Sharon Horgan films a midlife crisis in Clerkenwell and Mayfair: The locations where HBO's Youth was filmed

The primary confirmed filming location is Old Sessions House on Clerkenwell Green – the historic former magistrates' court where Charles Dickens once set scenes from Oliver Twist, now one of the city's most atmospherically charged filming venues. Filming took place here in May 2026, with Horgan on set between takes, setting up a laptop with her assistant to watch footage being filmed nearby.

Old Sessions House serves as the literary agency where Alex works. A space originally built to judge people now houses a woman trying to rebuild her life without being judged. 

The Irish Times interviewed Horgan on a sunny day in May at Clerkenwell Green, confirming that the surrounding neighbourhood provided exterior scenes alongside the Old Sessions House interiors.

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The house where Alex live – and where she says goodbye to her son when he leaves – was filmed on Wenlock Road in London, just west of Shepherdess Walk Park in the Hoxton area of Hackney. It is the kind of street where a successful-but-not-extravagant literary agent in her 50s would actually live. 

Alex's dinner date was filmed at Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay at Grosvenor Square in Mayfair – the upscale Asian-inspired restaurant in one of London's most prestigious addresses.

Youth premieres on HBO and Max on September 20, 2026, with the first two episodes simultaneously, followed by weekly episodes through the season finale on November 1.