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Hoghton Tower, near Preston, became St Hilda's Orphanage, in Birmingham for an episode of the BBC's Peaky Blinders Photo: BBC
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Love it or hate it, but the producers of IP Man 4 seemed to like it as they were seen filming at Preston Bus Station Photo: Simon Smallwood
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The 2016 dark fantasy A Monster Calls was partly filmed at Colne Valley High School Photo: Press Association
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Dave Spikey and Johnny Vegas during filming of comedy series Dead Man Weds at Withnell Fold Mill, near Chorley Photo: Ian Robinson
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BBC TV's Songs of Praise from the Central Methodist Church, Lune Street, Preston in 1981. A choir of 240 and a congregation of 400 drawn from the town centre churches joined at the church for filming while outside cameras filmed various aspects of Preston Photo: Archive
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Blackpool born actress June Ritchie and actor Alan Bates filming A Kind of Loving on St Annes South Promenade in 1961 Photo: Archive
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Blackpool and Preston were both used for locations in Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere, released in 2004 Photo: Channel 4 Publicity
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Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but this was Jeremy Kyle's lounge on Salisbury Street, Preston, where he is stayed whilst filming in the city Photo: David Hurst
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Lytham Hall, Towneley Hall and Hoghton Tower were both locations in the BBC's Casanova (2005) with Rose Byrne, David Tennant and Peter O'Toole Photo: BBC/Red Productions
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Actress Celia Johnson and director David Lean, boarding a train together at Victoria Station, headed to Paris to receive an award for their film 'Brief Encounter' which was filmed at Carnforth Railway Station Photo: Archive
1. Filmed in Lancashire
Hoghton Tower, near Preston, became St Hilda's Orphanage, in Birmingham for an episode of the BBC's Peaky Blinders Photo: BBC
2. Filmed in Lancashire
Love it or hate it, but the producers of IP Man 4 seemed to like it as they were seen filming at Preston Bus Station Photo: Simon Smallwood
3. Filmed in Lancashire
The 2016 dark fantasy A Monster Calls was partly filmed at Colne Valley High School Photo: Press Association
4. Filmed in Lancashire
Dave Spikey and Johnny Vegas during filming of comedy series Dead Man Weds at Withnell Fold Mill, near Chorley Photo: Ian Robinson