Where is Top Boy filmed & is Summerhouse a real place in London?

11 September 2023, 09:56 | Updated: 13 September 2023, 13:15

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Is Summerhouse a real place in London? Where is Top Boy filmed?

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Netflix's Top Boy is back on our screens for its final season this September, as Ashley Walters and Kano are back to reprise their roles as DuShane and Sully amongst other cast members in the Summerhouse estate.

The streaming platform has revealed small snippets of the plot: "The rules that Sully and Dushane have lived by their whole lives are tested in an ever-changing world in a final chapter that will decide who can reign as Top Boy of Summerhouse."

The show may be set in a fictitious housing estate in Hackney, London, but the areas they film the show are real. Here are some of the filming locations used for the Netflix reboot.

The cast of Top Boy series 3. — The cast of Top Boy. . Picture: Getty

Is Summerhouse a real place?

The Summerhouse estate is a fictional place, however the buildings used for filming are real.
The Heygate Estate in central London was the original location for the Summerhouse Estate.
This was used for the exteriors for the first two seasons on Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013.

The Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle was the filming location of the first 2 seasons on Channel 4. Picture: Getty

The estate was demolished in 2014 to make way for new development, and filming moved to Hackney - reportedly the real life inspiration for the Summerhouse estate.
Locals even offered up their flats to film interior scenes in - including some of the characters bedrooms.
Where was Top Boy filmed?

Top Boy is set in Hackney, East London and although the council estate is fictitious, the De Beauvoir estate that it's based on is.
The majority of filming takes place in the Hackney area, in Haggerston, London Fields and Dalston. The Samuda Estate in the Isle of Dogs also double as the Summerhouse Estate.
Other scenes for Top Boy have been filmed in Stratford, East London for the final season.

Ashley Walters plays Dushane in all series of Top Boy. Picture: Alamy

Here are some of the most recognisable filming locations from Top Boy:
- Summerhouse Estate – Samuda Estate, Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs
- Shelley’s Nail Bar – Kiki’s Nail Salon, Freemasons Road, E16
- Dushane’s Flat – Gee Street, EC1V
- Ridley Road Market, Dalston
- Jamie, Stefan and Aaron’s bench – Old English Garden, Victoria Park
- Number One Café, London Fields
Top Boy is filmed in and around Hackney, East London. Picture: Getty
When does the final season of Top Boy drop on Netflix?

The last season of Top Boy is set to be released on September 7, 2023 on Netflix.
Netflix has confirmed that there will be six episodes of the final season of Top Boy.