![]() ![]() Indeed, there used to be a plaque on the wall inside the Pathology Department that announced the very spot where Sherlock Holmes and his, soon to be side-kick, Dr John H. There is added significance to this location as, in the story A Study in Scarlet, it was in the Pathology Department of St Bartholomew's Hospital that Watson was first introduced to Sherlock Holmes. In so doing, they have turned a perfectly ordinary red London phone box - which is clearly visible in the death scene - into a tourist attraction in its own right, as they plaster it with messages, daub graffiti across every spare inch of its exterior and interior, and tell Sherlock Holmes in no uncertain terms that the World is devastated by his loss. With the tension mounting (oh I can hardly bring myself to watch!), he lowers his voice to say a final, heartfelt "good bye John"Īnd then, with Watson looking up, horrified by the scene that is playing out before him, Sherlock leaps from the roof and falls, flailing through the air, to land in a crumpled heap on the pavement below where an assortment of similarly horrified onlookers race to render what little assistance they can to the broken body that, until just a few minutes before, housed the mind of the World's greatest ever consulting detective.Īnd hello fans of Sherlock Holmes who, ever since the death scene aired in 2012, have been making pilgrimages to Giltspur Street, in the City of London, to pay their respects to the memory of the great detective at the very spot at which he was taken from them in such brutal fashion. "That's what people do isn't it?" Sherlock Holmes says sorrowfully, adding, in a suitably sombre tone, "leave a note". Looming behind Sherlock, as he says his last sad farewell to his comrade, is the magnificent bulk of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral - a stunning view, it must be said, from this height. Openstreetmap has a publicly accessible database with locations of all telephone boxes. Watson arriving by taxi to stand helplessly on the other side of the road, only able to communicate with his friend by mobile phone. Sherlock Holmes (as played by Benedict Cumberbatch) standing on the rooftop of the Pathology Department of St Bartholomew's Hospital waiting to leap to what will be certain death. Please note due to building work, the phone box is currently not visible.Īs television drama goes it was pretty dramatic. ![]() ![]() St Bartholomew's Hospital, on Giltspur Street. ![]()
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