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Wallingford & Thames

Warborough

Warborough was used as Badger’s Drift and other Midsomer villages in Midsomer Murders. Customers welcome.

Warborough village green with a path and trees around its edge
Photo: Steve Daniels / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
On screen as
Badger’s Drift and other Midsomer villages
Access
Customers welcome
Time needed
45–75 minutes
Nearest place
Warborough, Oxfordshire

On screen

Warborough’s green is a documented Midsomer location with a continuing recreational life. The parish council explicitly records filming around the green, neighbouring houses and the Six Bells pub. It also describes the tree-lined setting, residential roads on the north and south sides, and the pub at the south-west corner.

These relationships are what make a village visit rewarding: a wide view explains the rural ensemble more clearly than a succession of close photographs of private cottages. Come for the green and the surrounding village, using the screen connection as one way to notice its layout.

Visiting Warborough

Take a quiet walk on lawful public approaches and let local activity determine where you pause. The parish council identifies the green as the cricket club’s home ground, with a maintained cricket square, a play area and other community recreation around its edges. Give games, families and anyone maintaining the space room to continue their day.

The single-track roads and residential properties are part of the village’s daily workings, so keep access clear and follow any parking restrictions. Do not treat the green as an unrestricted car park or assume that an attractive driveway is a visitor entrance.

Check the filming source

Plan your visit

Build this stop into the day.

Dorchester-on-Thames offers a useful contrast, with a historic High Street and an abbey visit governed by church and museum access. Wallingford adds the larger town setting and a council-published Midsomer leaflet. Pick one of those as the main companion rather than trying to recreate a whole fictional county in a single afternoon.

A village walk, a planned pub stop and one further place will leave more time to enjoy the real landscape and make photographs without rushing residents or other visitors.

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Wallingford & Thames

Nearby filming locations

Wallingford Market Place with the town hall and surrounding buildingsTown · Customers welcomeWallingford Market PlaceOn screen as Causton town centreSee the locationPale façade of Wallingford Corn Exchange with arched entrancesAttraction · View from the road or pathWallingford Corn ExchangeOn screen as Causton PlayhouseSee the locationThatched Six Bells pub facing Warborough village greenHistoric house · Customers welcomeThe Six BellsOn screen as The Black Swan in Badger’s DriftSee the locationHistoric shopfronts lining Dorchester-on-Thames High StreetVillage · Customers welcomeDorchester-on-ThamesOn screen as Multiple Midsomer villagesSee the location

Sources

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