Bridget Jones’s Diary

17 of 17 places · 24 of 24 Moments

• The Globe, Bedale Street

  8 Bedale Street, Borough Market, London SE1

  • 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.

  • The novel

    Bridget Jones’s Diary comes out as a novel in 1996 and goes to the top of the bestseller list.

  • The flat

    Bridget lives above the Globe on Bedale Street. Only the outside is real; the rooms were built at Elstree.

  • Back on Bedale Street

    The crew film on Bedale Street in February 2004, and Bridget makes a phone call from the balcony while Mark sleeps inside; the flat’s interior is rebuilt at Ealing.

  • 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).

• Borough Market

  8 Southwark Street, London SE1

  • The walk home

    Bridget walks home through Borough Market.

  • Blue soup

    She shops in the market for the dinner that ends as the infamous blue soup.

  • A first date

    Bridget and Roxster walk through Borough Market on their first date.

• Tate Modern

  Bankside, London SE1

  • The gang

    Bridget and her friends meet in the restaurant at Tate Modern.

• Shad Thames

  Shad Thames, Butler’s Wharf, London SE1

  • The date

    Dinner with Daniel at Cantina del Ponte, and a first kiss under the walkways of Shad Thames.

• Institute of Contemporary Arts

  Nash House, The Mall, London SW1

  • Kafka’s Motorbike

    Bridget goes to the book launch for Kafka’s Motorbike, filmed at the ICA.

• Royal Courts of Justice

  Strand, London WC2

  • The assignment

    Bridget reports for television from the Royal Courts of Justice, and interviews Mark Darcy.

• The Royal Exchange

  Cornhill, City of London EC3

  • 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.

• Daniel’s flat, Clink Street

  Clink Wharf, Clink Street, London SE1

  • Daniel’s flat

    Daniel Cleaver lives in Clink Wharf on Clink Street.

• St Barnabas’ Church, Snowshill

  Snowshill, Gloucestershire

  • Christmas in June

    Christmas at her parents’ in Snowshill, where she first meets Mark Darcy, is filmed in June with artificial snow.

• Bridget’s parents’ house

  Snowshill, Gloucestershire

  • Mum and Dad’s

    Bridget walks past Snowshill Manor Farmhouse towards a property called Hall’s Piece; her parents’ house is a private home.

• Syon House

  Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex

  • The ruby wedding

    Syon House is the setting for the Darcys’ ruby wedding anniversary.

• Stoke Park

  Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire

  • The mini-break

    Bridget and Daniel’s mini-break is at the Stoke Park hotel.

• St James’ Church, Shere

  Church Lane, Shere, Surrey

  • The vows

    Bridget’s parents renew their wedding vows at St James’ Church, Shere, in the film’s last romantic scene.

• St Lawrence’s Church, West Wycombe

  West Wycombe Hill, Buckinghamshire

  • The wedding

    Bridget and Mark finally marry at St Lawrence’s Church on West Wycombe Hill.

• London Aquatics Centre

  Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20

  • Birthing classes

    Bridget’s birthing classes are held at the London Aquatics Centre.

• Flask Walk, Hampstead

  Flask Walk, Hampstead, London NW3

  • Hot chocolate

    On Flask Walk, dressed for Christmas, Bridget buys Mabel a hot chocolate.

• Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath

  Hampstead Heath, London NW3

  • Up a tree

    Bridget climbs an old oak on Hampstead Heath and meets Roxster; the crew strap padded climbing holds to the great oak on Parliament Hill.

  • Mad About the Boy

    Michael Morris directs the fourth film, with Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall; it opens in cinemas, and on Peacock in the United States, for Valentine’s Day 2025.