Filming in Wigan Borough

Wigan Council are a film-friendly local authority who are members of the Filming in England Partnership (external link).

Mesnes Park

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Mesnes Park

Scotsman

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Scotsman's Flash

The Wiend

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The Wiend

Wigan Town Hall

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Wigan Town Hall

In recent years, we have supported productions including:

  • ‘Brassic’ (Sky)
  • ‘Everyone Else Burns’ (C4)
  • 'No Return’ (Netflix)
  • ‘Ridley’ (ITV)
  • ‘The Bay’ (ITV)
  • ‘World on Fire’ (BBC)
  • ‘Sherwood’ (BBC)
  • Plus many others, including local favourite ‘Coronation Street’!

Although we are currently unable to provide a bespoke film-office service, we will aim to help wherever we can and are happy to discuss permits for use of our property, road closures and traffic management, or any of your other needs.

To film on Wigan Council land, please complete an application form.

If you have any questions about filming in Wigan, please contact thePublic Relations Team.

If you have any questions about filming elsewhere in Greater Manchester or the North West region, please contact the Creative England Production Team.

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