Where is Patience filmed? Guide to (almost) all the locations in York
Posted by Ra Moon
Although Patience was shot where it is set, in York, much of the filming took place in Belgium and even France.
Now back for season two, the show is an adaptation of the Franco-Belgian detective television series Astrid et Raphaëlle.
Now back for season two, 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 most complete guide to the filming locations of Patience. They are listed in order of first appearance, with the new season two locations included below in this spoiler-free report.
Channel 4 also filmed the 2023 series The Couple Next Door between England and Belgium.
Here is the most complete guide to the filming locations of Patience. They are listed in order of first appearance, with the new season two locations included below 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 Lendal 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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Patience's attic apartment was filmed in a house in Antwerp, Belgium.
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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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Patience New Season 2 locations
The ruins seen in the first episode of the second season, “Vampire”, were not filmed in York but quite far from there, at the remains of Villers Abbey in Belgium.
Founded in the 12th century, this medieval Cistercian abbey was later ruined after the French Revolution.
This is the same abbey featured in the fourth episode.
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The City of York Police Station was filmed at a different location, in a Brutalist-style office building located in Everberg, between Leuven and Brussels.
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Bea’s group meets at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Ghent, also in Belgium.
This early 20th-century church is known for its striking neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque architecture.
No longer used solely for worship, it has been repurposed as a cultural space.
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The organ hall seen in the second episode, “Music in the Minster”, was filmed at the MIRY Concertzaal, located within the Royal Conservatory in Ghent.
Only the final sequence was shot at York Minster.
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Some of the first scenes in the fourth episode, "The Timetable," were filmed at Train World, Belgium’s national railway museum located in Schaerbeek, Brussels.
The museum showcases the country’s rich railway history through historic locomotives and interactive exhibits.
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Quinten Matsijs Café is a historic pub located in Antwerp’s old town, near the Cathedral of Our Lady.
Named after the Flemish Renaissance painter Quinten Matsijs, it is considered one of the city’s oldest cafés.
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The botanical garden in the sixth episode is the ‘Plant Palace’ greenhouse complex at the Meise Botanic Garden (also known as Plantentuin Meise), near Brussels.
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The seventh episode, "A Monks Tale", features Keizersberg Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg), a Benedictine monastery situated on a hill overlooking Leuven.
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The season finale, "Hostage," was filmed in the town of Huldenberg in Belgium. Pictured is St. Roch’s Chapel (Sint-Rochuskapel).
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8 comments:
1- Anonymous - Jan 13, 2025, 12:31 AM
What archives are used?
2- Anonymous - Jan 17, 2025, 5:25 AM
Lendal (bridge) cited in the article is spelt with one L at the end (as I have written it here), not Lendall ad in the article.
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3- Ra Moon - Jan 17, 2025, 9:04 AM
Thank you, updated!
4- Anonymous - Jul 13, 2025, 2:17 PM
Where is the school that the detective’s son attended that is featured in a number of scenes in episode 2?
5- Anonymous - Jan 6, 2026, 4:04 PM
The Parking in episode 1 is in Gent.
Park+Ride Ledeberg.
Hundelgemsesteenweg 2B, 9050 Gent, Belgium.
Architects: L.U.S.T. Architecten & Havana architectuur.
6- Anonymous - Jan 7, 2026, 10:23 AM
I don't understand why they needed to film in other locations outside of York.
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7- Ra Moon - Jan 7, 2026, 11:05 PM
The series was filmed partially in Belgium because it’s a British–Belgian co-production supported by Belgian financing incentives (including the Belgian Tax Shelter) and partners, so many scenes were shot there rather than exclusively in York.
8- Anonymous - Jan 8, 2026, 1:42 AM
Park on that double yellow line by Monk Bar, and the car will likely be towed away.
1- Anonymous - Jan 13, 2025, 12:31 AM
What archives are used?
2- Anonymous - Jan 17, 2025, 5:25 AM
Lendal (bridge) cited in the article is spelt with one L at the end (as I have written it here), not Lendall ad in the article.
Reply
3- Ra Moon - Jan 17, 2025, 9:04 AM
Thank you, updated!
4- Anonymous - Jul 13, 2025, 2:17 PM
Where is the school that the detective’s son attended that is featured in a number of scenes in episode 2?
5- Anonymous - Jan 6, 2026, 4:04 PM
The Parking in episode 1 is in Gent.
Park+Ride Ledeberg.
Hundelgemsesteenweg 2B, 9050 Gent, Belgium.
Architects: L.U.S.T. Architecten & Havana architectuur.
6- Anonymous - Jan 7, 2026, 10:23 AM
I don't understand why they needed to film in other locations outside of York.
Reply
7- Ra Moon - Jan 7, 2026, 11:05 PM
The series was filmed partially in Belgium because it’s a British–Belgian co-production supported by Belgian financing incentives (including the Belgian Tax Shelter) and partners, so many scenes were shot there rather than exclusively in York.
8- Anonymous - Jan 8, 2026, 1:42 AM
Park on that double yellow line by Monk Bar, and the car will likely be towed away.
Ra Moon
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