The iconic filming locations of Netflix’s Top Boy, from London Fields to the Isle of Dogs

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00:00 Have you ever wondered about the real filming locations

00:02 from the Netflix hit show Top Boy?

00:04 With the final season set to drop on Friday,

00:06 we've tracked down three from across London

00:08 that anyone can visit.

00:10 Number one is the Summerhouse Estate.

00:13 Viewers of the show know it's based in Hackney

00:15 and is the location at the heart of Top Boy.

00:17 It's where lead characters to Shane and Sully grew up

00:19 and where all the action happens from drug gang operations

00:22 to communities coming together.

00:24 The real estate can be found in the Isle of Dogs.

00:27 Officially called the Samudra Estate,

00:28 it's home to 300 residents who even helped out

00:31 during filming, providing space for green rooms and more.

00:35 Next up, the number one cafe.

00:37 In the show, it's the safe ground outside of Summerhouse

00:40 and a home away from home for Shane and Sully.

00:43 The wood-paneled caf is the site

00:44 of plenty of dodgy business dealings.

00:46 IRL, it's also a fully functioning cafe with the same name.

00:50 You can find it on Wells Street in Holmerton.

00:52 Thanks to the show's fame,

00:53 it attracts plenty of Top Boy fans

00:55 keen to see the place in real life.

00:57 And finally, Jamie, Stefan and Aaron's bench.

01:01 In the show, this bench is a sentimental safe haven

01:03 for the three brothers who go there

01:04 to remember their dead parents

01:06 and feel closer to each other.

01:08 Located in the Old English Garden in Victoria Park,

01:10 the show's creator, Ronan Bennett,

01:12 also has a strong personal connection to it.

01:15 He sat there with his wife

01:17 the day she gave birth to their second child.

01:19 (upbeat music)

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