Gary Oldman Jackson Lamb photo 2017
Kristin Scott Thomas Diana Taverner photo 2017
Jack Lowden River Cartwright photo 2017
Mick Herron wrote the books photo 2019
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To: Slough House · From: Regent’s Park · Apple TV+, 2022– · after Mick Herron
MI5 sends its failures to Slough House. Three lines have been blacked out.
Jackson Lamb’s desk
Seven pieces of rubbish, a real place under each one. Every place is from series 4 or earlier and you can go to all of them.
Nothing to see yet. It’s under the rubbish.
Old Street to Leadenhall Market · Public tours Fridays and Saturdays 10.30am · £19 per adult; private tours from £185
Two hours and two miles round the north-west corner of the City: the Slough House exterior, the alleys of the surveillance and chase scenes, and William Blake’s grave. Starts at Old Street station, ends at Leadenhall Market. Not affiliated with Apple TV+ or Mick Herron.
Book the walkTradecraft
Four stops from the Barbican to Regent’s Park, 5.9 km as the crow flies. At each one, choose where to wait. Some wrong answers are true somewhere else.
Pick a spot to wait.
Barbican, EC2
A 90-minute guided walk over the estate across the road from Slough House: highwalks, courts and towers. Or explore the public spaces freely, any day.
See tour datesThe drawer
Four burner phones, one text each. Switch one on, read it, snap it. Only then will the next one work.
0 of 4 burners snapped. Switch one on.
0 of 4 burners snapped
Switch on the first phone to read its text.
Greenwich · Sundays 11.30am · adults £25, children £10, family of four £52.50
A 75-minute walk through the college grounds that played MI5’s Park, from Slow Horses to Doctor Strange. Includes the Painted Hall and the Chapel. Departs from the Visitor Centre.
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Gary Oldman
Kristin Scott Thomas
Jack Lowden
Mick Herron
Secret London reports that 126 Aldersgate Street is the very building Mick Herron had in mind for the books.
Taverner and Lamb’s secret bench is on the Regent’s Canal, across from the Feng Shang Princess; it was filmed with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Secret London names it as St Frideswide’s Farmhouse, a Grade II listed house, where series 4 opens with violence. It is a private home, so it is named here and left off the map.
Granary Square, N1C
The climactic showdown of series 4, episode 6, was filmed at The Lighterman; the production hired it for a couple of nights.
For series 4 a grenade was thrown into the canal at King’s Cross.
Two minutes’ walk from King’s Cross. Open from noon Monday to Friday and from 10am at weekends; no need to book.
1c Portland Place, Regent Street
The hotel where series 4’s “execution” scene was filmed in a top suite. It opened in 1865 and calls itself Europe’s first Grand Hotel; Conan Doyle was a regular.
Check roomsLondon Bridge · Standard (13+) from £28 · children 4–12 from £10
Levels 68 and 69 and the open-air platform on level 72 of the tower where first-series scenes were shot.
Get tickets14 places you can visit. The offices above Vecchio Parioli are private: look from the pavement. David Cartwright’s house near Oxford is a private home and is not mapped.
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. A few minutes’ walk from Barbican station. The offices upstairs are private: look from the pavement, or eat at Vecchio Parioli on the corner.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Across Aldersgate Street from Slough House. The highwalks, public spaces and estate gardens are open to explore; the flats are private homes.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Entrances on Bunhill Row and City Road; Old Street and Moorgate are the nearest stations.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working church off Cornhill, a few minutes’ walk from Bank station. Check service times before you go in.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public street between Holborn and Clerkenwell Road; the market sets up along it.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The Sunday market on Middlesex Street trades 9am–3pm. Liverpool Street and Aldgate are close.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A City street between St Paul’s and Moorgate: walk it any time.
The City and Barbican · Corner of Aldersgate Street and Carthusian Street, London EC1
Slough House is filmed at 126 Aldersgate Street, near Barbican station.
A few minutes’ walk from Barbican station. The offices upstairs are private: look from the pavement, or eat at Vecchio Parioli on the corner.
The City and Barbican · Barbican, City of London EC2
In series 3, episode 2, River Cartwright meets Spider Webb on a Barbican bridge, and Shirley and Marcus give chase down an alley.
Across Aldersgate Street from Slough House. The highwalks, public spaces and estate gardens are open to explore; the flats are private homes.
The City and Barbican · Between Bunhill Row and City Road, London EC1
Lamb’s secret emergency meeting spot is beside a gravestone in Bunhill Fields; Secret London says it is William Blake’s.
Entrances on Bunhill Row and City Road; Old Street and Moorgate are the nearest stations.
