A man with swept-back fair hair smiling at a panel table — Michael Sheen, Aziraphale, on the Good Omens panel at New York Comic Con, October 2018, while the first series was being finished. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel, 1990 · the series, 2019–2026

Good Omens

A man with dark hair and stubble speaking at a panel table — David Tennant, Crowley, on the Good Omens panel at New York Comic Con, October 2018. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Aziraphale guards the East gate of Eden with a flaming sword, which he gives to Adam and Eve; Crowley, first called Crawly, is the serpent who tempted Eve with the apple. The first episode ends among the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs. Here, every apple is a real place where the series was filmed. Steer the serpent and eat them all.

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Westminster and Bloomsbury

Two sides,
one bench.

Six people seated in two rows at a convention panel — The Good Omens panel at New York Comic Con, October 2018. Front: Miranda Richardson, Neil Gaiman, David Tennant. Behind: Michael Sheen, Jon Hamm and the director Douglas Mackinnon. Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Michael Sheen plays Aziraphale, an angel; David Tennant plays Crowley, a demon. The angel and the demon use the park, near Buckingham Palace, for their meetings, as if they were Cold War spies.

In the final episode the pair meet in Tavistock Square Gardens. Tavistock Square is among the first series’ London locations. St James’s Park is on the list of the first series’ London locations.

The first series came out on Prime Video on 31 May 2019 and ran on BBC Two from 15 January to 19 February 2020.

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In the beginning

Steer the
serpent.

Ten apples, ten real places. Move one square at a time with the buttons or the arrow keys, or let the serpent slither to the nearest apple. Each one it eats opens its plot and adds a square to its length.

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0 of 10 apples eaten. The serpent is 3 squares long.

Victorian dinosaur sculptures on an island across a lake — The Crystal Palace dinosaurs across the lake, 2013. LondonHistoryatHome · CC BY-SA 4.0

No apple yet. Steer the serpent, or open any plot from the list.

Buckinghamshire, Surrey, West Sussex

Tadfield
country.

Brick and flint cottages around a small village square — The village square in Hambleden, 2011. Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0

Several scenes set in the village of Tadfield were filmed in Hambleden. After a mix-up the Antichrist, Adam Young, grows up with the Young family in the village of Tadfield. Sam Taylor Buck plays him.

The first series filmed for 109 days, from 18 September 2017 to early March 2018: first across the UK, then in Cape Town. Its other sites included Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire and Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire.

A small Chiltern village. People live round the square: look from the street and park at the edge of the village.

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Adam’s wish

A hellhound has come for the boy. Make the wish.

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A landscape garden with a lake and a small Gothic temple among trees — Painshill, Cobham: the view towards the Gothic Temple, 2010. Amandajm · CC BY-SA 3.0

Painshill

A crater in the Painshill woodland was used as Adam’s den.

Painshill stands in for Hogback Wood, the wood where Adam plays. Painshill is a garden of 18th-century follies with views free of modern buildings, run as a registered charity.

An 18th-century landscape garden run by a charity. Book tickets ahead to save, or pay on arrival.

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Old timber-framed houses on a grassy slope — The Weald and Downland Living Museum at Singleton, 2001. P Gaskell · CC BY-SA 2.0

Weald and Downland Living Museum

The museum is where the series filmed the burning of the witch Agnes Nutter.

An open-air museum of rebuilt historic houses. Check the museum’s own site for opening days and tickets.

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The Stag and Huntsman

Hambleden, RG9 6RP

A village pub in Hambleden with nine letting bedrooms and a restaurant serving estate produce, CAMRA’s listing says. Tadfield is outside the door. Pictured: the village square, 2011.

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Painshill

Painshill: the garden and Adam’s den

Portsmouth Road, Cobham

An 18th-century landscape garden in Cobham, run by a charity; a crater in its woodland was Adam’s den. Booking ahead saves money; tickets are also sold on arrival.

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Over the wall

The whole second
series, in Scotland.

On 29 June 2021 Screen Scotland announced that the whole six-part second series would be shot in Scotland. Douglas Mackinnon returned to direct; John Finnemore co-wrote with Gaiman.

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Grassed pyramid earthworks beside an industrial estate — The Pyramids Business Park outside Bathgate, 2017, home of the studio. Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pyramids Studio, Bathgate

The second series’ Soho street, with the bookshop, a record shop, a pub and a coffee shop, was built on a soundstage at the Pyramids Business Park.

