BBC · 1981–2003 · written by John Sullivan · David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst
Bristol–Acton–HullPeckham, allegedly
Set in Peckham, sold to you from everywhere else. The flats were in Acton, then Bristol; the market was a football car park; the famous fall was in a Bristol cellar. Every price on the line is a pound a mile from Rye Lane.
Roll up
Ashton Gate stadium and its car park were used for scenes at the famous Peckham market. Del sold out of a suitcase on legs; this one sells the places. Each starts at a pound for every mile from Rye Lane, and every “no” knocks a third off.
The case is shut. Del is looking both ways.
One tower block, Bristol. Previous owner: Nelson Mandela House.
Lot 1 of 8 · Duckmoor Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol
From the sixth series, Whitemead House in Ashton Gate becomes the Trotters’ block.
From the late 1980s the show was made in Bristol, with Whitemead House in Ashton standing in for Nelson Mandela House.
People live here. Look up from Duckmoor Road or the stadium side and keep it brief; do not go into the block.
Nelson Mandela House, Peckham
Doors open on Harlech Tower, South Acton: the block in the early opening credits.
It is in Ealing, west London: Nelson Mandela House was supposed to be 13 miles away in Peckham.
Acton W3 · early credits
Harlech Tower was used for the outside of Nelson Mandela House, and appeared in the opening credits in the early eighties.
It is in Ealing, west London: Nelson Mandela House was supposed to be 13 miles away in Peckham.
Moving residents out so the tower can be demolished is provisionally earmarked for 2027.
Homes, on the Acton Gardens estate. Look from the street; residents are being moved out ahead of demolition.
The market in the titles
The market in the opening titles is East Street in Walworth, not Peckham’s Rye Lane.
Southwark Council calls it one of London’s oldest, largest and busiest markets.
Tuesday to Friday 8am–5pm, Saturday 8am–6.30pm, Sunday 8am–4pm; closed Mondays. East Street, SE17 1EL.
The market you thought it was
The Trotters live in Peckham; the series is mainly filmed in Bristol.
The series is Peckham-based but was mainly filmed in Bristol.
Peckham’s high street runs south from Peckham Rye station. The Trotters’ home turf; the cameras were mostly elsewhere.
Peckham, played by Bristol
From the late 1980s the show was made in Bristol, with Whitemead House in Ashton standing in for Nelson Mandela House. The show was largely shot in Bristol, with only a few scenes in the capital.
The van is outside Whitemead House. It needs a push.
200 m from the block
The Peckham market scenes are shot at Ashton Gate stadium and its car park.
Ashton Gate stadium and its car park were used for scenes at the famous Peckham market.
A working stadium; on non-match days you can walk round the outside. Whitemead House is just behind it.
800 m from the block
The waterside café on Brunel Lock Road plays Sid’s Café.
The building first opened in 1963 as a transport café; as Lockside, it closed in 2022 when its owners retired.
A fish restaurant, with fish and chips, under the flyover at Cumberland Basin. 1 Brunel Lock Road, BS1 6XS.
2.7 km from the block
Del and Rodney’s van breaks down in Broadmead.
Broadmead is where Del Boy and Rodney’s trusty van breaks down.
Bristol’s main shopping streets, pedestrianised, a short walk from the Granary.
Bristol, from Temple Meads · Saturdays 12pm and 1pm, March to November · adults £40, children 3–15 £25
Four hours round the Bristol locations: Nelson Mandela House, the bar from the fall, the adult education centre, Sid’s Café, Boycie’s house and showroom. Meets at the T1 bus stop, Temple Meads, BS1 6QA.
Book the tourPrince Street, Bristol
A harbourside hotel on Prince Street, by Pero’s Bridge: a short walk to the Granary on Welsh Back and to Broadmead, and a bus ride to Ashton Gate. Not a filming location.
Check rooms
Not Peckham.
Welsh Back, Bristol.
Del Boy’s fall through the bar in Yuppy Love was filmed in the underground bar on Queen Charlotte Street, on the corner of Queen Square.
Built in 1869 as a grain store, it was the Granary Club music venue from 1969 to 1988. Today it is an all-day restaurant and late-night bar, with The Granary Club below.
An all-day restaurant with a late-night bar, The Granary Club, in the basement. 32 Welsh Back, BS1 4SB.
To Hull and Back · Christmas 1985
At the Humber Bridge toll booth Rodney argues the van should pay three-quarters, having three wheels. The bridge had been built for only four years when the episode was filmed.
Car toll today: £2.00. The van has three wheels.
