal Oak, Bovingdon Green Green Bovingdon Oak, Royal The • Italian at Satollo, Baroosh for brunch, Indian and and Indian brunch, for Baroosh Satollo, at Italian

www.laceysfamilyfarm.co.uk Shop Farm Family Lacey’s • at The Chequers on the High Street, authentic authentic Street, High the on Chequers The at

www.ﬁ shersbrewingcompany.com www.ﬁ • Fisher’s Brewing Co Ltd. Ltd. Co Brewing Fisher’s • Garden and Marlow Bar and Grill. Good pub food food pub Good Grill. and Bar Marlow and Garden

of excellent cuisine at The Vanilla Pod, The Ivy Ivy The Pod, Vanilla The at cuisine excellent of www.epicureandculture.com/things-to-do-in-marlow and and

www.rebellionbeer.co.uk/brewery-tours/public-night.aspx • Rebellion Brewery Brewery Rebellion • Thames. But it doesn’t end there, with a range range a with there, end doesn’t it But Thames.

www.chilternvalley.co.uk Winery Valley Chiltern • award-winning restaurant on the banks of the the of banks the on restaurant award-winning

www.harrowandhope.com/product/vineyard-winery-tour-tasting in Marlow, and Atul Kochhar runs Sindhu, an an Sindhu, runs Kochhar Atul and Marlow, in

• Harrow & Hope Winery Hope & Harrow • Tom Kerridge has three fabulous restaurants restaurants fabulous three has Kerridge Tom

www.sindhurestaurant.co.uk

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‘TOP 20’ MARLOW GETTING HERE

Chilterns HIGHLIGHTS OF A LONGER STAY Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ● A wine-tasting tour of Chiltern Valley Winery, itself To Oxford To, a fi lming location for ‘The Curse of the Ninth’ High M1 (accommodation and shop too). Wycombe M40 M25 ● Guided walks in the Chiltern Hills with Anthea, J4 enjoying panoramic Midsomer scenery. Henley MARLOW (NOT TO SCALE) ● Eat at Tom Kerridge’s Michelin star pub and Atul A4130 Maidenhead Kochhar’s award-winning Indian restaurant. To A404 Reading To London ● Experience open yard night at local Rebellion M4 J8/9 Heathrow Brewery, or Fisher’s Brewing Co Ltd. Windsor ● Enjoy an afternoon on the Thames - hire a boat, To M3 be chauffeured in a slipper launch, take a boat trip, M40 J4 onto A404 (10 minutes) a Midsomer cruise or walk the Thames Path. M4 J8/9 onto A404 (15 minutes) Heathrow (30 minutes) ● Download your own murder mystery trail and learn about Marlow’s history whilst solving the clues. Travel information - www.rome2rio.com/map/ London/MarlowWa. Alsotlington see Google Maps. ● Pay as you go pilates and yoga at Zacs, golf at Harleyford, or tennis, swim and gym at Court The local train station is Marlow. High Wycombe, Garden Leisure Complex. Henley, Maidenhead and Reading have good bus or ● Spot red kites soaring overhead. rail routes into Marlow. ● Chic shopping in Marlow for jewellery, fashion, gifts Marlow parking www.wycombe.gov.uk and homewares. ● Eat ice cream in Higginson Park or watch boats go ACCOMMODATION through Marlow Lock. ● Visit the FREE Marlow Museum. A two-centre stay gives you the best of both worlds - ● Explore nearby Midsomer-fi lmed manor houses - cosmopolitan dining and accommodation in Marlow Greys Court and Stonor Park. plus a rural pub with views in the Hambleden Valley. ● Make a picnic easy with goodies from Satollo If you want to stay in accommodation that has Italian deli, one of the supermarkets or Burgers appeared in the show, try Danesfi eld House Hotel, artisan bakery and chocolatier. The Stag & Huntsman at Hambleden (where dogs can ● Enjoy circular walks at Hambleden or Marlow. stay too) and St. Katherine’s Retreat at Parmoor which has appeared in eight episodes of the show! ● Cosy up for a movie at Claytons pub (Mondays). To camp amidst 1,000 acres of meadow and woodland, ● Head to High Wycombe for the Eden Centre check out Chiltern Retreat Camping or you can stay with its national brand stores, cinema and 10-pin with your horse at Cholsey Farm and ride the trail. bowling and excellent theatre at Wycombe Swan. ● Indulge in a spa, hair or beauty treatment. Marlow Further copies of this leafl et are available from [email protected] Buckinghamshire ● Head to Henley by bus for a Midsomer guided tour. and can be downloaded from www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/midsomer ● This is an independent publication, produced by Wycombe District Council, for the Cross Marlow bridge for a riverside drink at the economic development of local businesses and for the enjoyment of residents and MIDSOMER MURDERS LOCATIONS TRAIL visitors. Whilst every care has been taken in the compilation of this publication and the Follow in the footsteps of DCI Barnaby rowing club or Compleat Angler Hotel. information and statements contained in it are believed to be correct at the time of going ● to press, Wycombe District Council and the promoters of this publication are not liable for Discover Marlow’s secret walled garden opposite any inaccuracies. The content and views expressed are solely those of the author and are Causton Library. not necessarily shared by Bentley Productions Ltd. www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/midsomer Picture Postcard Midsomer from fi ction to reality

