Sheffield and the neighbouring Peak District have the perfect combination of stunning landscapes, historical buildings and big city buzz to make them a big lure for film and TV directors.
Big and small screen hits like The Full Monty and Doctor Who have been shot at locations across the city, from Sheffield's famous Park Hill flats to an old industrial site near Meadowhall. Tom Cruise is among the big stars to have visited the Peak District, during filming for the Mission: Impossible movies.
A new book has been published to help film and TV buffs visit film and TV locations across the UK and Ireland, including those in Sheffield and the Peak District, and learn more about the areas to help bring their favourite shows and movies to life.
On Location, by Peter Naldrett, takes culture vultures on a tour of the UK, pinpointing the filming locations for hits including Harry Potter, Trainspotting, The Crown and James Bond film Skyfall. You might want to use it to make a pilgrimage to the site of your favourite movie scene or to find a nearby day out with a difference when you're on holiday.
Peter grew up in Sheffield and describes how he was always 'fascinated' when his city appeared on the big and small screen. "Along with the rest of my junior school class, I was terrified when the city was obliterated in Threads," he said. "As I got older, I laughed and also felt sad at the portrayal of The Full Monty, went to have a nosy when the cameras rolled in for This is England, picked out landmarks in Four Lions and loved the city’s scenes in Doctor Who."
Below are the film and TV locations in Sheffield and the Peak District which are featured in the book, with a little bit about them, though there's much more background in the book.
On Location, by Peter Naldrett, is out now, priced £20.
5. The Full Monty - Sheffield & Tinsley Canal and others
The Full Monty, which took the world by storm in 1997, was filmed around Sheffield as it followed the plucky tale of a group of down on their luck steelworkers. Its stand-out scenes include the famous Job Centre dance sequence which was filmed at an old school on Burton Street, near Hillsborough, which is today home to the Burton Street Foundation, which puts on community events and offers support to people with learning disabilities. Another famous scene is the one at the start of the film, where Gaz and Dave take Nathan with them to try to nick some steel from an abandoned factory and end up stranded on top of a car dumped in the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal, pictured. The cast were recently reunited for The Full Monty TV series which was again shot in and around Sheffield, largely on the Gleadless Valley estate. | Chris Etchells
6. Pride and Prejudice - Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is one of the nation's most elegant stately homes and is just a short drive from Sheffield. It has featured in many films and TV programmes over the years, perhaps most notably in the 2005 big screen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley. It also appeared in 2010 horror film The Wolfman, starring Anthony Hopkins and Benicio del Toro, for which it was transformed into a run-down, neglected mansion, and in the 2013 TV drama Death Comes to Pemberley. | Brian Eyre Photo: Brian Eyre
7. Doctor Who - Grange Mill Lane, near Meadowhall, and Park Hill
Sheffield featured prominently in Doctor Who series 11, in which Jodie Whittaker made her bow as the titular timelord, in 2018. Park Hill featured prominently as the home of Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), a police officer in the fictional Hallamshire Police Force, who lived on the estate in flat 34. The opening episode concluded with a 'dizzying' action sequence in the HTC crane year just north of Meadowhall shopping centre, on Grange Mill Lane, which is pictured. Photo: Google | Google
8. The Dam Busters - Derwent Valley
The Derwent Valley, only around 10 miles west of Sheffield, is home to the Howden and Derwent reservoirs. Derwent Reservoir is today probably best known as the practice site for the daring Dambusters Raid during the Second World War. It was here that pilots perfected their low-flying approaches to the dam walls so they were ready to release the famous bouncing bombs, invented by Barnes Wallis, in Germany’s Ruhr Valley. Derwent Reservoir was one of the locations for 1955 movie The Dam Busters, which told the incredible story. Lancaster bombers have revisited the scene several times in recent years to perform a commemorative fly-past. Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) | Ian Forsyth/Getty Images