The Globe, Bedale Street
8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1
A working pub by Borough Market. The rooms above, Bridget’s windows, are a restaurant now: you can eat in her flat.
The column
In 1995 the Independent asks Helen Fielding for a weekly column; she writes it in the voice of a character of her own. Each entry opens with Bridget’s weight and the day’s alcohol units, cigarettes and calories, with a note in brackets on how the day went.
Production: 8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1 · Depicted: The Globe, Bedale Street (not-applicable)
The novel
Bridget Jones’s Diary comes out as a novel in 1996 and goes to the top of the bestseller list.
Production: 8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1 · Depicted: The Globe, Bedale Street (not-applicable)
The flat
Bridget lives above the Globe on Bedale Street. Only the outside is real; the rooms were built at Elstree.
Production: 8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1 · Depicted: The Globe, Bedale Street (stand-in)
Four films
Sharon Maguire directs the first film (2001) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016); Beeban Kidron directs The Edge of Reason (2004) and Michael Morris Mad About the Boy (2025).
Production: 8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1 · Depicted: The Globe, Bedale Street (not-applicable)
Borough Market
8 Southwark Street, London SE1
Open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm; closed on Mondays.
The walk home
Bridget walks home through Borough Market.
Production: 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 · Depicted: Borough Market (same)
Blue soup
She shops in the market for the dinner that ends as the infamous blue soup.
Production: 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 · Depicted: Borough Market (same)
Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1
Free to the collection; open 10am to 6pm Sunday to Thursday and to 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
The gang
Bridget and her friends meet in the restaurant at Tate Modern.
Production: Bankside, London SE1 · Depicted: Tate Modern (same)
Shad Thames
Shad Thames, Butler’s Wharf, London SE1
A public street of old warehouses below Tower Bridge. Walk it from the river end.
The date
Dinner with Daniel at Cantina del Ponte, and a first kiss under the walkways of Shad Thames.
Production: Shad Thames, Butler’s Wharf, London SE1 · Depicted: Shad Thames (same)
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Nash House, The Mall, London SW1
Open Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 11pm, with a bar, café, cinema and bookshop; closed on Mondays.
Kafka’s Motorbike
Bridget goes to the book launch for Kafka’s Motorbike, filmed at the ICA.
Production: Nash House, The Mall, London SW1 · Depicted: Institute of Contemporary Arts (stand-in)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London WC2
A working court. The outside is free to see from the Strand; guided tours are booked ahead.
The assignment
Bridget reports for television from the Royal Courts of Justice, and interviews Mark Darcy.
Production: Strand, London WC2 · Depicted: Royal Courts of Justice (same)
The Royal Exchange
Cornhill, City of London EC3
Shops and restaurants under the old trading hall, open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 11pm and Saturday from 11am.
The snow
The last scene, a new diary and Mark Darcy in the snow, is filmed at the Royal Exchange Buildings on Cornhill: nowhere near the Globe.
Production: Cornhill, City of London EC3 · Depicted: The Royal Exchange (stand-in)
Daniel’s flat, Clink Street
Clink Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1
Private flats. Walk down Clink Street, but the building is homes, so it is not on our map.
Daniel’s flat
Daniel Cleaver lives in Clink Wharf on Clink Street.
Production: Clink Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1 · Depicted: Daniel’s flat, Clink Street (same)
St Barnabas’ Church, Snowshill
Snowshill, Gloucestershire
A village church in the Cotswolds, about 12 miles from Cheltenham off the A46.
Christmas in June
Christmas at her parents’ in Snowshill, where she first meets Mark Darcy, is filmed in June with artificial snow.
Production: Snowshill, Gloucestershire · Depicted: St Barnabas’ Church, Snowshill (stand-in)
Bridget’s parents’ house
Snowshill, Gloucestershire
A private home in the village. It is not open, and it is not on our map.
Mum and Dad’s
Bridget walks past Snowshill Manor Farmhouse towards a property called Hall’s Piece; her parents’ house is a private home.
Production: Snowshill, Gloucestershire · Depicted: Bridget’s parents’ house (same)
Syon House
Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex
Open from March to the end of October on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and bank holidays, 10.30am to 3.30pm. House and gardens £16.50 online.
The ruby wedding
Syon House is the setting for the Darcys’ ruby wedding anniversary.
Production: Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex · Depicted: Syon House (stand-in)
Stoke Park
Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
Reopening in stages: the restaurants first, from October 2026, and the hotel after.
The mini-break
Bridget and Daniel’s mini-break is at the Stoke Park hotel.
Production: Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire · Depicted: Stoke Park (same)
