Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

One of the hit shows on BBC in 2024,This Town,” is getting a lot of appreciation from the people.

This Town is BBC’s Drama series, which was created and scripted by Peaky Blinders‘ creator Steven Knight and stars Levi Brown, Jordan Bolger, Ben Rose, Eve Austin, Michelle Dockery, Geraldine James, David Dawson, Nicholas Pinnock, and many more…

To take a trip to Birmingham in the eighties and to remember the musical golden days watch this BBC drama and get ready to dive deep into the world of 6 part series This Town filming locations.

The series has become very popular among ska music fans because of its story. In the series, which is a mix of family violence and dark music, actor Levi Brown plays Michelle Dockery of Downtown Abbey while Jordan Bolger plays songwriter poet Dante Williams.

Synopsis: When an extended family and four young people emerge from the grassroots roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late 70s and early 80s into a world of ska and two-tone music that united black, white and Asian youth to what happened?

When and Where Was BBC’s Series This Town filmed?

Series NameThis Town
Genres Drama
Filming locationsUK (Birmingham)
Filming StartsNovember 2022
Release DateMarch 31, 2024 (United Kingdom)
Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

BBC‘s new drama series This Town was filmed in different places in the UK, particularly around Birmingham. The filming took place in November 2022. Here is a guide to all the locations of Brummie-based family saga.

For your convenience, we have used features like image comparison, high-quality images, videos of the locations, and interactive elements like maps…

📍Birmingham, England, UK

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Birmingham and Beyond_ This Town Filming Locations, Birmingham, England, UK

UK and England’s Capital, London, is the primary chosen location for filming, and it has a large population. The crew filmed in Birmingham and its surrounding areas; it is a City and manufacturing town in England, as per the 2019 census, whose total population is around 1.149 million and is noted for its cultural festivals and unique street art tours.

Apart from this, Birmingham is also the home of great scientists and inventors Matthew Bolton, James Watt and William Murdoch.

📍Druids Heath, Birmingham

The series filmed scenes of Saxelby House, Kingswood House and Barretts House in the tower blocks of Druids Heath in south Birmingham, where Dante lives in Chelmsley Wood.

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Birmingham and Beyond_ This Town Filming Locations, Druids Heath, Birmingham

Druids Heath is a large housing estate, where the original Chelmsley Wood block stands which was Europe’s largest single housing development in the sixties but was demolished in the 1990s.

📍Heartlands Parkway, Nechells

As per independent reports, The series’ motorway scene where an astronaut is driven along the road down the Heartlands Parkway in Neches, across red and black diamond bricks, was actually shot at the Heartlands Parkway.

📍Horse and Coaches, West Bromwich

Coach and Horses is a Transport interchange whose address is West Bromwich B71 1JQ, United Kingdom.

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Birmingham and Beyond_ This Town Filming Locations, Horse and Coaches, West Bromwich

The Horse and Coach was also one of the selected filming locations for the series, as it was used as a set to recreate the former The Happy Trooper pub in Chelmsley Wood. Retro modifications made to the horse and coach’s interiors by the production for filming brought it back to look like new.

📍Gravelly Hill, Birmingham

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Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

The series shows you on screen the famous tangle of roads at the Spaghetti Junction motorway interchange, the filming of which was actually done by the crew below the Gravelly Hill motorway junction. The main objective of filming the vehicle was to avoid getting caught in confusion on the road. Gravelly Hill is an area of Birmingham.

📍Aston Parish Church, Birmingham

Address: Witton Ln, Birmingham B6 6QA, United Kingdom

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Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

Aston Parish Church is a Church in Birmingham, England which was designed by Architect J. A. Chatwin. Cameras were set up at the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul in Witton Lane, Aston, to film most of the series’ scenes.

📍Coventry Cathedral, Coventry

Address: Priory St, Coventry CV1 5AB, United Kingdom

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Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

To bring reality to the series, the cast traveled to Coventry, the birthplace of ska bands Two-Tone and The Specials, and filmed some of the film’s scenes there as well. Several interior church shots were filmed inside Coventry Cathedral.

Its Construction was started in 1951 by Architect Basil Spence and was opened in 1962.

📍Walsall Junction, Walsall

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Some scenes were filmed with Dante and Jenny on the bridge at Bescot looking towards Walsall Junction, a busy stretch between the M5 and M6. Walsall is the 2nd most dangerous area and town in the West Midlands.

📍Digbeth Loc Studios, Birmingham, UK

Address: Montague St, Birmingham B9 4BA, United Kingdom

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Birmingham and Beyond_ This Town Filming Locations, Digbeth Loc Studios, Birmingham, UK

Digbeth Loc. Studios is a movie studio in Birmingham, England, founded by the creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight. It was also given priority for filming this series and opening in 2023.

According to Steven Knight, the 80,000 square foot studio aims to “establish a thriving industry in Birmingham” and “engage with the city”. It was also filmed at UK’s TVS Television Theater and Limehouse Studios.

In addition to the above locations, other locations in Birmingham where the filming unit filmed included Birks Street and Fielding Street, Stoke-on-Trent.

Behind the scenes of the movie “This Town”

If you are curious to know the stories behind the filming of the BBC’s Series This Town? So here we have found something for you. You can see some behind-the-scenes photos while filming This Town in this Instagram post below:-

Birmingham and Beyond: This Town Filming Locations

A few days ago BBC also released a Behind the scene trailer of BBC’s series This Town on YouTube:-

Behind the scenes of This Town with Levi Brown - BBC

Apart from the above post, we also find some other behind-the-scenes photos:-

People also ask:-

What is the Filming Location of This Town?

This Town was filmed in the various location of Birmingham.

Where you can watch This Town movie?

This Town ends filming on BBC iplayer.

Is there a trailer available for This Town?

Yes, you can watch the trailer of the This Town series here, Not long ago BBC’s show This Town Trailer out which Explores Music and Rebellion:-

This Town - Official Trailer | BBC | Review

Steven Knight directed series “This Town” was released on March 31, 2024 by British public service broadcaster BBC.

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