Join us as we go behind-the-scenes to discover the real-world settings that bring this charming detective drama to life.
The murder-mystery solving priest, Father Brown, has become rather a favourite with TV viewers. Based on the short stories written by G. K. Chesterton, the TV series began in 2013 and since then has been a regular on our screens.
Where is Father Brown set?
Father Brown is set in the Cotswolds during the 1950s. Father Brown is the Roman Catholic Priest of the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, which seems to have more than its fair share of dramas – perhaps even rivalling the equally fictional Midsomer.
Where is Father Brown filmed?
Given it is set in the Cotswolds, it seems right that Father Brown is largely filmed in the Cotswolds.
The Gloucestershire village of Blockley doubles up as Kembleford with the village’s Church of St Peter and St Paul becoming Father Brown’s St Mary Roman Catholic Church, while the vicarage is used as his presbytery.
The fictional St Vincent’s Convent, where Sister Boniface resides, is filmed at Princethorpe College, a Catholic independent day school near Rugby.
Father Brown’s kitchen, a familiar set where many of the cases are discussed over cake, is filmed at former Moreton-in-Marsh hospital along with his study and Kembleford’s police station.
Other locations that have featured include Guiting Power, Upper Slaughter, Winchcombe Railway Station, Broughton Castle, Stanway House and many more.
Remember the model village episode? That was filmed at Bourton-on-the-Water‘s model village. While One of the Cotswold’s most iconic sights, Broadway Tower was used as Helmsley Tower’ in The Tower of Lost Souls episode.
In fact it would be impossible to list all the filming locations used in Father Brown, but you can be sure each series will visit many of the area’s most picturesque locations – see how many you can spot! Answers on a postcard, please…
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