Location file · Oxfordshire
Nettlebed
The village and its Crocker End hamlet have doubled for greens, halls, pubs and festival settings.
What it played on screen
From Nettlebed to Midsomer.
The village and its Crocker End hamlet have doubled for greens, halls, pubs and festival 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
Nettlebed sits on the high ground between Henley and Wallingford. For centuries it was associated with pottery, brick and tile making, industries supported by local clay; the surviving bottle kiln is an unusual reminder of that working past.
The village is spread along a busy route rather than gathered around a single picturesque green, while nearby Crocker End supplies a more secluded patchwork of lanes and buildings. This makes the area visually versatile but less straightforward for pedestrians, so routes and transport should be planned before visiting.
Curated archive
Connected cases
Judgement Day
A Perfect Village competition arrives just as an outsider's death threatens to expose the imperfections under the bunting.
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 →S10 E1 · 2006Dance with the Dead
A young man is found dead in a vintage car at a disused airfield while his girlfriend remains conspicuously absent.
Open case →S10 E3 · 2007King's Crystal
A glassmaking dynasty begins to resemble Hamlet after its chairman dies abroad and the family company faces closure.
Open case →S10 E5 · 2007Death and Dust
A doctor is killed in a hit-and-run while driving his colleague's car, suggesting that the wrong man may have taken the impact.
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 E2 · 2008Blood Wedding
Cully prepares to marry Simon while another grand wedding is disrupted by the murder of its maid of honour.
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 →S17 E3 · 2015The Ballad of Midsomer County
A folk festival revives an infamous local song—and the disputed death that inspired its most memorable verse.
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