Midsomer Murders - Dorchester On Thames

Midsomer Villages
Warborough
The G
re en North
More than 80 episodes of ‘Midsomer Murders’ have been
made and the programme has been sold to over 230 overseas
territories. The programmes are made mostly on location in
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
Dorchester-on-Thames has been used to represent the
THAME ROAD
following:
Devington - ‘Master Class’ (2010)
Fletchers Cross - ‘Things that Go Bump in the Night’ (2004)
Little Worthy - ‘Small Mercies’ (2009)
Midsomer Newton - ‘The House in the Woods’ (2005)
Morton Fendle - ‘Dance with the Dead’ (2006)
South
Quake
r Lane
The Green
Midsomer Murders
Location Guide
Dorchester-on-Thames
& Warborough
Warborough has been used to represent the following:
Badger’s Drift - ‘The Great & The Good’ (2009)
Dunstan - ‘Left for Dead’ (2008).
Midsomer Mallow - ‘Bad Tidings’ (2003)
Midsomer Mere - ‘Second Sight’ (2004)
Midsomer St Michael - ‘Sins of Commission’ (2003)
Further information sources:
10 Newsagents
Sgt. Scott moves into a flat above the shop in ‘Bad Tidings’
(2003)
11 Mr Yates upholsterers workshop
Seen as a Newsagents in ‘Market for Murder’ (2001)
& a Dolls Shop in ‘Bad Tidings’ (2003)
12 Six Bells Public House
Seen in ‘Bad Tidings’ (2003),
‘Sins of Commission’ (2003)
& ‘Left for Dead’ (2008). Also
used in ‘Second Sight’ (2004)
as ‘The Luck in the World’
& ‘The Great & The Good’
(2009) as ‘The Black Swan’
13 Houses around The Green
Seen in ‘The House in the Woods’ (2005) & ‘The Great &
The Good’ (2009) & ‘Second Sight’ (2004)
14 Village Green
Seen in opening shots of ‘Market for Murder’ (2001)
Midsomer Murders Guide www.midsomermurders.org
Midsomer Murders Society www.midsomermurderssociety.com
“Midsomer Murders on Location: A Guide to the Midsomer
Counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and
Oxfordshire” (paperback)
Edited by Anthony Richards on sale at Dorchester Abbey
Museum £5.00
Village information
www.dorchesteronthames.co.uk
www.dorchester-abbey.org.uk
www.dorchesterfestival.com
www.warboroughshillingford.org
District information
www.hidden-britain.co.uk
www.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk
Photography
Joan Street and Bentley Productions, part of the All3Media
Group
Acknowledgements
Dorchester-on-Thames Society, South Oxfordshire District
Council and Warborough Parish Council
Published by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council
April 2011
© Bentley Productions
Watling Lane
Dorchester-on-Thames
6 Abbey Museum
Beechcroft
T
HIGH S
Wi
ttenh
Rotten R
am Lane
REET
7 Dorchester Abbey
ow
Queens
ge End
Brid
TREET
Seen in ‘Master Class’ (2010)
Street
or Fa
M an
HS
HIG
In ‘The House in the Woods’ (2005),
Joyce Barnaby gets involved in the
local conservation society, based at the
museum. The internationally-famous
Abbey Tea Room is next door.
8 The White Hart Hotel
Used in ‘Small Mercies’ (2009).
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a
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d
9 Village Hall
The interior was used as the Incident Centre in ‘Four
Funerals and a Wedding’ (2005) (the exterior was in fact
Pankhurst Hall in Brill, Buckinghamshire!)
Directions to Warborough
1 Riverside, 15 Bridge End
4 The George Hotel
Seen in ‘Dead in the Water’
(2004) - Guy Sweetman, Mrs.
Sharp & Sandra Tate lived here.
Used as ‘The Maid in Splendour’
pub in ‘The Maid in Splendour’
(2003) & ‘The Feathers Hotel’ in
‘The House in the Woods’ (2005)
2 The Pigeons, High Street
The Butterball Tea Room in ‘Small Mercies’ (2009)
3 Fleur de Lys
The Devington Arms in ‘Master
Class’ (2010)
5 Post Office
‘Fletchers Cross’ Post Office in
‘Things that Go Bump in the
Night’ (2004) & ‘Morton Fendle’
in ‘Dance with the Dead’ (2006) &
‘Midsomer Newton P.O.’ in ‘The
House in the Woods’ (2005)
By Road: Cross Dorchester Bridge over River Thame and
take Henley Road to the by-pass. Turn right on to A4074
and take first exit left at Shillingford roundabout. This is
New Road which after two bends turns into Thame Road
and you will shortly arrive in the centre of Warborough.
On Foot: Cross Dorchester Bridge over River Thame
and take first left into Overy. At the end of Overy Lane
follow the public bridleway sign straight on and under
the underpass at Priest’s Moor Bridge. Take second right
turning along the bridleway across the middle of a large
field heading for the centre of Warborough. When you
reach Thame Road turn left towards village centre.