Filming locations near Manchester

191 places within 100 km of the city centre where films and television series were shot — every one on the interactive map, with photographs, distances and what was filmed there. The closest is University of Manchester, 1 km south-east; the most filmed is Liverpool with 5 recorded productions.

Everything recorded against Manchester itself — rather than at a named spot near it — is on its own page.

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Within 100 km · 191 94 towns & cities · 54 landmarks, buildings & interiors · 24 landscapes, coasts & wilderness · 14 castles, palaces & great houses Closest · University of Manchester · 1 km Most famous · Liverpool

Within 25 km of Manchester

1. 🏛 University of Manchester · 1 km south-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Sunshine. Public research university in Manchester, England, United Kingdom

2. 🏛 Manchester Metropolitan University · 1 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Exorcist. University in Manchester, UK

3. 🏛 New Broadcasting House · 1 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Red Dwarf. Former television complex in Manchester

4. 🏙 Canal Street · 1 km north · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Queer as Folk. Street in Manchester

5. 🏛 Manchester Town Hall · 2 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   5 productions, per Wikipedia — Sherlock Holmes, The Iron Lady. Municipal building in Manchester, England

6. 🏙 Northern Quarter · 2 km north · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — Sherlock Holmes, Morbius. Area in Manchester, England

7. 🏛 John Rylands Library · 2 km north-west · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Darkest Hour. Building on Deansgate in Manchester, England

8. 🏛 Space Studios Manchester · 2 km east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Houdini and Doyle. Film and television studio complex in Manchester

9. 🏛 Etihad Stadium · 3 km north-east · Landmarks & buildings

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Ted Lasso. Stadium in Manchester, England

10. 🏛 Old Trafford · 4 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Ted Lasso. Football stadium in Manchester, England

11. 🏛 The Lowry · 4 km west · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Brief Encounter. Arts centre and museum in Salford, England, United Kingdom

12. 🏙 MediaCityUK · 4 km west · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Coronation Street. Property development in Salford

+ 17 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Day trips: 25 to 60 km

1. 🏙 Marsden · 25 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Village in West Yorkshire, England

2. 🏞 Peak District · 25 km east · Landscapes & nature

   4 productions, per Wikipedia — Pride & Prejudice, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Upland area in central and northern England

3. 🏞 Rivington Pike · 27 km north-west · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Hill in Lancashire, England

4. 🏙 Wigan · 28 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production — Peaky Blinders. Town in Greater Manchester, England

5. 🛣 M6 motorway · 29 km west · Streets & squares

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Locke. Motorway in England

6. 🏞 Eldon Hill · 31 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   1 production, per Wikipedia — House of the Dragon. Hill in Derbyshire, UK

7. 🏙 Castleton · 33 km south-east · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — House of the Dragon, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Village and civil parish in High Peak, Derbyshire, England

8. 🏞 Cave Dale · 33 km south-east · Landscapes & nature

   3 productions, per Wikipedia — House of the Dragon, The Princess Bride. Climbing areas of England

9. 🏙 Chorley · 34 km north-west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — A Monster Calls. Town in Lancashire, England

10. 🏛 Turf Moor · 36 km north · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Ted Lasso. Stadium

11. 🏙 Huddersfield · 36 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Secret Invasion. Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England

12. 🏞 Savile Park · 36 km north-east · Landscapes & nature

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Room at the Top. Open space in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK

+ 86 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

Further out: 60 to 100 km

1. 🏙 Adel · 60 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — The Damned United. Village in Leeds, West Yorkshire

2. 🏙 Otley · 61 km north-east · Towns & cities

   2 productions, per Wikipedia — God's Own Country, Emmerdale. Market town and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England

3. 🏙 Ashbourne · 61 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Robin Hood. Town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England

4. 🏙 Wirksworth · 62 km south-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Andor. Town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England

5. 🏙 Oakwood · 63 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Roundhay Garden Scene. Suburb in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

6. 🏙 South Kirkby · 63 km east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Adolescence. Town in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

7. 🏙 Roundhay · 63 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Roundhay Garden Scene. Suburb and former civil parish in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

8. 🏙 Hoylake · 63 km west · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Florence Foster Jenkins. Seaside town in Wirral, Merseyside, England

9. 🏙 Eccup · 63 km north-east · Towns & cities

   1 production, per Wikipedia — Emmerdale. Village in West Yorkshire, England, UK

10. 🏙 Leathley · 63 km north-east · Towns & cities

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Emmerdale. Village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, UK

11. 🏛 Minsthorpe Community College · 64 km east · Landmarks & buildings

    1 production, per Wikipedia — Adolescence. School in Wakefield, UK

12. 🏞 Roundhay Park · 64 km north-east · Landscapes & nature

    1 production — Roundhay Garden Scene. Park in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

+ 52 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.

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