Midsomer in the Chilterns Midsomer Murders t op 10 locations If you’re a fan of Inspector Barnaby and the glorious English countryside seen in the series then take a trip through this Chilterns ‘Top 10’. One episode can in the Chilterns be filmed in many locations across the Chilterns, so we’ve picked out a few 2 Chesham HP5 1EG TRING of the most notable to help you start your journey through Midsomer in the Chesham old and new town were both Chilterns. filmed for 'Written in Blood', which AYLESBURY BERKHAMSTED For driving trails to take you through Midsomer, visit: centres on the Midsomer Worthy Writers Circle. Filming locations http://www.visitmidsomer.com/explore-midsomer/ WENDOVER include the church, http://www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/inspiration/midsomer-murders streets, shops and 1 PRINCES THE LEE war memorial as RISBOROUGH CHESHAM well as two pubs, The Lee HP16 9NU 1 PRESTWOOD 23 The Cock Tavern CHINNOR Becomes Badger's Drift in 6 and the George BLEDLOW 'The Killings at Badger's M40 LITTLE 4 3 AMERSHAM and Dragon. Drift' and also MISSENDEN masquerades as Midsomer HIGH Florey in 'Painted in 4 Little Missenden HP7 0QZ WATLINGTON WYCOMBE Blood' when Joyce CHORLEYWOOD Featuring in the first ever episode of Barnaby takes her 7 Midsomer Murders, The Killings at painting easel onto the BEACONSFIELD Badger's Drift, DCI Barnaby (John River Thames 5 village green and discovers a dead BENSON Nettles) and Sergeant Troy (Daniel Casey) body. interview the village undertaker and his WALLINGFORD 8 mother who end up being murdered MARLOW themselves. The village pub, shop and NETTLEBED M40 9 church have all made appearances in the series as 3 Amersham HP7 0DP RiverRiver Thames well as a number of picture Amersham has been filmed many times 10 postcard private houses. and filming locations include High Street, HENLEY-ON-THAMES GORING For more about the village: the cells in its police station and the 17th http://www.littlemissendenpc. century Market Hall, a grand reminder of co.uk/little-missenden.php England's merchant guilds and open air markets. The much more 5 Beaconsfield HP9 2PL modern Amersham Acclaimed as the 'most filmed' Midsomer Murders location, from Hospital appears READING the much older Beaconsfield Church (Four Funerals and a as Causton Wedding) to the much newer train station ('King's Crystal). An Hospital in attraction to wow children and adults alike is Bekonscot Model ‘A Sacred Trust'. Village in the heart of the New Town, also a scene of murder in For more about 'Small Mercies' when victim Richard Tanner is staked out like this market town: Gulliver in Lilliput. http://www.amersham.org.uk/locations/ 0 5 10km http://midsomermurders.org/smallmercies2.htm

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7 Watlington OX49 5PZ TRING Reputedly England's smallest town, Watlington AYLESBURY BERKHAMSTED Town Hall appeared in 'Judgement Day', Watlington Parish Library as Causton Library in

hotos: Julie Burchell WENDOVER P 'Orchis Fatalis' and Watlington Church in 'Ring PRINCES 1 THE LEE out your Dead'. This RISBOROUGH CHESHAM attractive town is seen as Bledlow HP27 9PE 6 PRESTWOOD 2 the dilapidated town of The 16th century pub, The CHINNOR 6 BLEDLOW 'Lower Warden' in 'A Tale Lions at Bledlow, has been M40 LITTLE 4 AMERSHAM of Two Hamlets' when rubbish was brought in filmed at least five times for 3 MISSENDEN especially to scatter on the streets. Follow the the series including King's HIGH locations walking trail when you get to the Crystal and Dead Man's 11 so WATLINGTON WYCOMBE town: http://www.visitmidsomer.com/town- eagle-eyed fans of the series CHORLEYWOOD walking-trails/ will surely recognise it, although 7 they changed the name each time. Other River BEACONSFIELD Thames 5 locations in the village and the church have BENSON 9 Nettlebed RG9 5DA also been filmed. The distinctive village hall has been WALLINGFORD To find out more about Bledlow: 8 used a number of times, as has the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bledlow MARLOW NETTLEBED M40 High Street, village shop and 9 interior of The White Hart Inn. In 'Judgement Day', part of the village RiverRiver Thames appears as Midsomer Mallow where 8 Wallingford OX10 0EG 10 HENLEY-ON-THAMES Joyce Barnaby is one of the judges We've included Wallingford as in the Best Kept Village competition. it is home to the original GORING For more on this village: Causton and is close to the http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/southoxonvill much-filmed villages of Henley-on-Thames RG9 2AA ages/nettlebed.html Dorchester & Warborough. 10 In 'Last Year's Model', Henley Town Hall becomes Causton Two downloadable walking Staying in Midsomer trails will take you through the Town Hall and The Argyll Pub on Market Square is where DCI Barnaby interviews his friend Plu Plunkett about the filming locations in this area on We invite you to stay in Midsomer and enjoy exploring, at a more READING murder of Frances Trevelyan who was http://www.visitmidsomer.com/page/midsomer-walks/ relaxed pace, some of the traditional pubs, manor houses, villages battered to death with a saucepan. For more about Wallingford: and market towns where DCI Barnaby uncovers dastardly plots and Henley have produced their very own http://www.southernoxfordshire.com/wallingford.php menacing murders. Midsomer walking trail. For the trail and more about Henley: South Oxfordshire http://www.visitmidsomer.com/places-to-stay/ 0 5 10km http://www.visit-henley.com/midsomer- Bucks http://www.visitbuckinghamshire.org/accommodation murders 0 5 10miles hotos: Hobbs of Henley For Midsomer guided tours, places to stay and Midsomer walking P trails, log onto www.visitmidsomer.com An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty