Much of the location work is filmed in nearby Watford, which was chosen for many of the exterior scenes due to its close proximity and the town's name being so similar to Walford.

Thus, any stray road signs or advertising boards which are accidentally filmed in the back of shots will appear to read Walford.

[1] The suffix '-ford' is found throughout Britain (for example, Bradford, Guildford and Telford); it just means the first place you can cross a river.

East of the pub is a building with 2 flats and west of these in the southwest corner leads off to a walkway through to Turpin Way, on which the Walford Community Centre and Playground are found.

[7] To the west of the Queen Vic, across the junction with Bridge Street, is the Beale house, 45 Albert Square.

[7][11] On the northeast edge of Albert Square is a car park, south of which is another terrace of three elevated properties.

Most southerly of this terrace is number 1,[7] originally flats with the doctor's surgery on the ground floor, which later became a single house.

[12] Ian buys the café back following the birth of Kathy's son, Ben Mitchell (Matthew Silver), although loses the business when he becomes bankrupt years later.

[12] Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) buys the property and employs Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman), the estranged wife of Ian, to manage it.

Jane sells the café to Phil and he lets his partner, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), manage it.

When Ian has a nervous breakdown and leaves, his daughter Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) takes control of his businesses, calling the cafe Cindy's Café.

Turpin Road is the location of a war memorial, bookmaker, chip shop, funeral parlour, restaurant and an upmarket bar as well as several other businesses.

[10] The nightclub on Turpin Road is originally named Strokes Wine Bar until George Palmer (Paul Moriarty) buys it and renames it "The Cobra Club".

[15] Johnny gives the club to his surviving daughter, Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton), when he is imprisoned.

A reporter from Inside Soap labelled the moment "a rather unromantic start to Stacey and Bradders' love story!

[15] The R&R closes at some point in before Christmas 2016, and remains shut until February 2018, when Sharon decides to reopen it, with Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) as the manager.

The Dagmar at 10 Turpin Road is first mentioned in 1986 and seen in 1987 when James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde) takes over and turns it into a wine bar.

After James rapes Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), the bar is burnt down on the orders of Den.

After Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) buys half the bar and Sharon later sells her half to Vincent as well, he and his wife, Kim Fox-Hubbard (Tameka Empson), run it until he is forced to sell it to pay people he owes money to and it is left empty in early 2018.

Belinda Peacock (Carli Norris) then opens her own salon called Elysium until she is forced to close it down a few months later due to high debts.

Walford East tube station is on George Street,[7] which first appeared on screen in late 1985 when Lou Beale (Anna Wing) collapses outside it.

Turpin Way includes the local garage, informally known as The Arches, the community centre, a playground and a boxing gym.

[7] Other locations seen or mentioned in the series include Victoria Square, Walford Towers, Kingsley Road,[18] Spring Lane and the High Street.