BBC Three · 2016 and 2019 · the play 2013–2019
A woman in north London tells you everything, straight down the lens. It began as a one-woman play with a chair; most of the series was filmed in a few streets of Dartmouth Park.
Photographs: Phoebe Waller-Bridge on stage at Wyndham’s, 29 August 2019 (Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0); Andrew Scott, May 2019 (Paulae · CC BY-SA 4.0); Olivia Colman, June 2019 (Soccer Aid for Unicef · CC BY 3.0).
York Rise, NW5
The Village Café on York Rise was chosen as Fleabag’s guinea-pig-themed café.
Kentishtowner called the series’ café a fictional version of the Village Café.
Life 1 of 3: Series one. The guinea-pig café.
Series one
Fleabag’s guinea-pig-themed café.
Kentishtowner called the series’ café a fictional version of the Village Café.
A short street of houses and a few shopfronts in NW5. The café has changed since filming: look from the pavement.
Laurier Road, Dartmouth Park, London NW5
Claire’s house is on Laurier Road, two minutes’ walk around the corner from the café.
The small park areas around Laurier Road were used for some of the street scenes.
Claire, Fleabag’s sister, is played by Sian Clifford.
A private home: named here, never on the map. People live here. The house is a private home and is not on the map; walk the street quietly.
Dartmouth Park, Camden, London NW5
The series is set and mostly filmed in Dartmouth Park, between Highgate and Kentish Town in Camden.
The makers wanted Fleabag’s family to live close together; the location manager looked at Richmond and Barnet first.
When the director came to Dartmouth Park, he said this is where Fleabag lives.
A residential neighbourhood of Victorian streets. Walk it; people live here.
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Unopened. It’s a can. Of course it’s a can.
First sip
Fleabag’s night-time walks.
Fleabag’s night-time walks were usually filmed on Southampton Road in Gospel Oak.
A public road through Gospel Oak. Keep to the pavement.
Family outings · series one
Ground floor, Bankside.
The last scene of series one, a “sexhibition” put on by Fleabag’s godmother, was shot on the top floor.
Tate Modern is a former power station on Bankside. Entry to the collection is free for everyone.
Bankside, SE1 9TG. Open 10am–6pm Sunday to Thursday and 10am–9pm Friday and Saturday; the collection is free.
In the middle of series one, Fleabag and her sister go to Hedsor House for a silent retreat.
Virgin Media calls it the only Fleabag location outside London. It is a wedding venue at Taplow, SL6 0HX.
This is a silent retreat.
A wedding and events venue for hire. It is not open to drop-in visitors.
Bankside · Free · Sun–Thu 10am–6pm, Fri–Sat 10am–9pm
Where series one ends. The collection is free for everyone; exhibitions are not. The Level 6 restaurant looks across the Thames to St Paul’s.
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A 354-room hotel on the South Bank at 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD, with the 12th Knot rooftop bar. Tate Modern is along the river.
Check roomsSeries two opens · the Adelphi, off the Strand
The end of the evening. Rewind to see how she got here.
Series two opens with a family dinner party filmed at this American steakhouse.
It is just off the Strand, in the old Adelphi Hotel building. Fleabag tells us “This is a love story”, and the episode flashes back to the start of the evening.
At the dinner, Dad and the Godmother, played by Olivia Colman, are getting married, and the family meets the Catholic Priest, played by Andrew Scott, who will marry them.
A steakhouse in the Adelphi Building, 1–11 John Adam Street, WC2N 6HT. Book a table.
Series two · the Priest
In series two’s church story, the Priest is the first character to catch Fleabag talking to us.
0 glances at you so far
He hasn’t noticed yet.
Kingsbury, NW9
Series two’s church scenes with Fleabag and the Priest were filmed at St Andrew’s, on Old Church Lane.
A Sung Mass is held every Sunday at 10.30am.
A working parish church on Church Lane, NW9 8RZ. The Sunday Sung Mass is at 10.30am; respect services.
Hampstead, NW3
Camden’s film service says it was used for several scenes inside the church where Fleabag falls for the priest.
Under its spire, Christ Church sits on one of the highest points in London.
