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Thame & Aylesbury Vale

The Spread Eagle

The Spread Eagle was used as Recurring hotel and hospitality location in Midsomer Murders. Customers welcome.

Red-brick façade of the Spread Eagle Hotel with cars on Cornmarket in Thame
Photo: Rob Farrow / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
On screen as
Recurring hotel and hospitality location
Access
Customers welcome
Time needed
15 minutes–overnight
Nearest place
Thame, Oxfordshire

On screen

The Spread Eagle belongs to Thame’s documented cluster of Midsomer locations. The council names the hotel among the town landmarks used by the series, while the regional tourism account identifies its fictional Morecroft Hotel role in Midsomer Life. Its own website describes a former coaching inn now operating as a hotel with a restaurant, bar and function rooms.

This continuing hospitality use makes it a different sort of stop from a museum: the attraction is a recognisable exterior and the chance to enjoy the real business, rather than an exhibition devoted to the programme.

Visiting The Spread Eagle

Find the hotel on Cornmarket and include the frontage in the official town walking trail. For a public-space photograph, remain outside the guest and event areas and keep the entrance clear. If you want more than an exterior stop, check current dining arrangements or book a room directly with the hotel.

Its website separates accommodation, dining, weddings and meetings, a reminder that different parts may be occupied for private functions. A reservation for food or a stay gives a legitimate reason to use the premises; it does not automatically provide access to every room seen in filming.

Check the filming source

Plan your visit

Build this stop into the day.

Thame Town Hall, the Market House and other council-listed locations make the best immediate companions because they form one central walking route. You could arrange lunch at the hotel after the walk, keeping the meal as a pause rather than fitting photographs around a busy arrival.

An overnight stay leaves room for a second town trail or a separate visit to Long Crendon. Avoid adding distant estates purely because they appear in the hotel’s local-attractions list; their tickets and opening calendars deserve a day planned around the actual visit.

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Thame & Aylesbury Vale

Nearby filming locations

Brick Thame Town Hall with a clock tower beside the High StreetTown · Customers welcomeThame Town HallOn screen as Causton and assorted Midsomer civic buildingsSee the locationPub frontage and historic buildings beside Long Crendon High StreetVillage · PrivateLong CrendonOn screen as Recurring village streets, church and homesSee the locationWaddesdon Manor with towers, a gravel approach and lawnsHistoric house · Tickets neededWaddesdon ManorNearby visitor stopSee the locationSt Peter’s Church in Great Haseley with a stone tower and churchyardVillage · Customers welcomeGreat HaseleyOn screen as Village filming location named by the Chinnor railway’s Midsomer accountSee the location

Sources

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All Midsomer Murders locationsLocation mapShow guide