Here are the real-life locations featured in The Running Grave, the seventh novel in the Strike & Ellacott series.
Aylmerton – The small village near Chapman Farm. | |
Bar Italia, Frith Street – Where Strike and Robin go for a coffee and chat (Chapter 102) | |
Bexleyheath – Where Frank One and Frank Two live. | |
Blackhorse Road – Where Robin’s flat is located. | |
Cinnamon Club – Where Strike meets with Eric Wardle (Chapter 8) | |
Chalfont St Giles – The town where Strike and Robin meet Niamh Doherty. | |
Chapman Farm – The fictitious farm of the UHC. | |
Chelsea Cloisters – A hotel Bigfoot is seen in. | |
Connaught Hotel, Jean-George’s restaurant – Where Strike watches a target and is approached by a woman (Chapter 59). | |
Coventry – Where ex-UHC member Sheila Kennet lives (Chapter 16). | |
Cromer, Norfolk – The coastal town near Chapman Farm where Jennifer Wace and Daiyu Wace are said to have drowned in the sea. | |
Denmark Street – Where Strike and Robin’s office is located. | |
The Duke of York’s Theatre – Where Robin and Ryan go to see The Father (Chapter 9). | |
Felbrigg Lodge – Strike and Robin stay here. | |
The Flying Horse – Strike’s favourite pub and where some meetings are held in the basement room. | |
The Forester – A pub in Ealing where Strike interviews Abigail Glover (Chapter 28). | |
Garvestone – A village in Norfolk where the Graves family live, in Garvestone Hall. | |
The Golden Lion – Where Strike and Robin go for a chat after meeting Colin Edensor. | |
Gosh! Comics – A comic-book store on Berwick Street which is likely to be the one Robin sees Frank One enter (Chapter 13). | |
The Grenadier – A pub in Belgravia where Strike interviews Henry Worthington-Fields (Chapter 17). | |
Hotel de Paris – The hotel in Cromer that Strike stays at (Chapter 63). | |
Il Portico – The Italian restaurant where Robin meets with Prudence (Chapter 106). | |
The Institute of Civil Engineers – Where Robin interviews Rufus Fernsby. | |
The King’s Head – A pub in Cromer where Strike goes for a pint of Doom Bar and a burger and chips (Chapter 63). | |
Lion’s Mouth, Aylmerton – The tree-lined lane off of which Chapman Farm is situated. | |
Merlin’s Cave – Where Strike and Robin go after interviewing Niamh Doherty (Chapter 22). | |
McDonalds on the Strand – Where Strike and Robin go at 3am after being in the police station (Chapter 120). | |
New Inn – A pub in Roughton, Norfolk, where Sir Colin and Lady Sally Edensor waited for Will (Prologue). | |
Norwich – Where UHC members go to collect money for the church. | |
Olympia – An events centre where Strike goes to watch a speech by Jonathan Wace. | |
Pellicci’s – A cafe where Strike meets with Shanker (Chapter 33). | |
Piccadilly Circus – Where Robin and Ryan argue in an unnamed bar (Chapter 16). | |
The Reform Club – Where Strike and Robin first meet Sir Colin Edensor (Chapter 4). | |
The Rose and Crown – Where Strike meets with Dev Shah (Chapter 48). | |
Rules – Strike meets Colin Edensor for lunch in here (Chapter 90). | |
Rupert Court, Chinatown – Where one of the UHC Temples is located. | |
The Ship – A pub where Strike confronts Bijou. | |
St John the Baptist, Aylmerton – The church that can be seen from Chapman Farm. | |
Strawberry Hill – Where Prudence lives. | |
St Stephen’s Tavern – Where Strike meets with Ryan Murphy (Chapter 51). | |
Thomas Cubitt – Where Strike meets Amelia Crichton (Chapter 135). | |
Thornbury – The town in Gloucestershire where Cherie Gittins lives. | |
Wardour Street – The street in Chinatown where UHC members collect money for the church. | |
The Westminster Arms – Where Strike interviews journalist Fergus Robertson (Chapter 14). | |
Victoria Station – Robin gets the minibus to Chapman Farm from here (Chapter 23). | |
Miscellaneous Locations – Minor/mentioned locations. |