{"id":654318,"date":"2025-12-25T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654318\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T15:43:19","slug":"only-fools-and-horses-most-iconic-london-filming-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654318\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Fools and Horses\u2019 most iconic London filming locations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only Fools and Horses<\/a> continues to be one of the most loved British sitcoms of all time over 44 years since the first episode aired. <\/p>\n

The hit show ran for seven seasons and a number of Christmas specials for a total of 64 episodes, following the adventures of Del Boy<\/a>, Rodney and Grandad on the streets of Peckham<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Despite the south London<\/a> setting, true fans of the show know that much of the well-loved BBC sitcom was actually shot in Bristol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plenty of locations from the capital do feature throughout the sitcom\u2019s run though, from the original Nelson Mandela House in the show\u2019s titles to Sotheby’s auction house, where Del Boy<\/a> finally makes his millions.<\/p>\n

Here are our favourite London<\/a> spots from the TV show.<\/p>\n

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Tony Buckingham<\/p>\n

This Acton tower block, 13 miles from Peckham, features in the opening titles of the show as the fictional Nelson Mandela House.<\/p>\n

The building is still standing to this day.- but in 2019, plans were announced to demolish the tower to make way for new homes.<\/p>\n

Despite David Jason, Del Boy himself, calling for a preservation order to protect the iconic block, it is scheduled for demolition in 2027.<\/p>\n

Sotheby’s<\/a> is possibly the most famous London location to feature in the series. <\/p>\n

A real auction house in Mayfair which deals with private sales of paintings, jewellery, watches, wine and more, Sotheby\u2019s featured in the iconic episode ‘Time on Our Hands’.<\/p>\n

It is here where Del Boy and Rodney finally make their fortune when they auction off a pocket watch they had found in the garage. <\/p>\n

Del and Rodney faint during the auction as they hear the high bidding prices, with the watch ultimately selling for \u00a36.2 million – lovely jubbly!<\/p>\n

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane<\/strong><\/p>\n

London’s Theatre Royal appeared in the fifth Christmas special episode when Rodney goes to the opera with the daughter of a Duke.<\/p>\n

Of course, things don\u2019t go to plan \u2013 with Del tagging along with a date, snacking on crisps through the performance and landing the group in an argument. The Theatre Royal is shown as the group leave at the end of a typically shambolic evening.<\/p>\n

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This market in Islington is one of the most seen locations in the whole series, featuring particularly in many early episodes. <\/p>\n

Del is shown trotting down the street with a suitcase in hand, hoping to sell his goods at the market, in the very first episode.<\/p>\n

The street is still a working market, hosting 224 different market stalls selling everything from fruit and veg to household goods and clothing.<\/p>\n

The Alma pub, a boozer which features in multiple episodes, is also just down the road.<\/p>\n

West Cross Route near Shepherd\u2019s Bush holds special memories for Only Fools and Horses<\/a> fans, as it features in the closing moments of the final ever episode, \u2018Sleepless in Peckham\u2019.<\/p>\n

Del and Rodney drive off in their iconic van up this otherwise fairly bleak dual carriageway, which can be seen from Westfield Shepherd\u2019s Bush and White City station.<\/p>\n

\"Passengers<\/p>\n

A \u2018do not travel\u2019 warning has been issued amid chaos at Waterloo station<\/p>\n

Niva Yadav<\/p>\n

Del first meets the love of his life Raquel at Waterloo Station, arranges to meet his blind date under the famous station clock after signing up to a dating agency.<\/p>\n

Armed with a huge bouquet of flowers, Del accidentally approaches a prostitute before bumping into Raquel – what a plonker.<\/p>\n

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nmahieu\/Flickr<\/p>\n

Grandad\u2019s funeral was filmed at Hammersmith Cemetery and Chapel, also known as Margravine, in the emotional Series 4 episode \u2018Strained Relations\u2019.<\/p>\n

Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, starred in 23 episodes of the show before passing away in 1984, aged 69. <\/p>\n

Show creator John Sullivan thought it best to write his death into the series rather than replacing the iconic character.<\/p>\n

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Ewan Munro\/Flickr<\/p>\n

The location for the Trotter\u2019s favourite pub, the Nag\u2019s Head.<\/p>\n

While most of the interior scenes at the boozer were filmed in Bristol, this pub in South Ruislip was used for its exterior. <\/p>\n

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Getty Images<\/p>\n

HMS Belfast featured in the episode \u2018He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Uncle\u2019, which follows Del and Rodney as they go looking for Uncle Albert, ending up on the flagship\u2019s deck.<\/p>\n

The duo covered a lot of ground in their search, also taking in London Bridge, Spur Road by Waterloo Station, the Imperial War Museum and Lancaster Road in Notting Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Only Fools and Horses continues to be one of the most loved British sitcoms of all time over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,87560,393,50091,4884,257,22022,102856,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-654318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-del-boy","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-filming-locations","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-only-fools-and-horses","15":"tag-peckham","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115780979714279669","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}