Where is Patience filmed? Guide to (almost) all the locations in York
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Although Patience was shot where it is set, in York, much of the filming took place in Belgium and even France.
The show is an adaptation of the Franco-Belgian detective television series Astrid et Raphaëlle.
The show is an adaptation of the Franco-Belgian detective television series Astrid et Raphaëlle.
The story revolves around Patience Evans, portrayed by Ella Maisy Purvis, an autistic archivist with exceptional memory and analytical skills, who works in the Police Criminal Records Office.
Channel 4 also filmed the 2023 series The Couple Next Door between England and Belgium.
Here is the best and most complete guide to all the filming locations of Patience. You'll find the locations in order of appearance in this spoiler-free report.
Channel 4 also filmed the 2023 series The Couple Next Door between England and Belgium.
Here is the best and most complete guide to all the filming locations of Patience. You'll find the locations in order of appearance in this spoiler-free report.
The Patience locations
The bus stop was a set built outside a chapel converted into apartments, situated next to York's medieval walls.
In some scenes, we can see Victoria Bar in the background, a new gate that was opened in the walls in 1838 to improve the flow of traffic through the city.
The City of York Police Station was filmed in a Brutalist-style building in Lier, Belgium.
This old administrative building, located in an area called Kruisbogenhofstraat, was vacant at the time of filming in 2024.
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Most of the exteriors were filmed in York, including the Lendall Bridge over the River Ouse.
This is not a medieval bridge, it was built in 1863 with Gothic style towers at each end, which once housed toll houses.
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The Shambles is a medieval, narrow, cobbled alleyway lined with timber-framed buildings and charming shops in the heart of York.
This is one of the most photographed streets in the UK, usually full of tourists, so it's hard to see it empty, as it appears a couple of times in the series.
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The exterior of Patience's godfather's home was filmed in a house on the quaint Precentor's Court, a narrow street close to the iconic York Minster.
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The owner of Patience's attic apartment wrote to Atlas of Wonders to confirm that the interior was filmed in a house in Antwerp, Belgium. The owner even painted the art on the wall.
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The first episode, "Paper Mountain", features several small streets in York city centre and some local landmarks such as the 14th-century Monk Bar (pictured), the tallest and most ornate of the gates.
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Detective Bea Metcalf (played by Laura Fraser) and DS Jake Hunter (Nathan Welsh) investigate a case at the fictional Railway Hotel, filmed at The Grand in York.
Built in 1906, this is a luxury five-star hotel housed in the historic former headquarters of the North Eastern Railway.
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If you are a Yorky, you may have noticed something strange about the York Castle Museum featured in the third episode, "The Missing Link".
Located near Clifford's Tower, the museum, which is basically dedicated to the history of everyday life in England, was only filmed from the outside.
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The museum's interior was filmed in the Zoology section of the Natural History Museum in Lille, France.
Lille is located very close to Belgium, just about 6 miles from the Belgian border.
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York Minster, the stunning Gothic cathedral, famous for its beautiful stained glass windows, appears in many establishing shots.
The scene pictured was filmed on the south side of the building, where the statue honouring the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is located.
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In the fourth episode, "The Locked Room", it looks as if the exterior of the house where the team are investigating a case is somewhere near the York Art Gallery and the Bootham Bar.
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The fifth episode, "My Brother's Keeper", features the Clifford's Tower, a historic landmark that was originally part of York Castle, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century.
Today, this popular tourist attraction perched on a mound offers panoramic views of the city and the surrounding area.
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The modernist CBR Building near Brussels is another exterior filmed in Belgium.
This peculiar structure was included in the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) list of 200 emblematic buildings of modern architecture constructed between 1960 and 1980.
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