Benedict Cumberbatch in a dark coat and blue scarf on a Chinatown street, red lanterns behind — Benedict Cumberbatch filming Sherlock in Chinatown, London, March 2010. Fat Les (bellaphon) · CC BY 2.0

Benedict CumberbatchChinatown, London · March 2010

A film crew and a black taxi outside Speedy’s café and the black door marked 221B — Filming Sherlock outside Speedy’s, North Gower Street, August 2013. Saschaporsche · CC BY-SA 3.0

221B, as filmedSpeedy’s, North Gower StreetNot Baker Street

Martin Freeman in a dark jacket on a busy Chinatown street — Martin Freeman filming Sherlock in Chinatown, London, March 2010. Fat Les (bellaphon) · CC BY 2.0

Martin FreemanChinatown, London · March 2010

BBC One · 2010–2017 · case file 221

Sherlock

Observe. Three photographs from the years it was made.

The London you remember is partly in Wales. All four series were filmed and produced in and around Cardiff, and Bristol stood in too.

Data, data, data

London, or not?

7 of the 15 places on this page are outside London. Nine are under the lens: clear the photograph, read the clues, and name the city.

A real place today. Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0

A brick 1930s entrance with an arched window and a sign reading Swimming Pool — A real place today. Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0

On screenThe Great Game · 2010

Move the lens over the photograph, or examine each clue below.

0 of 9 cases closed

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Two actors in dark coats stand on a stone parapet against a blue sky while camera operators film them — Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott on a rooftop with the camera crew, filming The Reichenbach Fall, July 2011. star-stregoica · CC BY 3.0

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

They met here.
He fell from here.

Sherlock and Watson meet at Barts in A Study in Pink, and the roof of Barts was used as a substitute for the Reichenbach Falls.

Holmes and Watson first met in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in 1887; the Barts Pathology Museum, built in 1879, already stood.

The Grade II listed North East Wing was built in 1791, on the site of the oldest hospital in Britain still providing medical services, founded in 1123.

A working hospital: walk round the outside. The phone box is on Giltspur Street, outside the Henry VIII Gate. The Pathology Museum opens for lectures and special open afternoons on selected dates.

Evidence

Leave a note on the box

The phone box outside Henry VIII Gate is full of messages to Sherlock and prayers for his safety.

The glass is clear on this page. The real one, on Giltspur Street, is not.

A red telephone box against the stone wall of St Bartholomew’s Hospital — The phone box outside St Bartholomew’s Hospital, April 2018. Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0

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BBC Sherlock London Tour by Black Taxi

Central London · Daily 9.30am or 1.30pm · £399 per taxi, 1–4 people

A private three-hour tour of the series’ London locations in a black cab, including 221B, Speedy’s and Bart’s. Hotel pick-up in central London; ends at Euston.

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Which 221B?

Three doors.
One address.

The door on screen is on North Gower Street, 1.5 km from Baker Street as the crow flies. Baker Street has two claims of its own.

221Breally 187 North Gower St

187 North Gower Street and Speedy’s

North Gower Street, Euston, London NW1

Speedy’s is next door to the fictional 221B Baker Street flat in the series.

Behind the 20th-century, Regency-style shop front is a Grade II listed building of around the 19th century.

Speedy’s is a working café on the ground floor; the black door and the flats above are private. Look from the pavement.

Evidence

1 of 3 doors knocked

Sherlock Holmes Museum

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

Baker Street · Daily 9.30am–6pm · adults £19, children £14

The house with the 221b plaque: gaslit rooms, Victorian curiosities and objects from the stories.

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Holmes Hotel

Holmes Hotel London

83 Chiltern Street, Marylebone

A boutique hotel on Chiltern Street in Marylebone, steps from Baker Street station; rooms run from small doubles to duplex loft suites. Not a filming location. Pictured: the statue outside the station.

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The episode index

Pull a file.
Check the postcode.

The Great Game (2010): 1 place on this page, 1 outside London.

Bristol

Bristol South Swimming Pool

The Grade II listed baths are the pool in The Great Game.

A public pool: Monday to Friday 7am–10pm, weekends 8am–3pm. Book a swim with Everyone Active.

Evidence

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Persons of interest

The people
behind the door.

Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch during filming of Sherlock, August 2013. Saschaporsche · CC BY-SA 3.0
Exhibit AMartin Freeman and Benedict CumberbatchFilming in London, 2013
Una Stubbs filming Sherlock in London, February 2015. Logan Rosen · CC BY-SA 2.0
Exhibit BUna StubbsFilming in London, 2015
Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat on the Sherlock panel at San Diego Comic-Con, July 2016. Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 2.0
Exhibit CMark Gatiss and Steven MoffatComic-Con, San Diego, 2016

All four series were filmed and produced in Wales, based in and around Cardiff. It keeps a replica of the 221b sitting room, made from material rescued from the Holmes exhibition of the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Evidence

A bronze Sherlock Holmes in deerstalker and cape, holding a pipe, beside a busy pavement — John Doubleday’s statue outside Baker Street station, April 2015. Donnchadh H · CC BY 2.0

Baker Street, NW1

Case closed.
Go and look.

John Doubleday’s statue was commissioned by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and sponsored by Abbey National for its 150th anniversary in 1999.

