Popular TV Film Locations

Posted By on July 7, 2011

England’s Northwest has provided the setting for many on screen sagas on TV film locations. The scenery and also cityscapes are popular the world over; they’ve made an appearance in a great number of feature films and television series in the past, so you may just identify them. From Bollywood blockbusters to gritty Northern dramas as well as cult classics.

 

This is home to one of the country’s best-loved soaps, Coronation Street, and although you can’t walk the cobbles yourself nowadays, you may still stalk the stars from the rooftop garden at the Great John Street Hotel in Manchester. It’s also home to teen soap Hollyoaks, set in Chester but filmed in Liverpool, its celebrities are usually spotted out and about in the area. There are many award-winning drama and comedy programs which happen to have their roots in the Northwest, including the Street, Shameless, Queer as Folk, Life on Mars, The Royale Family and also Waterloo Road to name a few. The Northwest also has played host to a heap of feature films including Nowhere Boy, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Potter and 24 hour Party People and also the roads of Liverpool and Manchester often stand in for London.

 

Another top 5 film sets: 1) Brief Encounter – Fans of this particular classic love story can still see the café at Carnforth Station in Lancashire, the place where Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson discovered love over cups of tea. 2) Pride & Prejudice – While the Northwest is packed with lavish houses, if you are keen to see where exactly Colin Firth appeared from the lake in the 1995 BBC version, aim for Lyme Park in Cheshire. 3) Withnail and I – A student classic and eminently quotable, Withnail and I follows the story of 2 down and out London actors who exchange the drugs, booze and depravity of the city for the breathtaking beauty of the Lake District. 4) Sherlock Holmes – Manchester’s spectacular Town Hall stands in for the Houses of Parliament in Guy Richie’s Sherlock Holmes.  5) Miss Potter – Retrace the steps of Renée Zellweger along with the Miss Potter cast across the lovely Lake District, including Beatrix Potter’s home, Hill Top, the Beatrix Potter Gallery and the World of Beatrix Potter in Windermere.

 

The five California TV and film location where Hollywood lovers will want to go to on their next big trip: 1) Bushnell Avenue located in South Pasadena. This particular area is a Hollywood acclaim, with its spectacular houses appearing as both exterior and also interior shots for a lot of popular productions. 2) The Vasquez Rocks County Park. Sci-fi film as well as Television fans mainly would want to have a an opportunity to visit Vasquez Rocks County Park.

 

3) The Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. This California Park could peak the attention of both western and sci-fi lovers, since it’s scenery was showcased significantly in both styles. 4) Sonoma County, California. A lot of movies used sections of Sonoma County for filming sites, thanks to its unique panorama. 5) Newport Beach in the Orange County Region. This seaside neighbourhood in the Orange County Region offers seaside spots and breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean. And fans of The Orange County will undoubtedly discover it fascinating that Newport Beach worked as a TV film locations for the famous show.

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