A working parish church on Hampstead Square, NW3 1AB. Check service times before you visit.
The play · 2013 to 2019
The Big Belly, 2013
Cowgate, Old Town, Edinburgh
A one-woman show in a sixty-seat room at Underbelly wins a Fringe First.
Fleabag began in 2013 as a one-woman show in the Big Belly, a sixty-seat venue at the Fringe’s Underbelly.
It won a Fringe First and ran at Underbelly Cowgate until 25 August 2013.
A public street in Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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Station Road, Hampton
At the bus stop she tells the Priest she loves him; then she tells us to hang back, and waves from down the block.
The bus stop was shot all the way west, in Station Road, Hampton.
She’s still sitting there.
A public suburban street in Hampton, Richmond upon Thames.
14 places you can visit. Claire’s house on Laurier Road is a private home, and Hedsor House is a venue for hire: both are named here, and Claire’s is not on the map.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A short street of houses and a few shopfronts in NW5. The café has changed since filming: look from the pavement.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A residential neighbourhood of Victorian streets. Walk it; people live here.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public road through Gospel Oak. Keep to the pavement.
York Rise, Dartmouth Park, London NW5
The Village Café on York Rise was chosen as Fleabag’s guinea-pig-themed café.
A short street of houses and a few shopfronts in NW5. The café has changed since filming: look from the pavement.
Dartmouth Park, Camden, London NW5
The series is set and mostly filmed in Dartmouth Park, between Highgate and Kentish Town in Camden.
A residential neighbourhood of Victorian streets. Walk it; people live here.
Southampton Road, Gospel Oak, London NW5
Fleabag’s night-time walks were usually filmed on Southampton Road in Gospel Oak.
A public road through Gospel Oak. Keep to the pavement.
Stay
Sleep on the South Bank, a walk from the top floor of Tate Modern.
South Bank
A 354-room hotel on the South Bank at 20 Upper Ground, SE1 9PD, with the 12th Knot rooftop bar. Tate Modern is along the river.
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Where series one ends. The collection is free for everyone; exhibitions are not. The Level 6 restaurant looks across the Thames to St Paul’s.
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The Wyndham’s performance still plays in cinemas, and Soho Theatre’s programme goes on.
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Take it home
Both series in one book, and the play with its photographs.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The complete scripts of both series, with her notes.
Find the bookPhoebe Waller-Bridge
The original playscript with unpublished colour photos and bonus material from the creative team (Nick Hern Books, 2019).
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York Rise, Dartmouth Park, London NW5
Fleabag’s guinea-pig-themed café.
Before series two, the café is quickly converted back to look as it did in series one.
Laurier Road, Dartmouth Park, London NW5
Claire’s house, around the corner from the café.
Dartmouth Park, Camden, London NW5
The director sees Dartmouth Park and says this is where Fleabag lives.
Southampton Road, Gospel Oak, London NW5
Fleabag’s night-time walks.
Hampstead Square, London NW3 1AB
Inside the church, Fleabag falls for the Priest.
Church Lane, Kingsbury, London NW9 8RZ
Fleabag and the Priest in his church.
In series two’s church story, the Priest is the first character to catch Fleabag talking to us.
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
The godmother’s “sexhibition” on the top floor, the last scene of series one.
1–11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT
A family dinner opens series two, and Fleabag tells us this is a love story.
The episode opens 371 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes after series one.
Holborn, London WC2
Outdoor city scenes in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Finsbury, London EC2
Outdoor city scenes in Finsbury Square.
21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE
The play transfers to the Soho Theatre Upstairs.
Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DA
Thirty performances, billed as the play’s last ever run.
National Theatre Live broadcasts the play to venues around the UK and abroad.
The filmed play goes online for a minimum £4 donation, raising money for emergency, health and arts charities.
Station Road, Hampton, London TW12
At the bus stop she tells the Priest she loves him; then she tells us to hang back, and waves from down the block.
Taplow, Buckinghamshire SL6 0HX
Fleabag and her sister go on a silent retreat.
Cowgate, Old Town, Edinburgh
A one-woman show in a sixty-seat room at Underbelly wins a Fringe First.
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