Explore the real-world places that appear in Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett. Each location on the map shows what happens there in the novel, the real history of the place, and what's there today. Featured locations include A.Z. Fell & Co. Bookshop (Soho), St James's Park, Crowley's Bentley and the M25, Chalfont St Peter Hospital (St Beryl's analogue), Lower Tadfield and 7 more.
Soho, London — Aziraphale's bookshop
Aziraphale, the fussy angel who has lived on Earth since the Garden of Eden, runs a bookshop in Soho that he is deeply reluctant to sell books from. He keeps it full of rare first editions and discourages customers with a sudden mysterious inconvenience whenever they get too close to buying. It is the base from which he and Crowley plot to prevent Armageddon.
Soho has been London's bohemian entertainment and publishing district since the 17th century. It was long known for its antiquarian bookshops, especially around Charing Cross Road.
The bookshop is fictional, and Soho remains a busy district of restaurants, theatres, and shops. Fans can browse the antiquarian bookshops of nearby Cecil Court.
Westminster — Where the angel and demon meet
Aziraphale and Crowley have met on a bench in St James's Park through the decades to feed the ducks, compare notes, and quietly swap favors across enemy lines. Their long friendship, which they refuse to call friendship, is the emotional core of the story. Here they discuss how fond they have become of humanity and why they must stop the end of the world.
St James's Park is the oldest of London's Royal Parks, with Henry VIII turning the marshy meadow into a deer park in the 1530s. The lake and landscape were redesigned by John Nash in the 1820s.
The park is a public green space with a lake, resident pelicans, and views of Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade. It is free to visit and popular with lunchtime walkers.
Visit: St James's Park (park)
M25 orbital motorway — The sigil of Hell
Crowley drives his beloved 1926 Bentley and has long boasted that his music tapes all turn into Queen albums. Hell's agents, led by Crowley's own influence, helped to design the M25 in the shape of a demonic sigil that spreads evil into those driving round it. The motorway becomes the backdrop for the final race to reach Lower Tadfield.
The M25 London Orbital Motorway was built in sections between 1975 and 1986 and completed with the opening by Margaret Thatcher. It is one of Europe's longest orbital roads at about 117 miles.
The M25 is a busy motorway that encircles Greater London and is notorious for congestion. It is not a site for visiting, but its looping route remains a famous part of the novel's mythology.
Buckinghamshire — The Satanic nuns' maternity ward
The Chattering Order of St Beryl, a Satanic order of nuns, runs a hospital where the American diplomat's wife Harriet Dowling is due to give birth. Crowley arrives with the infant Antichrist, and the nuns bungle the baby swap with the ordinary Brian Young, sending the real Antichrist to the wrong family. This single mix-up sets the whole plot into motion.
The hospital is fictional, but the nearby Chalfont area was a quiet Buckinghamshire village with several small hospitals in the 20th century. The real-world location gives the story a convincing English suburban setting.
The Chalfont area is a prosperous commuter town northwest of London. There is no public site connected to the novel.
Oxfordshire countryside — Adam Young's village
Adam Young, the eleven-year-old who is secretly the Antichrist, lives in the village of Lower Tadfield. With his gang, the Them (Pepper, Wensleydale, and Brian), he roams the fields and bickers about aliens, pirates, and rainforests. Adam's growing powers reshape the village into his idea of a perfect place as the world approaches its final Saturday.
Lower Tadfield is fictional. The setting is drawn from the English villages of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, whose mix of hedgerows, lanes, and small greens appears in many British children's stories.
The nearest real equivalent is the rolling countryside around Thame and Chinnor in Oxfordshire. There is no official Tadfield site, though fans sometimes visit the area for photographs.
Oxfordshire — The final confrontation
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (War, Famine, Pollution, and Death) converge on the former air base as Armageddon begins. Adam faces them down, unmakes the planned destruction, and reshapes the world back to its normal course. Aziraphale, Crowley, and the Them watch as the climax of the entire story unfolds.
The base is fictional but modeled on many Cold War RAF and USAF bases of Oxfordshire. Such bases were common in the area, and many were later closed or reused.
Real former airfields in the region have become business parks, museums, or farmland. Fans cannot visit a specific Tadfield base.
