You can blame the Vikings for Saddleworth's identity crisis. Despite it being west of the Pennine watershed, the Scandinavians placed it firmly in White Rose country. It wasn't until a thousand ...

Last of the Summer Wine actor, John Comer endured a significant ... The beloved series was set and filmed in and around Holmfirth in West Yorkshire and followed three elderly men and their ...

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“I bought it at Holmfirth, which is Last of the Summer Wine country,” he says ... the crew were out on location filming at a farm and Robert Hardy turned up at Askrigg in his car, so ...

Last of the Summer Wine's Getting Sam Home was the first example ... resolution and overly dark appearance. "When the town of Holmfirth decided to celebrate the series 50th anniversary this ...

A number of sites have been removed from the list after being rescued - including the filming location for the Last Of The Summer Wine. Holmfirth Conservation Area in West Yorkshire had its ...

Last of the Summer Wine was to make Holmfirth famous all over the world ... she was attracted by its location and closeness to Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester. She said: “Post ...

The Times also named Holmfirth, which provided the scenery for BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine as one of the best ... “turned into one of the coolest locations to live near Huddersfield ...

I was not disappointed. Home to The Last of the Summer Wine, the world’s longest continuously-running TV sitcom, Holmfirth is teeming with local sights and sounds featured in the series, none more ...

But Holmfirth is worth a visit - it's where Last of the Summer Wine was filmed ... The reservoir is renowned for being one of the locations where the bouncing bomb was tested.

Alongside the three irascible pensioners determined to grow old disgracefully, Holmfirth and its countryside is undoubtedly the Last of the Summer Wine's fourth character. The show is woven into ...