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Dewsbury

town in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

United Kingdom · 53.6833, -1.6333

Dewsbury is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The UK premiere was on 30 March 2001 in Keighley Batley and Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, where the story was set and filmed.”
Blow Dry (2001) · Wikipedia

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Dewsbury
Photo: David Ward · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Dewsbury as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Dewsbury?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Dewsbury, including Blow Dry (2001), Hank Zipzer (2014–) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Dewsbury?

Blow Dry (2001), covered by 18 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Dewsbury?

Dewsbury is in the United Kingdom. Its coordinates are 53.6833, -1.6333.

What other filming locations are near Dewsbury?

Birkdale High School (2 km north-west), Batley (4 km north), Oakwell Hall (7 km north), Drighlington (8 km north) and 2 more — all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by David Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.