A trail through Marlow and the Hambleden Valley

overing only 17 miles (27km), you will very quickly 7 Heading down the hill towards Hambleden, take the 10 Back in Marlow, St. Peter’s nd yourself immersed in scenes from Midsomer turning for iltern alley inery, an old pig farm turned Street, Two Brewers pub and Murders. ollowing te trail, you can taste wine, vineyard and brewery, and presented as a gin distillery for the church gate, appear in Csample local beer and sausages, spend te nigt in a the episode ‘The Curse of the Ninth’. Pre-book a tasting ‘King’s Crystal’, where the lming location and walk te iltern ills of Midsomer. tour to see behind the scenes where much of the fi lming son of the fi rst murder victim took place. Visitors not on the tour are welcome to view becomes a victim himself. It’s 1 The trail starts in Marlow, a fi lming location at the the vineyards and check out the shop. only when Barnaby is watching heart of Midsomer. A mecca for foodies, Marlow is a 8 Cully rehearse Hamlet at the historic market town with cosmopolitan shopping and Our next stop is Midsomer open-air theatre accommodation with character. ambleden. Iconic episodes include ‘Down that he realises the murdered son has left a clue in 2 Ascending into the among the Dead Men’ the play. The pub appears again in ‘Sauce for the Chiltern Hills to which contains all the Goose’, where the victim is famously squashed to ovingdon reen, hallmarks of the show death under a tower of toppling relish bottles! a couple of traditional theft, blackmail, fraud and, Walking back up Marlow High Street, turn right dairyman’s cottages of course, murder. into Institute Road for our fi nal Midsomer fi lming have appeared in the location, Causton Library! In ‘The Black Book’, a rich show. A great circular BOLTER END American bids 400,000 for a Hogson, then receives walk from here cuts back through Marlow Common 5 a blackmail demand for 2m from the holder of the where training trenches still exist from WW1. The Royal Car Park infamous black book, showing it as a forgery. Oak Pub, acclaimed ‘Best in Bucks’, gives local suppliers 4 LANE END prime position on its menus from allotment Lacey’s holders to local Rebellion Brewery. Farm High Wycombe, 6 M40 Oxford, 3 Our next Midsomer village is riet. M25 London The school has appeared in two episodes and FINGEST schoolteachers are suspects for murder! 3 Chiltern High Wycombe In ‘Dead in the Water’, John Parkway, FRIETH Retreat teacher at fi ctitious Morton Fendle Camping Fisher’s Brewing Co Ltd. School, is interviewed after the Eden Centre & Leisure Complex Skirmett t. aterine’s Cinema Rowing Club chairman’s body is found fl oating face-down at the Parmoor Midsomer Regatta. 7 B482 Harrow & Hope

