Filming in Richmond, on the Thames in southwest London
Small shops line narrow paved courts off a green, and a deer park rises on the hill above the town.
What Richmond looks like
The town sits on a bend of the River Thames in southwest London, about eight miles from Charing Cross. Narrow paved lanes run off the green into rows of small shopfronts, and the green itself is framed by broadleaf trees and marked out for cricket.
Georgian terraces line part of the green's western edge. is a row of three-storey brick houses dating from 1724, its ground floor behind black iron railings. and other narrow, sometimes cobbled alleys lead off the green toward the shops on George Street. On Little Green, is a red terracotta building from 1899, with twin corner towers topped by copper cupolas above its entrance canopy.
is a stone arch dating from the 1770s, spanning the river a short walk south of the green. A boathouse beside it hires out rowing skiffs, and a canoe club's boats line the towpath just downstream.
On the hill above the town, a deer park spreads over open grassland with stands of old oak, the largest of London's Royal Parks. About 630 red and fallow deer roam freely across it. , a Grade I listed Georgian house inside the park, is now home to the Royal Ballet School's Lower School.
Shot in Richmond
Ted Lasso is the reason Richmond shows up in filming searches again, its exteriors shot on the streets around Richmond Green. The theatre on Little Green has done the same kind of work for decades, playing other cities' stages long before AFC Richmond existed.
Ted Lasso
Ted's local, the Crown and Anchor
Played the Crown and Anchor
The Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso is set at AFC Richmond, a fictional football club in the real Richmond. Its exteriors were filmed on these streets, including Ted's walks on the green, where in one scene a young girl dribbles a ball past him. The Prince's Head pub on the corner of the green was redressed as Ted's local, the Crown and Anchor, its own sign covered over for a new one. Ted's home is on Paved Court just off the green, shown onscreen as No. 9 1/2 though the real building is No. 11A. Street View
Bedazzled, 2000
Richmond Theatre
Played Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.
The theatre has stood in for Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., the site of Lincoln's assassination. It played the part first in the 2000 remake of Bedazzled, then again in 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
Wilde, 1997
Played the 'St James's Theatre', the West End, London
The theatre's auditorium and bar stand in for the interior of the 'St James's Theatre' in this Oscar Wilde biopic, where Stephen Fry's Wilde attends the premiere of Lady Windermere's Fan. Its own exterior stays out of shot, since the West End's Palace Theatre plays that instead.
The Krays, 1990
Played the Regal Club
The theatre's exterior doubles as the Regal Club, the nightclub the Kray twins take over once they move into the entertainment business. Its interior was filmed elsewhere, at Wilton's Music Hall in east London. The same exterior later played an unnamed West End venue in 2025's Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, 2011
Guy Ritchie brought Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law to the park in October 2010 to film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Holmes and Watson find Noomi Rapace's character, Sim, at a Romani camp beside a lake. The park had already stood in for open country in 1969, in the hunting scenes of Anne of the Thousand Days, with Richard Burton as Henry VIII.
The Night Manager
Richmond Bridge
The BBC series The Night Manager used the towpath and the bridge itself for a surveillance sequence in the first episode of its second series, shot in July 2024. Tom Hiddleston's character, now named Alex Goodwin, is part of the surveillance team. Suspects meet on a bench on the towpath while a team member photographs them from the bridge. Hugh Laurie, who played the villain in the first series and is now an executive producer, watched the filming.
What Richmond can double for
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Henley's own stone arch bridge dates from 1786, close in scale and era to the one here. Georgian buildings continue along its own high street, and Midsomer Murders has used the town as a period backdrop. The bridge there has five arches rather than a single continuous run and sits closer to its own town centre, so a wide shot spanning both waterfronts needs care to keep them apart. Try searching Georgian high street now.
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Marlow's own High Street and West Street keep a similar run of small Georgian terraces a short walk from the water. Its bridge is a white suspension design from 1832, a different silhouette from a stone arch, so any wide shot including the water should look toward the High Street instead. Try searching Georgian high street terraces now.
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor keeps a similar run of small shops and period shopfronts close to its own river frontage. Its castle sits above most of the town and appears in almost any wide or elevated shot, so this only works in tight street level shots that keep the castle out of the background. Try searching small shops river frontage now.
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