Julian Woodfield is taking a group around many of the locations featured in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the fourth and final flick in the series, based on the book by Helen Fielding.
The story follows Bridget, played by Renee Zellweger, after the death of her great flame Mark Darcy.
Now a middle-aged single mother, her eye is caught by Roxster, played by 27-year-old Leo Woodall.
In the film Bridget’s home, her children’s school, the magical tree where she first bumps into Roxter, Parliament Hill where the mum and kids let go of balloons and multiple other locations, are in and around Hampstead.
Julian first took groups in March and on April 13 will take another.
Julian Woodfield taking a group on his Bridget Jones walk tour in Hampstead (Image: Sally Stevens)
He said: “The whole walk takes about an hour and a half. We go to Bridget Jones’s house, although I think the people who actually live there aren’t too keen to tell the truth.
“I also found the magical man tree which wasn’t where I thought it was.”
He said Flask Walk, in Hampstead Village, was closed for three days during hot days last summer, so they could shoot a winter scene with lots of fake snow.
“We also go past the restaurant where she and her fella go on two dates. It’s always nice just wandering around Hampstead.”
The tour ends at The Magdala Pub, which does not appear in Bridget Jones but is famously the watering hole where Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in Britain, shot her lover David Blakely when he stepped outside.
“Most people who come are local. The group sizes are about 15 people because many of the pavements are very narrow,” said Julian.
A semi-retired business owner and qualified tour guide who lives in Muswell Hill, the dad-of-two started offering walking tours as a hobby.
He added: “I really enjoy running it. It’s a bit hilly around Hampstead but it’s fun to do and we finish in the pub.”
Tickets cost £10 and places are limited. Contact julianwoodfield@mac.com.