Where Albert gets off
Del and Rodney meet Albert off the train at Paragon Station.
Hull’s “It must be Hullywood” guide includes Only Fools and Horses locations, and is available at the Visitor Information Pod at Paragon Interchange.
Hull’s station and bus interchange. The city’s “It must be Hullywood” film guide is at the Visitor Information Pod here.
1.1 km from Paragon
Del, Rodney and Albert set off from Albert Dock in the Inge for Holland.
The Trotters went by boat after learning the airports were being watched.
A working dock. Look from the public riverside; do not go past the port gates.
7.8 km from Paragon
At the Humber Bridge toll booth Rodney argues the van should pay three-quarters, having three wheels.
Tolls (from 31 January 2026): cars £2.00, or £1.50 with an account; motorbikes and trikes free. Pay online, by app, at a PayPoint or by phone.
35.8 km from Paragon
Denzil steps out for fresh air at Spurn and sees Del on a ship leaving Hull.
The Victorian lighthouse was built in 1895, decommissioned in 1985, and named Lighthouse of the Year in 2023.
Open at all times unless the weather is dangerous. Check the tides: a 1km washover section of sand is dangerous at high tide. Bus 72, the Spurn Explorer, runs from Hull Interchange at weekends.
Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Where Denzil came for fresh air. Over three miles of sand and shingle, as little as 50 metres wide, with the 1895 lighthouse. Bus 72, the Spurn Explorer, runs from Hull Interchange at weekends. Check the tides first.
Plan a visitDays out
Margate · 1989
The Jolly Boys’ Outing, the 1989 Christmas special, sends the Nag’s Head regulars on their annual coach trip to Margate. Margate is the main destination: the boys visit the Dreamland theme park. In the episode they ride Dreamland’s Scenic Railway.
Dreamland shows props, costumes, Del Boy’s flat and the Reliant Regal Supervan III, 28 May to 5 June 2016.
Free to enter. In October 2026 it opens at weekends and every day of half term, 24 October to 1 November, from 10.30am; times vary by attraction.
Beaulieu · now
The museum’s 1971 Reliant Regal Supervan III featured in Only Fools and Horses, the only transport for Del, Rodney, Grandad and Uncle Albert. It is shown in On Screen Cars, and is often mistakenly called a Robin.
Reliant made 105,824 Regal vans and saloons between 1963 and 1972.
Open 10am–5pm. 2026 admission: adults £31.50 on the day, £28.35 in advance; children 4–16 £18.50, £16.65 in advance.
Beaulieu, New Forest · 10am–5pm · adults £31.50 on the day, £28.35 in advance
The National Motor Museum’s 1971 Reliant Regal Supervan III from the series, in its On Screen Cars display. The exhibition changes, so check the van is out before a long trip.
Buy ticketsShut up shop
John Sullivan, who created Only Fools and Horses, was one of the original owners of a flat in Prince of Wales Court and wrote many episodes there. The plaque was the idea of his neighbour, Joni van Oortmarssen; neighbours raised £1,500 for it, and his wife, Sharon, was to unveil it in November 2022.
A block of private flats on the seafront road. See the plaque from Kingsway.
One more lot: a seafront block in Hove.
15 places you can visit. Whitemead House, Harlech Tower and Prince of Wales Court are homes, and Albert Dock is a working port: look from outside.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. People live here. Look up from Duckmoor Road or the stadium side and keep it brief; do not go into the block.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working stadium; on non-match days you can walk round the outside. Whitemead House is just behind it.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An all-day restaurant with a late-night bar, The Granary Club, in the basement. 32 Welsh Back, BS1 4SB.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A fish restaurant, with fish and chips, under the flyover at Cumberland Basin. 1 Brunel Lock Road, BS1 6XS.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Bristol’s main shopping streets, pedestrianised, a short walk from the Granary.
Duckmoor Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol
From the late 1980s the show was made in Bristol, with Whitemead House in Ashton standing in for Nelson Mandela House.
People live here. Look up from Duckmoor Road or the stadium side and keep it brief; do not go into the block.
Ashton Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol
Ashton Gate stadium and its car park were used for scenes at the famous Peckham market.
A working stadium; on non-match days you can walk round the outside. Whitemead House is just behind it.
32 Welsh Back and Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol
Del Boy’s fall through the bar in Yuppy Love was filmed in the underground bar on Queen Charlotte Street, on the corner of Queen Square.
An all-day restaurant with a late-night bar, The Granary Club, in the basement. 32 Welsh Back, BS1 4SB.