Historic English town — Where Agnes Nutter was burned
In 1656, Agnes Nutter, the only truly accurate prophet in England, is burned as a witch. She had packed her body with gunpowder and nails, so the mob that executed her is blown to pieces, a final accurate prophecy fulfilled. Her book of prophecies passes down her family to Anathema Device, who tries to interpret it in time to stop the apocalypse.
Witch trials flourished in England during the 16th and 17th centuries, with the most intense persecution occurring during the English Civil War era under Matthew Hopkins. Oxford had its own history of public executions on Carfax and in the Castle grounds.
The modern city of Oxford is a major tourist destination with its university colleges and museums. The Oxford Castle & Prison offers guided tours of the city's historical past.
Visit: Oxford Castle & Prison (historic site)
Near Lower Tadfield — Anathema Device's home
Anathema Device, a descendant of Agnes Nutter and an occult bookshop worker, rents Jasmine Cottage near Lower Tadfield to follow her ancestor's prophecies. She is joined by Newt Pulsifer, a descendant of the witchfinder who executed Agnes, and the two fall in love while hunting for the Antichrist. The cottage is where she pieces together Agnes's cryptic instructions.
The cottage is fictional but represents classic English rural cottages with thatched or tiled roofs, many dating to the 17th century. Many such dwellings in Oxfordshire were later restored.
There is no real Jasmine Cottage associated with the book. Visitors can explore similar historic cottages in nearby heritage villages.
Piccadilly — Aziraphale and Crowley's lunch
Aziraphale and Crowley share a lavish meal at the Ritz as they discuss the coming end of the world and how fond they have grown of human comforts. The scene captures the odd friendship between an angel who loves fine food and a demon who loves fine cars. It underlines why they both have so much to lose from Armageddon.
The Ritz London opened in 1906 and was designed by Mewès and Davis in the style of Louis XVI. It has long been a symbol of luxury and afternoon tea.
The Ritz remains a five-star hotel with a famous restaurant and Palm Court tea service. The public can book a table for dining or afternoon tea.
Visit: The Ritz London (restaurant)
Mayfair/Kensington — The American diplomat's home
Warlock Dowling, the child the nuns mistakenly treat as the Antichrist, grows up in the household of Thaddeus and Harriet Dowling, an American diplomat and his wife. Crowley and Aziraphale pose as the gardener and nanny, Brother Francis and Nanny Ashtoreth, to watch over him. Over the years they discover that the boy is an ordinary child and realize something went wrong.
Kensington Palace Gardens, often called Millionaires' Row, hosts many embassies and ambassadorial residences. It has been a prestigious and secure address since the Victorian period.
Most buildings on the street are private embassies or residences and are not open to the public. Nearby Kensington Gardens and Kensington Palace are open for visits.
West London — Nannies and Warlock
Nanny Ashtoreth (Crowley in disguise) and Brother Francis (Aziraphale) compete to influence young Warlock Dowling in the surrounding gardens and neighborhoods. Their rival lessons in good and evil leave the boy a spoiled but mundane child. The sequence shows how much the two enjoy their cat-and-mouse game as human guardians.
Kensington Gardens was originally part of Hyde Park and was separated in the 1720s under Queen Caroline. It is home to the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery, and the Peter Pan statue.
The gardens are a free public park with lawns, a round pond, and a playground. Kensington Palace sits at its western edge and is open to visitors.
Visit: Kensington Gardens (park)
Central London — Hub of the angel and demon's world
London's hub of traffic and bright lights is the world in which Aziraphale and Crowley have lived and moved for centuries, drifting through the crowds on errands of heaven and hell. The city's ordinary everyday chaos is exactly what they have grown to love and want to save. Their stake in the human world is why they refuse to follow their superiors' orders.
Piccadilly Circus was created in 1819 as a junction between Regent Street and Piccadilly. The famous illuminated advertising displays arrived in 1908, and the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain with its Eros statue was added in 1893.
The junction is one of London's busiest tourist spots, surrounded by theatres, shops, and giant LED screens. It is free to visit at any time.
Visit: Piccadilly Circus (landmark)
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