The Prince’s Head in Richmond, England, stands in for the Crown & Anchor, the neighborhood pub where AFC Richmond fans gather throughout Ted Lasso.
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Over the past six years, Ted Lasso has turned a corner of southwest London into something of a pilgrimage site. Fans come to Richmond to have a pint at the pub that stands in for the Crown & Anchor, wander the lane where Ted lives, and sit on the green that appears so often in the show. There are now dedicated walking tours, an official shop on Paved Court, and a steady stream of visitors in AFC Richmond jerseys—even though, of course, AFC Richmond itself doesn’t exist.
This week, that fandom has one more reason to be feeling sentimental. The 10th and final episode of Season 4, “Being Alive,” arrives October 7, wrapping a season that brought Ted back to Richmond to coach the club’s women’s team—and expanded the show’s real-world geography in a big way. For the first time, Ted Lasso spent substantial time in Kansas City, Ted’s hometown, filming at actual local institutions including Gates Bar-B-Q, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and CPKC Stadium.
Fortunately, the end of the season doesn’t mean you have to leave Ted’s world entirely behind. AFC Richmond may be fictional, but many of the places in the show are not. Consider this your play-by-play of the Ted Lasso filming locations you can actually visit.
The Ted Lasso Filming Locations in the United Kingdom
The Prince’s Head, Richmond
The Crown & Anchor, where Mae pulls pints and Richmond supporters Baz, Jeremy, and Paul spend much of the series fretting over the Greyhounds, is The Prince’s Head, a roughly 300-year-old pub overlooking Richmond Green.
Although the Crown & Anchor’s interior was built on a set, the exterior of The Prince’s Head appears throughout the series, including some scenes that spill out onto the tables and pavement in front. One of the most memorable comes in Season 3’s “We’ll Never Have Paris,” when Ted, Coach Beard, and Ted’s son Henry eat outside the pub after attending a West Ham match. Ted steps away to take a call from Rebecca, leaving Beard to talk to Henry as a busker begins playing “Hey Jude”; eventually, the pub crowd joins in. That sequence was filmed outside The Prince’s Head, with Mae serving the trio at one of the outdoor tables.
The pub itself is still very much a neighborhood establishment, with outdoor tables facing the Green and a menu of familiar British standards including fish and chips, pies, and Sunday roasts. It has also become one of the focal points of Ted Lasso tourism in Richmond, with fans stopping in for a pint as part of self-guided and organized walking tours.
Paved Court, Richmond
The narrow pedestrian lane that stands in for Ted’s street is Paved Court, a small passage lined with independent shops, cafés, and residences.
Ted’s address, 9½ Paved Court, was created for the show, but the exterior used for his apartment is real and belongs to a private residence. Paved Court appears from the first season onward, most often when Ted starts or ends his day: Coach Beard regularly waits outside with coffees in hand before the pair head to work.
Paved Court has since become one of the clearest examples of the show’s impact on Richmond. An official Ted Lasso store opened at No. 4, selling AFC Richmond jerseys, scarves, hats, and other merchandise. Several of the lane’s existing businesses have also appeared in the series.
Selhurst Park, South London
AFC Richmond’s Nelson Road stadium is actually Selhurst Park, home of Premier League club Crystal Palace F.C.
The stadium has been used extensively for AFC Richmond home matches since the first season. For filming, Crystal Palace signage and branding are replaced with AFC Richmond’s. In real life, Selhurst Park has been Palace’s home since 1924 and remains one of London’s traditional football grounds.
For travelers who are football fans, the most worthwhile way to visit is to attend a Crystal Palace match. Stadium tours are currently suspended while the club redevelops its Main Stand, so a match ticket is also the best way to get inside.
SkyEx Community Stadium, Hayes
AFC Richmond’s training complex is west of London at SkyEx Community Stadium, home of semi-professional Hayes & Yeading United. Training sessions, parts of the clubhouse, and scenes involving Rebecca’s office have been filmed here, making it one of the most frequently used locations outside Richmond itself. The ground is far smaller than Selhurst Park and is not operated as a Ted Lasso attraction. Travelers who want to see it can check Hayes & Yeading United’s fixture calendar and attend a home match.
The Ted Lasso Filming Locations in Kansas City
Kansas City had been part of Ted Lasso from the beginning, mostly through Ted’s sports loyalties, references to barbecue, and occasional reminders of the place he had left behind.
Season 4 finally put the city itself on screen, with filming at several of the city’s best-known cultural institutions, restaurants, and sports venues. Most appear in the season premiere, “Home,” when Rebecca, Keeley, and Higgins fly to Missouri to try to persuade Ted to return to Richmond and coach its newly formed women’s team.
Gates Bar-B-Q
One of the first places Ted takes his visitors is Gates Bar-B-Q, the longtime Kansas City institution that appears as itself.
The Season 4 premiere was filmed at Gates’s Main Street location, where Ted orders four President’s Trays for the group.
Gates opened its first restaurant in 1946 and has since become one of the names most closely associated with Kansas City barbecue, particularly for ribs, brisket, sausage, sandwiches, and burnt ends.
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
One of Season 4’s more substantive Kansas City sequences takes place at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the historic 18th & Vine district.
Higgins winds up there somewhat accidentally. He had planned to visit the neighboring American Jazz Museum, but when he finds it closed, a guide suggests he try the baseball museum instead. Higgins admits he knows almost nothing about baseball, then spends the afternoon learning about Satchel Paige, the Negro Leagues, and the barriers Black players faced in the sport.
The scenes were filmed inside the real museum, which documents the Negro Leagues through photographs, uniforms, films, documents, and the Field of Legends, a mock baseball diamond surrounded by life-size bronze sculptures of some of the Negro Leagues’ most important players.
CPKC Stadium
Season 4 also filmed at CPKC Stadium, home of the NWSL’s Kansas City Current.
Rebecca, Keeley, Higgins, and Ted tour the stadium in the premiere, where they’re told about its significance as a venue built specifically for professional women’s soccer. When CPKC Stadium opened along the Missouri River in 2024, it became the first stadium in the world purpose-built for a women’s professional sports team. The 11,500-seat venue was designed from the outset for the Kansas City Current rather than adapted from a stadium originally intended for a men’s team.
Travelers can visit by attending a Current match, which also offers the best way to experience the stadium as it appears in the series: full of fans.

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