Location file · Buckinghamshire
Haddenham
The duck pond, witchert walls, shops and village buildings have portrayed numerous Midsomer communities.
What it played on screen
From Haddenham to Midsomer.
The duck pond, witchert walls, shops and village buildings have portrayed numerous Midsomer communities.
The description above records what the real place supplied on screen. The list gives each linked case and its principal fictional setting; a production may use only one building or street rather than the entire settlement.
Beyond the camera
About the real place
Haddenham is one of Buckinghamshire's larger villages, noted for its duck pond, greens and traditional witchert walls made from local earth and straw. These pale, textured walls and the mix of cottages, shops and community buildings give the village an immediately recognisable local character.
Unlike several smaller locations, Haddenham has its own railway station and enough services to work as a practical starting point. The historic core is still residential, so visitors should explore on foot and avoid stopping at private houses. The pond and surrounding streets provide the clearest introduction to the place.
Curated archive
Connected cases
A Talent for Life
A formidable former society beauty discovers a body while fly-fishing and promptly becomes central to the case.
Open case →S6 E5 · 2003Birds of Prey
A suspicious drowning and an illegal birds'-egg inquiry converge on failed investments, a falconry centre and disputed research.
Open case →S7 E5 · 2004The Maid in Splendour
Two shootings at a beloved village pub leave Barnaby asking whether the first victim was ever the intended target.
Open case →S8 E1 · 2004Things That Go Bump in the Night
An undertaker is killed in his chapel of rest while a spiritualist church offers the bereaved rather more information than chance should allow.
Open case →S8 E3 · 2005Orchis Fatalis
A poisoned orchid enthusiast leads Barnaby to a smuggled specimen valuable enough to make collectors abandon ordinary gardening etiquette.
Open case →S9 E3 · 2006Vixen's Run
Sir Freddy Butler dies after assembling his wives and heirs, then a missing will and an arson murder turn inheritance into an investigation.
Open case →S11 E1 · 2008Shot at Dawn
A village feud dating from a First World War execution erupts when a retired colonel is abducted for a grotesque mock firing squad.
Open case →S11 E4 · 2008Midsomer Life
A woodland death links a local magazine, a disputed hotel and a community argument about who counts as an outsider.
Open case →S17 E2 · 2015Murder by Magic
A church magic show ends in a crushing death, leaving Barnaby to decide whether the victim—or the illusionist—was the intended target.
Open case →S19 E2 · 2017Crime and Punishment
A village watch group responds to burglary with absolute certainty—until one of its own is murdered at the butcher's shop.
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