Fictional location file · 2 cases
Binwell
Binwell is a fictional Midsomer village. Scenes in its linked episodes were filmed at Chesham.
The fictional village of Binwell appears in 2 Midsomer Murders cases, from Murder of Innocence to Claws Out. Its screen identity sits among dark, eccentric stories. Explore the linked episodes below to follow the village through the series.
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Where was it filmed?
These real places appear in this village’s linked episodes. One building may stand for part of the fictional village.
- Aldbury Village Hall, Aldbury, Hertfordshire · Murder of Innocence
The hall is dressed as Binwell Police Station.
- Aldbury village store, Aldbury, Hertfordshire · Murder of Innocence
The shop appears as Binwell Village Store.
- St Mary's Church, Chesham, Buckinghamshire · Murder of Innocence
The exterior represents St Peter's Church in Binwell.
- The Elgiva, Chesham, Buckinghamshire · Murder of Innocence
The theatre exterior becomes the local fitness centre.
- Lowndes Park, Chesham, Buckinghamshire · Murder of Innocence
The park and duck pond appear in several Binwell scenes.
- Terraced flat, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire · Murder of Innocence
A flat supplies Thomas Brightwell's home.
- Rickmansworth Fire Station, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire · Murder of Innocence
The station appears as Binwell Fire Station.
- The Horn, Crazies Hill, Berkshire · Claws Out
The pub exterior is redressed as the Indian restaurant in fictional Binwell.
- Crazies Hill Village Hall, Crazies Hill, Berkshire · Claws Out
The village hall supplies one of Binwell's community exteriors.
Casebook interpretation
Welcome to Binwell
A practical village setting whose apparently ordinary routines give the programme room to make eccentric passions feel plausible.
Binwell is less about grandeur than proximity—the pressure produced when work, leisure and village reputation occupy the same small world.
Why fans remember it: Everyday institutions becoming the centre of unusually elaborate local trouble.
Editorial interpretation Fictional setting; real filming places appear below.
What the Casebook has on file
At a glance
These details describe the fictional setting seen on screen.
- Cases
- 2
- On-screen years
- 2012–2023
- Barnaby era
- John Barnaby
- Detective
- DCI John Barnaby
- Investigating partner
- DS Ben Jones · DS Jamie Winter
- Casebook tone
- Dark · Eccentric
Stories set here
Cases connected to Binwell
Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.
Murder of Innocence
Read the linked case for its spoiler-light premise.
- Returned prisoner
- Death list
- Jones's past
Claws Out
Read the linked case for its spoiler-light premise.
- Missing pets
- Dog training
- Inheritance
Institutions & village life
Places and village life
Local workplaces
Episode links distinguish programme locations from Casebook groupings.
Interest groups
Episode links distinguish programme locations from Casebook groupings.
Village services
Episode links distinguish programme locations from Casebook groupings.
Curated story character
Themes associated with this setting
Four distinctive ingredients are shown here. Open the case files for all recorded themes.
Fan calculation · not canon
Village survival card
- Case-file danger
- ●●●○○
- Documented cases
- 2
- Most suspicious pastime
- Returned prisoner
- Best precaution
- Decline the invitation politely
A playful score from case counts and recorded themes. It is not a population or canonical crime-rate statistic.
Fiction versus filming
Real places connected to these cases
Broader filming areas; individual scenes may use different sites.
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Villages with related story ingredients
Suggested from shared curated themes, not fictional geography.
