Grantchester is mainly filmed in the real village of Grantchester, just outside Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England.

Main filming location

  • The core village scenes are shot in Grantchester itself, a small Cambridgeshire village on the River Cam, with its thatched cottages, lanes and pubs providing most of the on-screen backdrop.
  • The village church you see is the Church of St Andrew and St Mary, which stands in for the main parish church in the show.

Other key spots used

  • Cambridge : Streets such as King’s Parade in central Cambridge are regularly used for city scenes and dressed to look like the 1950s.
  • Hertfordshire : A private home in Lemsford doubles as the vicarage, and other interiors are filmed in houses around Hertfordshire (including areas like Watford, Rickmansworth, and Kings Langley).
  • Studios and extras : Additional filming takes place at Elstree Studios and Bovingdon Airfield Studios in Hertfordshire, plus locations like Horsted Keynes station in West Sussex and London spots such as King’s Cross and Borough Market for travel or city moments.

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