Den of Geek found the bookshop set stocked with over 7,000 real books on movable shelves. The study held Terry Pratchett’s hat and scarf. The magic shop’s counter top came from a reclamation yard in Glasgow.

The studio was the Pyramids Studio in Bathgate. Eighteen trainees were recruited for the production. It filmed from October 2021 to March 2022 in and around Bathgate. In the first series the Soho street and the bookshop had been built at Bovingdon.

An 18-week Scottish shoot had just wrapped when Screen Global Production reported it on 2 March 2022. The series came out on 28 July 2023. A third series was halted in September 2024 after allegations against Gaiman, who left the production in October 2024. It became one 90-minute finale, released on 13 May 2026.

A working studio on a business park beside the M8. There are no tours; the grassed pyramids are seen from the road.

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A stone market cross in a cobbled old-town street — The Mercat Cross on Broad Street, Stirling, 2025. habiloid · CC BY-SA 2.0

Broad Street, Stirling

Night scenes set in 19th-century Edinburgh were filmed at Stirling Castle and on Broad Street.

Stirling’s Old Town stands in for Edinburgh in the second series. The graveyard scenes were filmed in Stirling’s Old Town Cemetery.

The wide cobbled street of Stirling’s Old Town, below the castle. Walk up from the station in about fifteen minutes.

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The roofless stone facade of a Renaissance town house — Mar’s Wark, at the head of Broad Street, Stirling, 2014. Tom Parnell · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mar’s Wark

Historic Environment Scotland’s on-screen map names Mar’s Wark within the Stirling filming setting.

A roofless stone facade on Castle Wynd, looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. See it from the street.

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A small white picture house lit up at dusk — The Hippodrome on Hope Street, Bo’ness, at dusk, 2018. Stinglehammer · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Hippodrome, Bo’ness

The Windmill Theatre of 1941, in the fourth episode, is the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness.

A working cinema. Buy a ticket for a screening to see inside.

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The end of the garden

Out by
the gate.

The parks, the dinosaurs, Hambleden, Painshill, the museum, Broad Street, Mar’s Wark and the Hippodrome are open to visit. The Pyramids Studio is a working lot, seen from the road.

Where it is now

10 places you can visit in England and Scotland. The bookshop’s Soho street was a set both times and is not here.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A royal park, open every day and free. Stand on the Blue Bridge over the lake; Duck Island is in the middle.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public garden square in Bloomsbury, open in daylight; a few minutes’ walk from Russell Square station.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Victorian sculptures round the lakes of Crystal Palace Park, free to see from the paths every day.

St James's Park Lake looking east from the Blue Bridge, Duck Island in the middle, 2012. Colin · CC BY-SA 3.0
London · The lake and the Blue Bridge, Westminster
St James’s Park
St James’s Park is on the list of the first series’ London locations.
A royal park, open every day and free. Stand on the Blue Bridge over the lake; Duck Island is in the middle.
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Tavistock Square Gardens, Bloomsbury, 2012. David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0
London · Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury
Tavistock Square Gardens
Tavistock Square is among the first series’ London locations.
A public garden square in Bloomsbury, open in daylight; a few minutes’ walk from Russell Square station.
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The Crystal Palace dinosaurs across the lake, 2013. LondonHistoryatHome · CC BY-SA 4.0
London · Crystal Palace Park, Bromley, south London
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
The first episode, In the Beginning, ends with a short scene at the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs.
Victorian sculptures round the lakes of Crystal Palace Park, free to see from the paths every day.
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Stay

In Tadfield.

A pub with rooms on Hambleden’s square.

The Stag and Huntsman

Hambleden, RG9 6RP

A village pub in Hambleden with nine letting bedrooms and a restaurant serving estate produce, CAMRA’s listing says. Tadfield is outside the door. Pictured: the village square, 2011.

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Go there

See it close.

Adam’s den at Painshill, the park in Westminster and Stirling’s Old Town.

Painshill

Painshill: the garden and Adam’s den

Portsmouth Road, Cobham

An 18th-century landscape garden in Cobham, run by a charity; a crater in its woodland was Adam’s den. Booking ahead saves money; tickets are also sold on arrival.

See tickets

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