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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

Real places, grouped for a visit

Morse, Lewis & Endeavour filming locations

Find the real places used for Morse, Lewis & Endeavour, what they played on screen and whether visitors can access them.

Central Oxford

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 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 locationShops and visitors beneath the painted roof of Oxford Covered MarketAttraction · Public market · individual traders keep their own hoursOxford Covered MarketOn screen as Recurring everyday Oxford street and market settingSee the locationThe narrow historic college frontages of Turl Street in OxfordTown · Public street · college interiors separateTurl StreetOn screen as Recurring college-street geographySee the locationThe White Horse pub and neighbouring Broad Street shopfrontsHistoric house · Operating pub · customer accessThe White HorseOn screen as A compact pub associated with the Oxford detective screen trailSee the locationThe King's Arms pub at the corner of Holywell Street in OxfordHistoric house · Operating pub · customer accessThe King’s ArmsOn screen as A recurring Oxford pub setting on the official screen trailSee the locationThe Gothic frontage of the Randolph Hotel on Beaumont StreetHistoric house · Operating hotel and bar · customer accessThe Randolph Hotel and Morse BarOn screen as Hotel setting and a real-world tribute to Inspector MorseSee the locationThe neoclassical Beaumont Street entrance of the Ashmolean MuseumAttraction · Public museum · free collection; exhibitions may be ticketedAshmolean MuseumOn screen as Oxford cultural context and screen-city landmarkSee the location

East Oxford centre

Magdalen 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 locationSt Edmund Hall library seen along Queen's Lane in OxfordHistoric house · Working college · advertised visitor hoursSt Edmund HallOn screen as Garstang College in Endeavour and St Sebastian’s College in LewisSee the location

North Oxford centre

The iron-and-glass central court of Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryAttraction · Public museum · free general admission; events varyOxford University Museum of Natural HistoryOn screen as Documented Endeavour filming setting and wider Oxford screen landmarkSee the location

South Oxfordshire

Great Western steam locomotive Pendennis Castle at Didcot Railway CentreAttraction · Ticketed heritage railway · operating days onlyDidcot Railway CentreOn screen as Railway scenes in The Wolvercote TongueSee the location

West Oxfordshire

The main facade of Blenheim Palace across the Great CourtAttraction · Ticketed palace, park and gardensBlenheim PalaceOn screen as The Way Through the Woods in Inspector MorseSee the locationA wider public-street view along Sheep Street towards Burford High StreetTown · Public street view · building is private33 Sheep StreetOn screen as The Sheep Street scene where John Barron falls from a ladderSee the location

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