Location file · Oxfordshire
Henley-on-Thames
Its river, bridge, town hall and nearby Remenham and Harpsden locations lend themselves to clubs, courts and prosperous settings.
What it played on screen
From Henley-on-Thames to Midsomer.
Its river, bridge, town hall and nearby Remenham and Harpsden locations lend themselves to clubs, courts and prosperous settings.
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
Henley-on-Thames is a handsome riverside town best known for rowing and the annual Henley Royal Regatta. Its eighteenth- and nineteenth-century centre, arched bridge, town hall and long relationship with the river create a more polished, prosperous atmosphere than many of the smaller filming villages.
The riverfront, market square and independent streets can comfortably fill half a day, with the River and Rowing Museum adding depth beyond the television connection. Regatta and festival dates transform both access and crowd levels, so a quiet-location visit is best planned outside major events.
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Midsomer Murders locations day tour
A full-day coach trip from London. The operator’s published itinerary includes Wallingford, Warborough, Dorchester-on-Thames and Henley-on-Thames, with further village stops subject to the day’s route.
Activities in Henley-on-Thames
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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 →S7 E2 · 2004Bad Tidings
Dan Scott's first case begins with an unwelcome transfer, Cully's school reunion and a string of personal attacks.
Open case →S8 E2 · 2004Dead in the Water
The chairman of a rowing club is found dead during the regatta, opening a case of secret meetings, blackmail and a carefully planned robbery.
Open case →S9 E5 · 2006Death in Chorus
A choir member is murdered before the Four Choirs Competition, placing Joyce among singers frightened by more than a missed note.
Open case →S9 E7 · 2006Last Year's Model
As Annie Woodrow stands trial for murdering her friend, Barnaby begins to distrust the evidence on which he built the prosecution.
Open case →S10 E7 · 2007They Seek Him Here
A Scarlet Pimpernel film loses its director to the prop guillotine while a known criminal watches the production from nearby.
Open case →S11 E5 · 2008The Magician's Nephew
A children's magic-show assistant is poisoned as an occult dispute gathers around an exceptionally rare book.
Open case →S12 E2 · 2009The Black Book
A rediscovered Victorian landscape sells for £400,000 before its former owner is killed and another painting disappears.
Open case →S14 E2 · 2011Dark Secrets
A social-services investigator's apparent canoeing accident draws Barnaby towards a reclusive family and an estate full of accumulated history.
Open case →S14 E7 · 2011A Sacred Trust
A nun's murder and missing antique silver place the threatened future of Midsomer Priory under investigation.
Open case →S16 E4 · 2014The Flying Club
An airfield owner is dropped to his death from an aircraft, grounding Barnaby among stunt pilots, campaigners and wartime memories.
Open case →S20 E1 · 2019The Ghost of Causton Abbey
A brewery in the ruins of a supposedly cursed abbey produces a body in a vat and a victim with two identities.
Open case →S20 E4 · 2019The Lions of Causton
The owner who transformed Causton's rugby club is frozen in a treatment chamber before a second victim dies in chocolate.
Open case →S23 E2 · 2024The Debt of Lies
The death of a retiring senior officer leads Barnaby into an elegant community where former police colleagues share one old secret.
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