Senoia, GA -filming location for Walking Dead season 3

A few weeks ago, one of my room mates went on a day trip to Senoia, GA. He and a few of his friends drove there to look at a house that had been featured in the magazine Southern Living. When he got back he told me about it and said that Senoia was a very cute little town and that he had been told that it has been the backdrop for a few movies. I Googled it.

Well what do you know- my favorite show is being filmed there RIGHT NOW! I had to go to there.... Luckily I had already planned to go visit my friend in Atlanta the following weekend. I would just stop by there on my way to the city.


I left Montgomery around 1pm and an hour and a half later I got off the highway and proceeded to get lost for another 15 min. After several bouts with my GPS, my iphone and a friendly gas station attendant, I was back on the highway and on my way to the correct exit 5 miles down the road.

Someones very beautiful Senoia home.

Senoia, GA was finally within my reach. As i made the barely noticeable left turn I saw the sign: "Senoia, GA -The perfect setting for life". What a slogan, and so true!! The street leading to downtown is truly that of a typical Southern town. Beautiful white houses with porch swings and grand balconies, Magnolia trees and cute streetlights.

I crossed the railroad tracks and there it was.... The most adorable place to be. Senoia, GA.

There is quite a bit of things crammed into the rather small downtown which only consists of an intersection with shops stretching a few blocks in all four directions.

I parked and snapped my first picture.

"Woodbury" City Hall - This was built for the filming of the next season...I am so geeked!

According to Wikipedia, there are less than 4,000 inhabitants yet the downtown area was in many ways more bustling than Montgomery. Now anyone who has been to Montgomery knows that it is not the most impressive downtown scene but it is coming up. more on that in a later post.

I walked into a small gift shop and spoke to the cashier. She said they had been filming earlier that morning and that many of the people working on the set had rented houses in the area.

I walked around, snapped some pictures and decided to get a gelato. Yes, there is gelato in Senoia, GA, go figure. The very nice man who served me said that they town population almost doubled in the last seven years. According to him, the owner of the buildings hosting Redneck Gourmet and Maguire's Family and Friends really is the person putting the town on the map.

Woodbury is the name of the town on the next season of the Walking Dead

Woodbury bank building

Backside of the fake "Woodbury" City Hall

Zombies don't cut their grass!

Downtown

Cute Senoia Antique shop

Wonder if this will be on the show?

I walked around the fake city hall that was built for the show, snapped a few pictures and got back in the car.

I will most definitely be back for some food next time I am in the neighborhood!