Fictional location file · 1 case

Cooper Hill

Cooper Hill is a fictional Midsomer village.

The fictional village of Cooper Hill appears in 1 Midsomer Murders case, in The Incident at Cooper Hill. Its screen identity sits among eccentric stories. Explore the linked episodes below to follow the village through the series.

AI-generated illustration · fictional setting, not a photograph.

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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.

RAF Benson, Benson, Oxfordshire · The Incident at Cooper Hill
The active station appears as fictional RAF Cooper Hill.
The Crown Inn, Benson, Oxfordshire · The Incident at Cooper Hill
The inn appears under the same name in Cooper Hill.
The Crown garden, Benson, Oxfordshire · The Incident at Cooper Hill
The pub garden is redressed as the Tonev family's garage.
Former RAF Daws Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire · The Incident at Cooper Hill
The former military site supplies the story's secret bunker.
St Mark's Hospital, Maidenhead, Berkshire · The Incident at Cooper Hill
The real hospital appears as the hospital used during the investigation.

Episode recordCasebook interpretationVerified filming linkOriginal fan art

Casebook interpretation

Welcome to Cooper Hill

Cooper Hill is shaped by one linked case. Its stories lean toward eccentric.

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: 1
On-screen years: 2016
Barnaby era: John Barnaby
Detective: DCI John Barnaby
Investigating partner: DS Charlie Nelson
Casebook tone: Eccentric

Stories set here

Cases connected to Cooper Hill

Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.

Series 18, Episode 2 · 2016

The Incident at Cooper Hill

Read the linked case for its spoiler-light premise.

UFO sightings
RAF base
Secret research

Alien folklore gives the case its glow, but the real secrecy belongs to military research and relationships maintained on the ground.Read the episode guide →

Institutions & village life

Places and village life

No named institution in the linked cases.

No named institutions appear in this village’s linked case summaries.

Curated story character

Themes associated with this setting

Four distinctive ingredients are shown here. Open the case files for all recorded themes.

Original fan art of a moonlit stone circle, manor and strange light — Folklore & the uncannyUFO sightingsAI-generated illustration · original fan art

Original fan art of a rural airfield, workshop, canal and vintage vehicles — Transport & industryRAF baseAI-generated illustration · original fan art

Original fan art of sealed letters and evidence in a dark study — Crime & secretsSecret researchAI-generated illustration · original fan art

Fan calculation · not canon

Village survival card

Case-file danger: ●○○○○
Documented cases: 1
Most suspicious pastime: UFO sightings
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.

Real-location research remains open.

No broader filming location is linked to these cases.