Most of Midsomer Murders is filmed in real English towns and villages across South Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, standing in for the fictional Midsomer county.

Main filming areas

  • The core locations are South Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire , whose villages provide the classic “Midsomer” look of stone cottages, greens, churches, and rivers.
  • Key market towns and villages used again and again include:
    • Wallingford, Oxfordshire – often used as the town of Causton.
* **Thame, Oxfordshire** – its streets and nearby hamlets appear in many episodes.

* **Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire** – frequently used for village streets and pubs.

* **Henley-on-Thames & Watlington, Oxfordshire** – show up in numerous exterior scenes.

* **Amersham, The Lee, Long Crendon, Cuddington, Chenies and other Buckinghamshire villages** – regular stand‑ins for different Midsomer villages.

Notable specific spots fans visit

  • The Lee (Buckinghamshire) – its village green is used as Badger’s Drift and in other episodes.
  • Chenies Manor (Buckinghamshire) – appears as a grand house in “Orchis Fatalis” and other stories.
  • Stonor and Stonor Park (Oxfordshire) – used for cricket scenes and stately home exteriors.
  • Various pubs, churches, and manor houses around the Chilterns (Langley Park, Little Missenden, Hurley, etc.) also recur throughout the series.

Quick HTML table of key locations

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<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Real place</th>
      <th>County</th>
      <th>How it’s used in Midsomer Murders</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Wallingford</td>
      <td>Oxfordshire</td>
      <td>Frequently used as Causton, the main town.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Henley-on-Thames</td>
      <td>Oxfordshire</td>
      <td>General town and riverside scenes.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dorchester-on-Thames</td>
      <td>Oxfordshire</td>
      <td>Village streets, pubs, and exteriors.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Thame (and Moreton hamlet)</td>
      <td>Oxfordshire</td>
      <td>Houses and farms (e.g., Chestnut Farmhouse as a character’s home).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>The Lee</td>
      <td>Buckinghamshire</td>
      <td>Village green used as Badger’s Drift and other villages.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Amersham</td>
      <td>Buckinghamshire</td>
      <td>High Street and surrounding streets as “typical” Midsomer village scenes.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Chenies Manor</td>
      <td>Buckinghamshire</td>
      <td>Grand country house settings (e.g., “Orchis Fatalis”).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Stonor & Stonor Park</td>
      <td>Oxfordshire</td>
      <td>Country estate and cricket ground scenes.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Little story-style note

If you wander through Wallingford’s market square or the green at The Lee on a quiet afternoon, you’ll recognise the feel of Midsomer immediately: picture-perfect cottages, a church spire on the horizon, and a pub that looks suspiciously like somewhere Barnaby has interviewed a suspect many times.

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