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Misbourne & Amersham

Chiltern Open Air Museum

Chiltern Open Air Museum was used as Historic rural buildings and period village scenes in Midsomer Murders. Tickets needed.

Red Henton Mission Room and timber Leagrave Cottages beside a lawn at Chiltern Open Air Museum
Photo: Dorothea Witter-Rieder / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
On screen as
Historic rural buildings and period village scenes
Access
Tickets needed
Time needed
3–4 hours
Nearest place
Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire

On screen

Chiltern Open Air Museum offers a substantial Midsomer stop with a different kind of screen landscape: historic buildings gathered into an outdoor museum. Its official filming page names Midsomer Murders among the productions that have used the site and includes a photograph captioned as filming for Night of the Stag.

Farmsteads, Victorian cottages and wartime structures help explain the appeal to location teams, but the museum’s own subject is the life and buildings of the Chilterns. A good visit gives that history room to speak instead of reducing the collection to a single episode comparison.

Visiting Chiltern Open Air Museum

Plan around the museum’s current opening and event calendar and consider booking ahead, as its visitor page recommends. Download the museum map before arrival so you can choose buildings that interest your group and avoid repeatedly crossing the grounds. The visitor information identifies a café in Skippings Barn, picnic benches and a natural playground beside the village green.

These make it possible to build breaks into the day rather than rushing between exhibits. Check the accessibility guide for specific buildings: ramps are provided where feasible, but the size and age of some structures limit entry. Mobility scooters can be used around the site but cannot enter the exhibit buildings.

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Plan your visit

Build this stop into the day.

Old Amersham is a useful companion if you want to contrast the museum’s reconstructed settings with a living historic town used by the same series. Make the museum the main commitment and add the town only if your group still wants more walking. For families, a longer museum visit with a picnic and playground break may be a better plan than collecting another location.

Choose the pace before buying tickets or booking transport, and leave time to explore the buildings that catch your attention.

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Misbourne & Amersham

Nearby filming locations

Little Missenden village and church tower beyond a field and wooded hillsVillage · Customers welcomeLittle MissendenOn screen as Red Lion pub appeared as the White Swan in Who Killed Cock RobinSee the locationHistoric shopfronts and parked cars on Old Amersham High StreetTown · Customers welcomeOld AmershamOn screen as Causton streets and Midsomer town exteriorsSee the locationMiniature buildings, ponds and clipped shrubs at Bekonscot Model VillageAttraction · Tickets neededBekonscot Model VillageOn screen as Model village filming location in Small MerciesSee the locationVillage green in The Lee with trees and buildings beyondVillage · Customers welcomeThe LeeOn screen as Documented Midsomer town, village or estate settingSee the location

Sources

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