1 Brunel Lock Road, Cumberland Basin, Bristol
Visit Bristol: you may recognise Noah’s as the location for Sid’s Café.
A fish restaurant, with fish and chips, under the flyover at Cumberland Basin. 1 Brunel Lock Road, BS1 6XS.
Broadmead, Bristol city centre
Broadmead is where Del Boy and Rodney’s trusty van breaks down.
Bristol’s main shopping streets, pedestrianised, a short walk from the Granary.
Stay
On Bristol’s harbourside, a walk from the Granary and Broadmead. Not a filming location.
Prince Street, Bristol
A harbourside hotel on Prince Street, by Pero’s Bridge: a short walk to the Granary on Welsh Back and to Broadmead, and a bus ride to Ashton Gate. Not a filming location.
Check roomsGo there
The Saturday tour of the Bristol locations, the van at Beaulieu, Spurn for Denzil’s fresh air, and live marketplace searches.
Bristol, from Temple Meads · Saturdays 12pm and 1pm, March to November · adults £40, children 3–15 £25
Four hours round the Bristol locations: Nelson Mandela House, the bar from the fall, the adult education centre, Sid’s Café, Boycie’s house and showroom. Meets at the T1 bus stop, Temple Meads, BS1 6QA.
Book the tourBeaulieu, New Forest · 10am–5pm · adults £31.50 on the day, £28.35 in advance
The National Motor Museum’s 1971 Reliant Regal Supervan III from the series, in its On Screen Cars display. The exhibition changes, so check the van is out before a long trip.
Buy ticketsKilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Where Denzil came for fresh air. Over three miles of sand and shingle, as little as 50 metres wide, with the 1895 lighthouse. Bus 72, the Spurn Explorer, runs from Hull Interchange at weekends. Check the tides first.
Plan a visitBristol
Live marketplace results for Bristol tours. Only the ones that say Only Fools and Horses are about the Trotters.
Live marketplace results · itineraries change
Compare toursWhat’s on
Dreamland’s October weekends and half term. No stage show or dinner show has dates after today.
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Take it home
Graham McCann’s history, David Jason’s memoir, Del’s own “autobiography”, and the BBC’s 2002 album with the theme.
Graham McCann
Graham McCann’s history of the series.
Find the bookDerek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter
Del Boy’s “genuine autobiography”, written in character.
Find the bookVarious artists · double CD, 2002
The BBC’s 2002 double CD of 80s and 90s hits, with the Only Fools and Horses theme and Hookie Street.
Live marketplace search · listings and condition change
Find a copyDates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
15 of 15 places · 17 of 17 Moments
Duckmoor Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol
From the sixth series, Whitemead House in Ashton Gate becomes the Trotters’ block.
Ashton Road, Ashton Gate, Bristol
The Peckham market scenes are shot at Ashton Gate stadium and its car park.
32 Welsh Back and Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol
Del leans on the bar flap, someone lifts it, and he falls through: filmed in the cellar bar on Queen Charlotte Street.
1 Brunel Lock Road, Cumberland Basin, Bristol
The waterside café on Brunel Lock Road plays Sid’s Café.
Broadmead, Bristol city centre
Del and Rodney’s van breaks down in Broadmead.
Avenue Road, South Acton, London W3
Harlech Tower in Acton plays Nelson Mandela House in the opening credits.
Moving residents out for demolition is provisionally set for 2027.
East Street, Walworth, London SE17
The market in the opening titles is East Street in Walworth, not Peckham’s Rye Lane.
Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15
The Trotters live in Peckham; the series is mainly filmed in Bristol.
Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent
The Nag’s Head regulars’ coach trip reaches Margate and Dreamland, and they ride the Scenic Railway.
Dreamland shows props, costumes, Del Boy’s flat and the Reliant Regal Supervan III, 28 May to 5 June 2016.
Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire
A 1971 Reliant Regal Supervan III that featured in the series is shown in On Screen Cars at Beaulieu.
Prince of Wales Court, Kingsway, Hove
A blue plaque marks the Hove flat where John Sullivan wrote many episodes.
Ferensway, Hull
Del and Rodney meet Albert off the train at Paragon Station.
Old Town riverside, Hull
Del, Rodney and Albert set off from Albert Dock in the Inge for Holland.
Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire
At the Humber Bridge toll booth Rodney argues the van should pay three-quarters, having three wheels.
Spurn Head, south of Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Denzil steps out for fresh air at Spurn and sees Del on a ship leaving Hull.
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