In Baby Reindeer, the pub where Donny works (fictionalized as 'The Heart') is based on The Hawley Arms in Camden, London, where writer and star Richard Gadd actually worked. Exterior shots for the series were filmed at The Stags Head in Hoxton.
Among the filming locations in London were the Stag's Head pub in Hoxton, which was used for exterior scenes at the Heart pub, the Regent's Canal in Haggerston, and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
The Hawley Arms features prominently in the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer, where it is fictionalised as 'The Heart'. The pub serves as a crucial setting for a key scene in which the main character encounters the antagonist (a notorious stalker) for the first time.
While a jobbing comedian, Gadd worked as a bartender at The Hawley Arms pub in Camden Town, London. It was here he would encounter 'Martha', who would go on to become the main character in Baby Reindeer.
Some of the super observant Baby Reindeer fans believe that The Hawley Arms in Camden is the real life location where Gadd and Martha met – if it is I might give it a miss. However, it is renowned for being a haunt of many a superstar, such as Amy Winehouse, YUNGBLUD and Jess Glynne.
🤔 The reason the Kirkstone Pass Inn has been closed for so long is a combination of various trades folk coming and going, correcting previous work or making additional changes - which doesn't instill any confidence to say the least eh!
This story is not just the work of Richard Gadd, but it is his life story. Baby Reindeer is not just a true story, but Richard's true story of his own victimization, survival of stalking, and other forms of abuse. As many know, anyone can be the victim of violence.
An American Werewolf in London (1981) Filming location of the fictional north Yorkshire village of East Proctor, which is actually a beautiful hamlet village in Wales called Crickadarn. The outside of the Slaughtered Lamb pub is actually a cottage.
Richmond Green is a recreation area near the centre of Richmond, England, a town of about 20,000 inhabitants situated in south-west London. Owned by the Crown Estate, it is leased to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Baby Reindeer was filmed in and takes place in London and Edinburgh. Some of the locations you might spot in the series include Edinburgh's The Hoppy, Grassmarket, and The Royal Mile — all with Edinburgh Waverley as the closest train station. In London, you might recognize: Brockwell Park | Closest station: Herne Hill.
A US judge ruled on Friday that Fiona Harvey, the woman claiming to be the inspiration for the character Martha in Richard Gadd's hit TV series Baby Reindeer, can pursue her $170 million (£133 million) defamation lawsuit against Netflix.
Since the show was released on Netflix in April 2024, Baby Reindeer has received numerous accolades. Gadd won three Emmy Awards for the series and accepted the award for breakthrough limited series at the 2024 Gotham TV Awards.
As pubs on the top of hills go, the Kirkstone Pass Inn is pretty iconic. At over 450m, it's the highest inhabited building in Cumbria and the third highest pub in England.
The most widely accepted explanation of the name of Kentish Town is that it derived from 'Ken-ditch' meaning the 'bed of a waterway'. Kentish Town was originally a settlement along the River Fleet that once flowed through the area, and today runs underground.
The largest and most varied area is the nearby 800 acres of Hampstead Heath, parts of which have been preserved for the public since 1871. Camden has been home to many famous people including John Keats, Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw and JB Priestley and continues to be the home for many celebrities.
