The Location Ledger

Shows

All Creatures Great and SmallYorkshire DalesBridgertonBath, London and EnglandCall the MidwifeKent, with trips to the HebridesDoc MartinNorth CornwallDownton AbbeyHampshire and OxfordshireFather BrownCotswolds and GloucestershireGame of Thrones and House of the DragonNorthern Ireland, Wales and CornwallHarry PotterBritainMidsomer MurdersOxfordshire and BuckinghamshireOutlanderScotlandPeaky BlindersBlack Country, Liverpool and CheshirePoldarkCornwallPride and PrejudicePeak District, Wiltshire and KentRivalsCotswolds and BristolShetlandShetland IslesVeraNorthumberland and Tyneside

Filming-location destination

The Cotswolds on screen

Find screen locations around the Cotswolds and west Oxfordshire, including village settings connected with Father Brown, Sister Boniface and Downton Abbey.

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Guides covering The Cotswolds

An illustrated Cotswolds church lane with a vintage bicycle and detective notebookThe CotswoldsFather BrownA guide to KemblefordAn illustrated Cotswolds convent village framed by a bicycle, laboratory glassware and grapevinesCotswolds & WarwickshireSister Boniface MysteriesForensics, convent wine and Great SlaughterAn illustrated Edwardian country house with formal gardens, a vintage motorcar and silver tea serviceBritainDownton AbbeyGreat houses and village stories

Public places

Filming locations to explore

Blockley village green surrounded by Cotswold stone buildingsVillage · Public streets and footpathsBlockleyOn screen as Kembleford villageSee the locationBlockley church square with a period Riley used during Father Brown filmingChurch · Working parish churchChurch of St Peter & St PaulOn screen as St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, KemblefordSee the locationBroad High Street through Moreton-in-MarshTown · Public streets · rail stationMoreton-in-MarshOn screen as Kembleford-area streets and period town scenesSee the locationStone gatehouse at Sudeley CastleHistoric house · Ticketed · seasonalSudeley CastleOn screen as Stately-home and chapel scenesSee the locationThe stone station building at Winchcombe on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire RailwayAttraction · Heritage railway timetable and ticketsWinchcombe Railway StationOn screen as Kembleford railway scenesSee the locationStone frontage, tall chimneys and gatehouse of Stanway House beside a lawnHistoric house · Very limited seasonal openingStanway HouseOn screen as Country-house and estate scenesSee the locationNeoclassical front elevation of Pittville Pump RoomHistoric house · Events venue · public access variesPittville Pump RoomOn screen as Grand civic and social interiorsSee the locationEdwardian facade of Cheltenham Town HallHistoric house · Events venue · exterior publicCheltenham Town HallOn screen as The Hambleston Grand theatreSee the location

Plan by place

Useful bases and areas

BlockleyWinchcombeMoreton-in-MarshBamptonAll counties

Where to stay

Places to stay in The Cotswolds

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