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

Oxfordshire on screen

Explore Oxfordshire filming locations, from Oxford’s detective dramas to Midsomer villages and the west-Oxfordshire places seen in Downton Abbey and Father Brown.

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Guides covering Oxfordshire

Radcliffe Square with the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding Oxford collegesOxfordMorse, Lewis & EndeavourThree detectives, one OxfordAn illustrated English village green with stone cottages, church tower, map and magnifying glassHome CountiesMidsomer MurdersEngland’s prettiest fictional crime countyAn illustrated Edwardian country house with formal gardens, a vintage motorcar and silver tea serviceBritainDownton AbbeyGreat houses and village storiesAn illustrated Cotswolds church lane with a vintage bicycle and detective notebookThe CotswoldsFather BrownA guide to Kembleford

Public places

Filming locations to explore

Broad Street in Oxford with the White Horse and university buildingsTown · Public street · traffic and events varyBroad StreetOn screen as Recurring Oxford street geography across Morse, Lewis and EndeavourSee the locationThe vaulted interior of the Divinity School at the Bodleian LibrariesAttraction · Exterior public realm · interiors by ticketed tour or eventBodleian LibrariesOn screen as Library, university and institutional interiors across all three detective seriesSee the locationRadcliffe Square with the Radcliffe Camera and surrounding Oxford collegesTown · Public square · Radcliffe Camera interior restrictedRadcliffe SquareOn screen as Recurring establishing views of the university citySee the locationHertford College's Bridge of Sighs above New College LaneTown · Public lane · bridge interior privateBridge of SighsOn screen as A recurring Oxford lane and establishing viewSee the locationThe circular stone exterior of the Sheldonian Theatre in OxfordAttraction · Ticketed visitor attraction · ceremonies can close accessSheldonian TheatreOn screen as University ceremony and Oxford establishing scenesSee the locationThe pinnacled tower of Exeter College above central OxfordHistoric house · Working college · advertised visitor access onlyExeter CollegeOn screen as Quad, chapel, hall, library and offices in Endeavour’s final seriesSee the locationMagdalen College tower seen above its Oxford groundsHistoric house · Ticketed visitor hours · working collegeMagdalen CollegeOn screen as College courts, cloisters and grounds across Oxford detective dramaSee the locationThe stone fan vault and staircase at Christ Church, OxfordAttraction · Ticketed · timed admission and closuresChrist ChurchOn screen as Oxford collegiate exteriors and interiors associated with the detective seriesSee the location

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Useful bases and areas

OxfordWallingfordBamptonThameAll counties

Where to stay

Places to stay in Oxfordshire

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