Guide to (almost) all the Black Doves locations in London

The first episode, "To Love Then", begins in The Coal Hole, a charming pub located on the Strand in central London, close to the Savoy Hotel and Covent Garden.

This historic pub, which is said to have been frequented by the writer Charles Dickens, features dark wooden interiors and magnificent stained glass windows.

After taking Carting Lane and crossing the Thames through the Golden Jubilee Bridge, Jason (played by Andrew Koji) stops at a bench near the Jubilee Gardens on the Queen's Walk.

The bench appears in three additional scenes throughout the series, featuring various characters.

The bar in Rome was filmed at the Antico Bar Pasticceria Mariani, an old-fashioned bar situated in the historic centre of the Italian capital.

How lucky Sam must be to find the famous Spanish Steps in the centre of Rome completely empty, without a single soul to ruin the photo.

Built in the 18th century in the Baroque style, this monumental staircase is a magnet for tourists at any time of day.

The Webb family house is a spacious six-bedroom detached house in Crystal Palace, Bromley.

With a terrace overlooking a beautiful green garden, this large home can be hired on Peerspace for events, meetings and photo and film shoots.

According to a real estate platform, this property has an estimated market value of over £2.5 million (more than $3 million).

As the family take a black cab to the charity event, they pass Christ Church on Gipsy Hill, a neighbourhood near Crystal Palace.

The event takes place in the Somerset House, a grand neoclassical palace from the late 18th century that today serves as a cultural hub.

The building features the Nelson Stair, a beautiful spiral staircase architect Sir Robert Taylor designed in the late 18th century.

Back in London, Sam stays at the Royal Lancaster, a luxurious 5-star hotel near Hyde Park.

Sam drinks at the hotel bar, the elegant Park Lounge Bar, located in the same hotel.

Regent Sounds is a legendary music store on Denmark Street.

Could it be that the shop is a front in real life, secretly selling weapons on the second floor? I'll leave it at that.

Looking for clues, Sam checks the roof of the Royal Horseguards Hotel, a grand Victorian building overlooking the River Thames.

Originally built as the headquarters for the Royal Horseguards, today, the building serves as a high-end hotel.

Liberty is an iconic department store in the heart of London, known for its distinctive Tudor-style building on Regent Street.

Established in 1875, the building itself was completed in 1924 with dark wooden beams and intricate detailing inspired by traditional Tudor architecture, but it's barely 100 years old.

At the beginning of the second episode, "A Little Black Dove", set in 2014, Helen is recruited in a building at 30 Crown Place in the City of London, near Liverpool Street Station.

The exterior of the conference venue in 2014, where Helen meets Wallace (Andrew Buchan), was filmed in the square near St Paul's Cathedral, where the Paternoster Vents are located.

These large, circular ventilation openings are designed to serve both as modern decorative elements and as functional ventilation for the area below the square.

The car park where Helen first meets Sam is at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon.

Opened in the 1960s, it was once one of the largest shopping centers in the UK.

The Elmore Fitch apartment scene was filmed at Brentford Dock Marina in West London.

Sam meets with triggermen manager Lenny Lines (Kathryn Hunter) and her two guards, Eleanor (Gabrielle Creevy) and Williams (Ella Lily Hyland), at The Market Coffee House (formerly The English Restaurant) in Spitalfields, East London.

In the third episode, there is also a scene (pictured below) with Helen and Sam filmed here.

Housed in a beautifully restored 17th-century building with wood-panelled interiors, this restaurant is renowned for its traditional British cuisine.

The Westminster Arms is a small pub close to Westminster Abbey.

With a traditional, wood-paneled bar counter, the pub is frequented by MPs and lobbyists and offers an informal atmosphere for discussing politics and other matters.

Michael (Omari Douglas) lives in a flat on Arnold Circus in Shoreditch.

The Boundary Gardens essentially functions as a roundabout, with a picturesque Victorian bandstand-style shelter at the centre.