The City and Barbican · Cornhill, City of London EC3
Min’s funeral in the series 2 finale was filmed at St Michael’s, Cornhill, near Bank station.
A working church off Cornhill, a few minutes’ walk from Bank station. Check service times before you go in.
The City and Barbican · Leather Lane, Holborn, London EC1
In series 4, episode 1, Roddy Ho comes out of a chicken shop on Leather Lane just before the explosion.
A public street between Holborn and Clerkenwell Road; the market sets up along it.
The City and Barbican · Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, London E1
Shirley and Marcus chase a hitman through a market in series 4, episode 3, filmed just off Middlesex Street.
The Sunday market on Middlesex Street trades 9am–3pm. Liverpool Street and Aldgate are close.
The City and Barbican · Gresham Street, City of London EC2
The ambush in series 4, episode 5, when a dustbin lorry crashes into a car, was filmed on Gresham Street.
A City street between St Paul’s and Moorgate: walk it any time.
Stay
The hotel where series 4 filmed its “execution” scene.
1c Portland Place, Regent Street
The hotel where series 4’s “execution” scene was filmed in a top suite. It opened in 1865 and calls itself Europe’s first Grand Hotel; Conan Doyle was a regular.
Check roomsGo there
A Slow Horses walk from Old Street, the Naval College’s spy film tour, the Barbican’s architecture tour, the Shard, and marketplace tours.
Old Street to Leadenhall Market · Public tours Fridays and Saturdays 10.30am · £19 per adult; private tours from £185
Two hours and two miles round the north-west corner of the City: the Slough House exterior, the alleys of the surveillance and chase scenes, and William Blake’s grave. Starts at Old Street station, ends at Leadenhall Market. Not affiliated with Apple TV+ or Mick Herron.
Book the walkGreenwich · Sundays 11.30am · adults £25, children £10, family of four £52.50
A 75-minute walk through the college grounds that played MI5’s Park, from Slow Horses to Doctor Strange. Includes the Painted Hall and the Chapel. Departs from the Visitor Centre.
Book the tourBarbican, EC2
A 90-minute guided walk over the estate across the road from Slough House: highwalks, courts and towers. Or explore the public spaces freely, any day.
See tour datesLondon Bridge · Standard (13+) from £28 · children 4–12 from £10
Levels 68 and 69 and the open-air platform on level 72 of the tower where first-series scenes were shot.
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Mick Herron’s first three Slough House novels.
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Corner of Aldersgate Street and Carthusian Street, London EC1
Slough House’s front is filmed on Aldersgate Street, above Vecchio Parioli.
The rear alleyway and fire escape are filmed round the corner on St John’s Street.
The office interiors are filmed at OMA X studios in Enfield, not upstairs.
The café beside the front door is dressed as the noodle bar where Lamb eats.
Mick Herron had 126 Aldersgate Street in mind when he wrote Slough House.
Barbican, City of London EC2
River meets Spider Webb on a Barbican bridge; Shirley and Marcus chase down an alley.
Lamb meets Sam Chapman at the Barbican launderette.
Between Bunhill Row and City Road, London EC1
Lamb’s emergency meeting spot is by a gravestone in Bunhill Fields.
Cars are filmed pulling up at Bunhill for the first series.
Cornhill, City of London EC3
Min’s funeral is filmed at St Michael’s, Cornhill.
Leather Lane, Holborn, London EC1
Roddy Ho comes out of a chicken shop on Leather Lane just before the explosion.
Middlesex Street, Spitalfields, London E1
Shirley and Marcus chase a hitman through a market the crew built off Middlesex Street.
Gresham Street, City of London EC2
A dustbin lorry crashes into a car on a closed Gresham Street.
Regent’s Park, London NW1
MI5’s fictional headquarters stands on the north side of Regent’s Park.
Duffy grabs River as he leaves the park by the gates near Regent’s University.
Regent’s Canal, Prince Albert Road, London NW1
Taverner and Lamb meet on their bench on the Regent’s Canal, across from the Feng Shang Princess.
3 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London N1C
River and Frank Harkness face each other at The Lighterman.
A grenade is thrown into the canal at King’s Cross.
534 Hornsey Road, London N19
River and Louisa have an after-work pint at the Shaftesbury Tavern.
1c Portland Place, Regent Street, London W1
The “execution” scene is filmed in one of the Langham’s top suites.
King William Walk, Greenwich, London SE10
The college Mews plays the gates and buildings of The Park, finished with CGI.
32 London Bridge Street, London SE1
Scenes for the first series are shot at the Shard.
Near Oxford (private home)
David Cartwright’s house is a farmhouse near Oxford; series 4 opens there.
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