Fictional location file · 1 case

Cooper Hill

A ranger vanishes after encountering strange lights at a UFO hotspot, leading the investigation towards a nearby RAF base.

AI-generated story interpretation · not a canonical view or real photograph

Episode recordCasebook interpretationVerified filming linkOriginal fan art

Casebook interpretation

Welcome to Cooper Hill

Cooper Hill is principally known through one case, making this a compact story-location file rather than a claim to a complete village history. Its recorded case material places it in the Casebook's eccentric territory.

Editorial interpretation Where the programme has not established a resident, building or piece of geography, the Casebook leaves it unstated rather than turning inference into canon.

What the Casebook has on file

At a glance

This information is drawn from the connected episode records. It describes the fictional setting and does not claim a fixed real-world geography.

Cases: 1
On-screen years: 2016
Barnaby era: John Barnaby
Detective: DCI John Barnaby
Investigating partner: DS Charlie Nelson
Casebook tone: Eccentric

Stories set here

Cases connected to Cooper Hill

Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.

Series 18, Episode 2 · 2016

The Incident at Cooper Hill

A ranger vanishes after encountering strange lights at a UFO hotspot, leading the investigation towards a nearby RAF base.

UFO sightings
RAF base
Secret research

Alien folklore gives the case its glow, but the real secrecy belongs to military research and relationships maintained on the ground.Open complete episode file →

Institutions & village life

What is actually on file?

No named institution safely extracted.

The episode record establishes the setting and premise, but does not support a separate pub, school, church, club or business entry in this index.

Curated story character

Themes associated with this setting

Four distinctive ingredients are shown here. Linked case files retain the complete theme record without overwhelming the village portrait.

Original fan art of a moonlit stone circle, manor and strange light — Folklore & the uncannyUFO sightingsOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping

Original fan art of a rural airfield, workshop, canal and vintage vehicles — Transport & industryRAF baseOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping

Original fan art of sealed letters and evidence in a dark study — Crime & secretsSecret researchOriginal AI-generated fan art · editorial grouping

Fan calculation · not canon

Village survival card

Case-file danger: ●○○○○
Documented cases: 1
Most suspicious pastime: UFO sightings
Best precaution: Decline the invitation politely

This playful score uses only the number of linked cases and breadth of recorded themes. It is not a population or canonical crime-rate statistic.

Fiction versus filming

Real places connected to these cases

These are broader verified filming areas attached to the episode files—not proof that one real village represents the whole fictional setting.

Real-location research remains open.

No broader filming-area link is published for these cases until it can be tied to reliable location evidence.