In the third episode, "The Coming Night", Sam meets Reed (played by Sarah Lancashire) at the old Granada Tooting in Wandsworth, considered one of the UK's most spectacular historic cinemas.

Opened in 1931, the grand interior, ornate like a Gothic cathedral, was designed in the Art Deco style.

Having hosted some of the greatest artists of the 20th century, including The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, and The Rolling Stones, it is now a bingo hall known as Buzz Bingo and The Slots Room Tooting.

The Poseidon spot for fish and chips where Sam meets with Lenny in several scenes, was filmed in a former seafood restaurant called the Quality Fish Restaurant in Richmond.

The restaurant, with its quirky wooden furnishings and decor, closed permanently in May 2024.

The Chinese restaurant exterior is located on O'Meara Street in Southwark, near the entrance to the Omeara Events venue located under the Victorian railway arches.

However, the interior was filmed at the Fei Er Cottage Chinese restaurant in Westminster.

The shooting range is located under the flyover that divides Boston Manor Park in Brentford.

The Kings Arms in London's Waterloo area is situated in the picturesque Roupell Street Conservation Area, known for its beautifully preserved Georgian terraced houses.

But the Kings Arms interior is The Palm Tree Pub in Mile End Park in London's East End.

Since much of the surrounding area was destroyed during the Second World War Blitz, the pub today stands as an isolated building in the park.

This is also one of the recurring locations where the Bad Sisters series was filmed.

The Christmas party was filmed at The City Pavilion in Collier Row, Romford, a versatile leisure and events venue with a modern design.

The Disco room at the PRYZM Kingston nightclub served as the interior of Hector's base of operations, the fictional Pyramid Club.

In the fourth episode, "Go Bang Time", Helen and Reed go shopping at Pines and Needles, a real Christmas tree retailer located at the Royal East Gate of Victoria Park.

The American Embassy, one of the hardest places to get into in Europe, along with Berlin's Berghain club, was filmed outside the real embassy in Nine Elms.

However, the cast and crew never made it inside, as the interior is the Holland Park School in Kensington.

As Williams escapes from Jason's flat, she passes under the Thornhill Bridge over the Regent's Canal on Caledonian Road.

Much of the chase sequence in the fifth episode, "The Cost of It All", was filmed in and around Cabot Square and Jubilee Place Mall in the Canary Wharf financial district in East London.

The elegant bookshop seems to be located somewhere on Cecil Court.

Nicknamed Booksellers' Row, this picturesque pedestrian street in London's West End is home to numerous antiquarian and independent bookstores.

The jewellery shop was located in Leadenhall Market, a historic covered market in London's financial district.

Rebuilt in 1881 in stunning Victorian style, the market is home to boutique shops, restaurants and is a popular filming location, appearing in the Harry Potter films.

Reed's penthouse, with 20-foot-high ceilings and a wrap-around glass façade, is Jeffrey Archer's flat—a residence belonging to the renowned novelist and former politician.

This location is highly significant. From the top of this tower at 93 Albert Embankment, Reed has a privileged view of the Houses of Parliament to the north and the U.S. Embassy to the south.

Additionally, the famous headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) is just a three-minute walk away.

In the season finale, "In the Bleak Midwinter", Helen calls Reed from her car parked outside the Dolphin Pub on Tonbridge Street near King's Cross.

After the horse stables scene, she leaves her Audi on Park Street near Borough Market in Southwark (pictured).

Although in the series the meeting place appears to be within walking distance of the car, the next scene was filmed at the John Redman Ltd. & British Empire Pipe Co. building, more than three miles to the north in Hoxton.

The church at the end of the episode is St Augustine's Church in Kilburn.

Built between 1870 and 1880 in the Gothic Revival style, this architectural masterpiece is often referred to as the "Cathedral of North London".

The Casse-Croûte restaurant in the flashback scene with Jason is a French bistro on Bermondsey Street in London.