Screen Yorkshire release more All Creatures Great and Small filming locations

Screen Yorkshire have released details of several more filming locations that appear in the Channel Five series All Creatures Great and Small.
Barden Tower, a ruined hunting lodge on the Bolton Abbey estateBarden Tower, a ruined hunting lodge on the Bolton Abbey estate
Barden Tower, a ruined hunting lodge on the Bolton Abbey estate

The new series - the original ended in 1990 - attracted more than three million viewers to the first episode and is Channel Five's most popular new show since 2016.

Screen Yorkshire had already revealed that several shops, pubs, cafes and private homes in the village of Grassington had been used to stand in for the businesses of Darrowby, the fictional Dales market town where the James Herriot books are set.

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They also confirmed that local beauty spots Malham Lings and Janet's Foss appeared in the early episodes, as did Oakworth Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, the only location outside the Dales to be used. Mrs Pumphrey's - played by the late Dame Diana Rigg - opulent home is Broughton Hall, near Skipton.

Barden Bridge on the Bolton Abbey estate appears in All Creatures Great and SmallBarden Bridge on the Bolton Abbey estate appears in All Creatures Great and Small
Barden Bridge on the Bolton Abbey estate appears in All Creatures Great and Small

Several more locations have now been unveiled as part of the launch of the new Filmed in Yorkshire website, which includes an All Creatures trail aimed at visitors.

Ripon Racecourse appears in the third episode, when Siegfried Farnon tends to an injured racehorse.

The Bolton Abbey estate was also used for filming. A farm was used as Sharp's Farm, and the River Wharfe crossing at Barden's Bridge, near Barden Tower, also appears. The estate is the Yorkshire seat of the Duke of Devonshire.

Bradford Industrial Museum features in the first episode - the museum occupies Moorside Mills, which during its operational life spun the wool sent to the city by Dales sheep farmers.

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