The pub was the Northumberland Arms until Whitbread made it a Sherlock Holmes pub in 1957.

On the pavement outside Baker Street station: free, any time. The Sherlock Holmes pub: Monday to Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday 11am–10.30pm.

Evidence

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Where it is now

15 places you can visit. The flats above Speedy’s are private homes: look from the pavement.

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

General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Speedy’s is a working café on the ground floor; the black door and the flats above are private. Look from the pavement.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hospital: walk round the outside. The phone box is on Giltspur Street, outside the Henry VIII Gate. The Pathology Museum opens for lectures and special open afternoons on selected dates.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Daily 9.30am–6pm, last entry 5.30pm. Adults £19, concessions £17, children under 16 £14, under 6 free.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. On the pavement outside Baker Street station: free, any time.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Monday to Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday 11am–10.30pm.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Shops open Monday to Saturday 10am–8pm and Sunday 12pm–6pm; the Chimney Lift and restaurants keep their own hours.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A street: look from the pavement. There is no house behind the doors.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. See the terrace from the street and from The Mall; the buildings are institutions and offices.

Speedy’s, 187 North Gower Street, February 2020. Matt Brown · CC BY 2.0
London · North Gower Street, Euston, London NW1
187 North Gower Street and Speedy’s
Speedy’s is next door to the fictional 221B Baker Street flat in the series.
Speedy’s is a working café on the ground floor; the black door and the flats above are private. Look from the pavement.
Evidence
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, September 2025. Hjamesberglen · CC BY-SA 4.0
London · West Smithfield, City of London EC1
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Sherlock and Watson meet at Barts in A Study in Pink, and the roof of Barts was used as a substitute for the Reichenbach Falls.
A working hospital: walk round the outside. The phone box is on Giltspur Street, outside the Henry VIII Gate. The Pathology Museum opens for lectures and special open afternoons on selected dates.
Evidence
The Sherlock Holmes Museum, Baker Street, March 2024. Mike Peel · CC BY-SA 4.0
London · Baker Street, Marylebone, London NW1
The Sherlock Holmes Museum
The museum calls itself 221B Baker Street.
Daily 9.30am–6pm, last entry 5.30pm. Adults £19, concessions £17, children under 16 £14, under 6 free.
Evidence
John Doubleday’s statue outside Baker Street station, April 2015. Donnchadh H · CC BY 2.0
London · Marylebone Road entrance, Baker Street station, London NW1
Sherlock Holmes statue, Baker Street station
John Doubleday’s statue was commissioned by the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and sponsored by Abbey National for its 150th anniversary in 1999.
On the pavement outside Baker Street station: free, any time.
Evidence
The Sherlock Holmes, Northumberland Street, December 2023. Dale Cruse · CC BY 2.0
London · 10 Northumberland Street, Charing Cross, London WC2
The Sherlock Holmes
The pub was the Northumberland Arms until Whitbread made it a Sherlock Holmes pub in 1957.
Monday to Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday 11am–10.30pm.
Evidence
Battersea Power Station from the Thames, January 2026. Acabashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
London · Nine Elms, Battersea, London SW8
Battersea Power Station
The Grade II* listed power station appears in A Scandal in Belgravia.
Shops open Monday to Saturday 10am–8pm and Sunday 12pm–6pm; the Chimney Lift and restaurants keep their own hours.
Evidence
23–24 Leinster Gardens, March 2023. N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
London · Leinster Gardens, Bayswater, London W2
23–24 Leinster Gardens
The empty houses at Leinster Gardens appear in His Last Vow.
A street: look from the pavement. There is no house behind the doors.
Evidence
10 Carlton House Terrace, April 2011. British Academy Web Master · CC BY-SA 3.0
London · Carlton House Terrace, St James’s, London SW1
Carlton House Terrace
The Grade I listed terrace is the Diogenes Club in The Reichenbach Fall and The Empty Hearse.
See the terrace from the street and from The Mall; the buildings are institutions and offices.
Evidence

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Sleep near the evidence.

A boutique hotel by Baker Street station, and rooms beside Battersea’s chimneys.

Holmes Hotel

Holmes Hotel London

83 Chiltern Street, Marylebone

A boutique hotel on Chiltern Street in Marylebone, steps from Baker Street station; rooms run from small doubles to duplex loft suites. Not a filming location. Pictured: the statue outside the station.

Check rooms

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Battersea

On Electric Boulevard beside the power station of A Scandal in Belgravia, with a rooftop pool and bar looking at the chimneys. Waterloo is three stops on the Northern line.

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Sherlock Holmes Museum

The Sherlock Holmes Museum

Baker Street · Daily 9.30am–6pm · adults £19, children £14

The house with the 221b plaque: gaslit rooms, Victorian curiosities and objects from the stories.

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BBC Sherlock London Tour by Black Taxi

Central London · Daily 9.30am or 1.30pm · £399 per taxi, 1–4 people

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Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour of London

Piccadilly to the Strand · Public tours Saturdays 10.30am · adults £19, children £13

Two hours and two miles of film locations and literary sites, from 224 Piccadilly to Somerset House. Pictured: the Sherlock Holmes pub on Northumberland Street.

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