Holby Holby Holby is a fictional city in the United Kingdom, the setting for the BBC medical dramas "Casualty" and "Holby City", and the police drama "HolbyBlue". It is based on the real city of Bristol, where "Casualty" was formerly filmed, and is notionally located in the fictional county of Wyvern in South West England, not far from the border with Wales. While "Casualty" has been filmed in Cardiff since 2011, "Holby City" is filmed in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Both shows are set in the same fictional Holby City Hospital. Holby has an airport called Holby International. Holby City Hospital is the
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