Fictional location file · 2 cases
Little Upton
Little Upton is a fictional Midsomer village. Scenes in its linked episodes were filmed at Old Amersham, Little Marlow, Littlewick Green.
The fictional village of Little Upton appears in 2 Midsomer Murders cases, from Sauce for the Goose to The Scarecrow Murders. Its screen identity sits among 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.
- The Maltings, Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire · Sauce for the Goose
The industrial exterior represents Plummer's Relish factory.
- Britannia Fruit Preserving Company, Tiptree, Essex · Sauce for the Goose
The working preserve factory supplies the Plummer's Relish interiors.
- The Two Brewers, Marlow, Buckinghamshire · Sauce for the Goose
The pub appears as a local in fictional Little Upton.
- High Street house, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire · Sauce for the Goose
The house represents the home of Dexter Lockwood's father.
- The Cricketers, Littlewick Green, Berkshire · The Scarecrow Murders
The pub and neighbouring green supplied village and scarecrow-festival exteriors.
- Gilchrist Thomas Village Hall, Littlewick Green, Berkshire · The Scarecrow Murders
The hall is dressed as Old Vogue, the vintage shop run by Naomi Ashworth and Adele Paige.
- St John the Baptist Church, Littlewick Green, Berkshire · The Scarecrow Murders
The building supplies the interior of the fictional parish church.
- St John the Evangelist Church, Maidenhead, Berkshire · The Scarecrow Murders
Its exterior is paired with the Littlewick Green interior to create the fictional parish church.
- Stubbings House, Maidenhead, Berkshire · The Scarecrow Murders
The country house appears as Reverend Oscar Hayden's vicarage.
Casebook interpretation
Welcome to Little Upton
A compact community whose respectable frontage conceals the usual Midsomer density of alliances and resentments.
Little Upton feels socially legible at first glance, then steadily more complicated as connections emerge.
Why fans remember it: The classic closed-circle pleasure of discovering that everybody has a reason to know everybody else.
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
- 2005–2022
- Barnaby era
- Tom Barnaby + John Barnaby
- Detective
- DCI Tom Barnaby · DCI John Barnaby
- Investigating partner
- DS Dan Scott · DS Jamie Winter
- Casebook tone
- Eccentric
Stories set here
Cases connected to Little Upton
Spoiler-light summaries, with a direct route into each complete episode file.
Sauce for the Goose
Read the linked case for its spoiler-light premise.
- Relish factory
- Family business
- Industrial death
The Scarecrow Murders
Read the linked case for its spoiler-light premise.
- Scarecrow festival
- Old investment
- Village spectacle
Institutions & village life
Places and village life
Village hall
Episode links distinguish programme locations from Casebook groupings.
Local shops
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Community societies
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
- Relish factory
- 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.