Winery A404 CHILTERN VALLEY

WINERY Skirmett Road

Rebellion Brewery Frieth’s traditional ‘brick and fl int’ architecture is a mark of Midsomer towns and villages. HAMBLEDEN Local fl int was a cheap building material found, literally, lying on the ground. The 8 Car Park ew Tree has a relaxed atmosphere and BOVINGDON MARLOW full menu. The Prince Albert is described GREEN 2 as a ‘proper traditional pub’ with original black A4155 Mill End Maidenhead, beams and cosy inglenook fi replace. Car Park 10 M4 London, 1 Heathrow 4 As you approach Lane nd, the HAMBLEDEN LOCK brick and fl int houses on the 9 The Common are reminiscent of Boats Compleat Angler (Map not to its farming roots. Today it’s a A4155 Henley scale and for bustling village with pub, Indian Danesfield illustration A4155 House Hotel purposes restaurant, and a popular foodie only) café. Our trail takes a left turn Medmenham onto the main road (B482) towards Bolter End. River Thames 5 From Lane End to olter nd, our Council worker, Martin Barnett is shot at midnight and The money is to be next stop is fi lming location, Lacey’s DS Jones goes to inspect his car at the small mechanics’ placed in a shopping Farm, where the victim was found dead garage for clues. Street scenes and The Stag and trolley by desk three in the dairy. This seventh-generation Huntsman pub appear in the show, and location fees from at the library. A man family farm won ‘Best Dairy Farm in Midsomer Murders have helped restore the village’s war collects the trolley the UK’ for cream from its Guernsey memorial. Please use the public car park (behind The and is apprehended cows. ou can buy some from the farm shop and Stag & Huntsman) and do not park in the centre of the outside by the full butchers, along with fruit and deli items for a picnic. village. force of Causton 6 Take the next left, 9 Heading to the A4155, park at Mill nd car park. For police, who fi nd signposted ingest. At spectacular riverside scenery and a walk along the nothing but groceries. We see the blackmailer its centre, The Chequers Thames path, cross over the A4155, follow the winding sloping off in the background with an identical trolley, pub is to one side and footpath to the lock where the lock-keeper’s cottage and switched at the library, under the very nose of DS the impressive, Grade the marine basin have been fi lming locations. Take the Jones (Jason Hughes). Marlow Library is home to 1 listed Church of St. metal weir path to follow directly in the footsteps of John the visitor information service, and a great place to Bartholomew on the Nettles and Jason Hughes, who fi nd the body of Rex start your exploration of this picture postcard town. other, with a stunning view up into the Chiltern Hills - Masters caught in the weir, in ‘The Animal Within’. He a steep but worthwhile walk for the view. Some may died leaving many wills, and many suspected murderers! prefer to enjoy the view from the delightful pub garden Back on the A4155 arking Much of the driving in Midsomer is along according to locals - ‘the best in the valley’! towards Marlow, you’ll narrow roads, and access is required at all times for The Chequers is one of a number of Brakspear pubs see a sign to Danesfi eld farm and emergency vehicles. used for fi lming, and has appeared in ‘The Silent Land’, House Hotel, former Parking in pub car parks is for patrons only. ‘A Dying Art’ and masqueraded once as an antiques site of the Royal Air lease do not park in farm gateways or on shop in ‘Country Matters’. Force Offi cers Mess, village verges. On your way from Fingest to Hambleden, you pass and twice fi lmed for Make this an opportunity to leave Skirmett and The Frog Pub, an 18th century coaching Midsomer Murders. the car and immerse fully into the inn, with three ensuite bedrooms. There are lots of Joyce Barnaby stayed here with the other judges of the beauty of Midsomer. places to stay in the Hambleden Valley, including guest Perfect Village Competition in ‘Judgement Day’ and the There are fi ve public car parks in rooms at our next stop. Stay in the Valley and explore great hall appeared as Lawnside Nursing Home in ‘Blue Marlow and lots of places to stay. Midsomer on foot. Herrings’.