Editing The Archers (section)

==Setting==
''The Archers'' is set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of [[Borsetshire]], in England. Borsetshire is situated between what are, in reality, the contiguous counties of [[Worcestershire]] and [[Warwickshire]], south of Birmingham in [[The Midlands]] of England. Ambridge is possibly based on the village of [[Elmbridge, Worcestershire|Cutnall Green]],<ref name="Chaddesley Corbett">{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8455995/Have-they-found-the-real-Ambridge.html |title=Have they found the real Ambridge? |last1=Wynne-Jones |first1=Jonathan |last2=Howie |first2=Michael |date=17 April 2011 |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=26 February 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004012536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8455995/Have-they-found-the-real-Ambridge.html |url-status=live}}</ref> though various other villages claim to be the inspiration for Ambridge; ''The Bull'', Ambridge's [[pub]], is modelled on The Old Bull in [[Inkberrow]],<ref>Compare Ambridge's [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/gallery/gallery_60s_timeline.shtml?select=05 The Bull] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628165347/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/gallery/gallery_60s_timeline.shtml?select=05 |date=28 June 2008}} with Inkberrow's [http://www.inkberrow.org.uk/ The Old Bull] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112113341/http://www.inkberrow.org.uk/ |date=12 January 2008}}.</ref> whereas [[Hanbury, Worcestershire|Hanbury]]'s St Mary the Virgin is often used as a stand-in for Ambridge's [[parish church]], St Stephen's.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/anyquestions_transcripts_20060922.shtml | title= Transcript: Any Questions? 22 September 2006 | access-date= 6 January 2008 | date= 22 September 2006 | publisher= [[BBC Radio 4]] | archive-date= 15 July 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070715141159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/anyquestions_transcripts_20060922.shtml | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>Compare Ambridge's [https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/gallery/ed_emma_will_gallery.shtml?select=10 St Stephen's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113204944/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/gallery/ed_emma_will_gallery.shtml?select=10 |date=13 November 2018 }} with Hanbury's [http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/churches_&_chapels/hanbury_church/hanbury_church.htm St Mary the Virgin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181815/http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/churches_%26_chapels/hanbury_church/hanbury_church.htm |date=9 July 2021}}.</ref>

Other fictional villages include Penny Hassett, Loxley Barrett,<ref>[http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/201540/loxley-barrett-primary-school Loxley Barrett Primary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227204237/http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/schools/201540/loxley-barrett-primary-school |date=27 December 2014}}; goodschoolsguide.co.uk</ref> Darrington, Hollerton, Edgeley, Waterley Cross and Lakey Green. The [[county town]] of Borsetshire is [[Borchester]], and the nearest big city is the [[cathedral city]] of [[Felpersham]]. Felpersham also has a university. Anywhere further from Ambridge may be referred to humorously with comments such as "that's on the other side of Felpersham!", but characters do occasionally venture further: several attended the [[Countryside Alliance]] march in London,<ref>{{cite episode |title= 22 September 2002 |series= The Archers |network= BBC Radio 4 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/archive_synopsis.shtml?week=20020922&day=0 |access-date= 7 June 2012 |archive-date= 27 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190127023159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/archive_synopsis.shtml?week=20020922&day=0 |url-status= live}}</ref> there have been references to the gay scene in Manchester's [[Canal Street (Manchester)|Canal Street]]. There have been scenes set in other places in the United Kingdom and abroad, with some characters moving overseas to countries including South Africa and Hungary.