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I was originally planning to post this on the "Places in the UK You Would Like to Visit and Why" thread but thought that it deserved its own thread.
As a "Bottom" fan I'd love to visit the Hammersmith/Shepherd's Bush area of London. It's interesting that Hammersmith/Shepherd's Bush* was chosen as the setting for the show because it was most likely familiar territory to Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall as it's the area near the BBC Television Centre. Uncannily, there are several actual locations in Shepherd's Bush that seem to have served as reference points to Richie and Eddie's world.
Starting with the focal point: The Flat. While Richie and Eddie's Mafeking Terrace address (named after a Boer War battle) is entirely fictitious, there IS a Bloemfontein Road (named after another Boer War battle) off of Uxbridge Road and on the corner is a building that looks like just the kind of flat where The Boys might live. The entrance to the flat fronts on Bloemfontein Road (Mafeking Terrace).
Two blocks east of Bloemfontein Road on Uxbridge Road is Bush Hall which can easily be a stand in for The Lamb and Flag. In one of the episodes Richie sends Eddie to collect their dinner but uses the money to get drunk instead and blames it on the close proximity of the Lamb and Flag to the chippy. Right next to Bush Hall are two shop fronts that could accomodate a fish and chips shop similar to the Neptune's Palace referenced in the show.
A locale that would have been VERY familiar to The Boys: Shepherd's Bush Police Station. You can just imagine Inspector Grobelaar's car in the carpark.
In the episode where Richie and Eddie are planning to go on holiday to Doncaster and Bridlington, Richie learns that the bus station is a fifteen minute walk from the flat. Seventeen minutes walk from Bloemfontein Road and Uxbridge Road heading east is the Shepherd's Bush Station which could serve as a departure point for a Doncaster-bound coach. The Hammersmith Broadway Centre bus station would have been too far away, but more on that later.
*Though based on the locations referenced in the show it was more the latter than the former.
As a "Bottom" fan I'd love to visit the Hammersmith/Shepherd's Bush area of London. It's interesting that Hammersmith/Shepherd's Bush* was chosen as the setting for the show because it was most likely familiar territory to Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall as it's the area near the BBC Television Centre. Uncannily, there are several actual locations in Shepherd's Bush that seem to have served as reference points to Richie and Eddie's world.
Starting with the focal point: The Flat. While Richie and Eddie's Mafeking Terrace address (named after a Boer War battle) is entirely fictitious, there IS a Bloemfontein Road (named after another Boer War battle) off of Uxbridge Road and on the corner is a building that looks like just the kind of flat where The Boys might live. The entrance to the flat fronts on Bloemfontein Road (Mafeking Terrace).
Two blocks east of Bloemfontein Road on Uxbridge Road is Bush Hall which can easily be a stand in for The Lamb and Flag. In one of the episodes Richie sends Eddie to collect their dinner but uses the money to get drunk instead and blames it on the close proximity of the Lamb and Flag to the chippy. Right next to Bush Hall are two shop fronts that could accomodate a fish and chips shop similar to the Neptune's Palace referenced in the show.
A locale that would have been VERY familiar to The Boys: Shepherd's Bush Police Station. You can just imagine Inspector Grobelaar's car in the carpark.
In the episode where Richie and Eddie are planning to go on holiday to Doncaster and Bridlington, Richie learns that the bus station is a fifteen minute walk from the flat. Seventeen minutes walk from Bloemfontein Road and Uxbridge Road heading east is the Shepherd's Bush Station which could serve as a departure point for a Doncaster-bound coach. The Hammersmith Broadway Centre bus station would have been too far away, but more on that later.
*Though based on the locations referenced in the show it was more the latter than the former.
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