Location file · Oxfordshire
Warborough
Its broad green, cottages and Six Bells pub have portrayed several villages and supplied recurring community scenes.
What it played on screen
From Warborough to Midsomer.
Its broad green, cottages and Six Bells pub have portrayed several villages and supplied recurring community scenes.
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
Warborough sits north of Wallingford and is centred on an exceptionally broad village green edged by thatched cottages and older houses. The parish has medieval roots, and St Laurence's Church contains fabric from several periods as well as notable stained glass. The green still serves as a community and sporting space rather than a preserved set.
A short walk reveals the elements television crews value: the church, cricket ground, village hall, lanes and the Six Bells pub. Warborough is best treated as a quiet residential village, with a longer visit made worthwhile by linking it to nearby Shillingford, Dorchester-on-Thames or the Thames Path.
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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.
Curated archive
Connected cases
Market for Murder
A genteel reading group is really an investment circle, and its members begin paying a much steeper price than expected.
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 →S7 E4 · 2004Sins of Commission
A literary festival gathers ambitious writers, editors and publishers before an author's apparent fall is proved to be murder.
Open case →S8 E5 · 2005Second Sight
A man used in experiments intended to test clairvoyance is found dead after a fight with his brother-in-law.
Open case →S9 E1 · 2005The House in the Woods
A house-hunting couple are found dead beside an isolated cottage, and an unexpected local constable becomes Barnaby's new partner.
Open case →S11 E3 · 2008Left for Dead
A road protest and the deaths of an isolated couple lead Jones back to a schoolfriend lost in a childhood hit-and-run.
Open case →S12 E7 · 2010The Great and the Good
A sleepwalking teacher fears an intruder before two men are killed near her home during preparations for a school fundraiser.
Open case →S14 E5 · 2011The Sleeper Under the Hill
A farmer's body at an ancient stone circle appears to confirm the worst suspicions about a local Druid group.
Open case →S15 E5 · 2013The Sicilian Defence
A young woman wakes from a coma as a fiercely competitive chess gathering revives the mystery of the attack that put her there.
Open case →S18 E3 · 2016Breaking the Chain
An international cycle race turns fatal after its leader ignores team orders and takes the victory for himself.
Open case →S21 E4 · 2021With Baited Breath
A fishing competition and an extreme obstacle event collide when a contestant is electrocuted in the water course.
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