Explore the filming locations of Steven Knight’s hit crime drama. Discover the locations of Peaky Blinders, inspired by a real-life 1920s Birmingham street gang.
Take a tour around the Midlands and northern Britain to see where much of this British crime drama was filmed - along with some surprises.
Known as the ‘Black Country’ for the soot produced by its many iron foundries, this open-air museum brings local history to life. It’s designed as a real-life community, with actors revealing what life was like in 19th-century Britain, complete with traditional food and street games. This is your chance to step into Tommy Shelby’s Birmingham – the Black Country Living Museum was a key filming location for Peaky Blinders!
Check out 670 Grams, the restaurant helmed by Kray Treadwell, named Best Young Chef at the Michelin Guide awards 2021. Or head to Digbeth Dining Club for mouth-watering street food eats, from glammed-up cheese toasties to the dirtiest fries.
Birmingham’s neighbourhood Digbeth boasts a lot of kudos around its colourful art. Once an industrial hub, it has since hosted a major street art and graffiti festival.
Visit Bullring & Grand Central for top-notch shopping and dining, with leading fashion brands and restaurants galore. This is Birmingham’s flagship retail complex, so look out for live music, entertainment and eye-catching street performances too.
Step into the Shelbys’ world on an immersive tour of Liverpool – the place where most of the original hit TV show was filmed. You’ll get to explore the famous Epsom racecourse, Polly’s home, the spot where Tommy was attacked by Father Hughes’ henchmen – and much more. A real must for fans of the show.
The open-air Black Country Living Museum in Dudley showcases 200 years of social history and appears across all six series of the show. Fans will recognise Charlie Strong’s scrap metal yard, the Blacksmith’s building, Canal Street bridge, St. James’s school and the Workers’ Institute
The house used to film Aunt Polly’s home can be found in the village of Port Sunlight, near Liverpool. Explore this picturesque place, built in the late 1800s as living quarters for workers at a nearby factory. Self-guided tour maps are available at Port Sunlight Museum.
Tommy Shelby’s sprawling manor home is actually Arley Hall & Gardens in Northwich, Cheshire. In series three, it was the backdrop for a showdown with Alfie Solomons and the season climax that saw members of the Shelby family arrested. Enter the library to discover Tommy’s study.
Victoria Baths, a Grade-II-listed former swimming baths on Hathersage Road, Manchester, doubled as the setting for the horse fair where Tommy meets love-interest May. When in Manchester, check-out the Northern Quarter where many of Tommy’s running gun battles were filmed.
The confrontation between Tommy Shelby and Alfie Solomons (played by Tom Hardy) at the end of season four took place on the picturesque sands of Formby Beach, near Liverpool. Owned by the National Trust, Formby offers sandy dunes and beautiful coastal views.
The Bradford neighbourhood of Little Germany is packed with history — its magnificent neoclassical buildings date back to the Victorian era. Named after the German textile merchants who moved here in the 1850s, look out for it in the upcoming Peaky Blinders film, in which you’ll be able to spot Tommy Shelby and co. walking its historic streets!
All the train scenes were filmed at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, located in the heart of Haworth village, near Bradford – including the series one confrontation between Grace and Inspector Campbell, which saw him get shot in the leg. A trip on the railway will take you through a windswept land of heather and wild moors.
The Scottish seaside town of Portsoy features in the first episode of Peaky Blinders’ sixth season, doubling up as Miquelon Island. The town’s Shore Inn hotel was transformed into the rustic ‘Hotel Lalanne’. It sets the scene for Tommy’s meeting with his cousin-turned-enemy, Michael.
Seek out a stunning 50-metre (164-feet) wide mural outside Birmingham’s New Street Station. Brummie artist Jon Jones depicts the star-studded cast of Peaky Blinders through materials such as police records, mugshots, and archive materials.
Peaky Blinders is set in Birmingham, but filming locations are spread across England, mainly focussing on historic sites that align with the era of the show.
While the Peaky Blinders series is set in Birmingham, not all of the filming took place there. In fact, scenes were shot in other locations across England including Liverpool, Manchester and London, as well as Yorkshire destinations Leeds and Bradford. Part of Peaky Blinders series 6 was also shot in Portsoy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The real Peaky Blinders that inspired the series were an English gang from Birmingham. However, in the series the main fictional character Tommy Shelby is of Irish-Romani descent.
With these Peaky Blinders filming locations, tours and experiences in Birmingham, Liverpool and beyond, you’ll discover Britain like a true Peaky. Don’t forget to share all of your Peaky Blinders travel photos with us on social media using the hashtag #StarringGreatBritain.
