The top six West Midlands film locations as Dudley named the most loved TV location to visit

The Black Country and Birmingham have played host to many famous faces calling in to film movies and small screen dramas.

And new research has found that Dudley is currently sitting top of the TV location capital list.

Many drama shows were shot at iconic spots.

Here's a look at the top six film locations in the West Midlands

1) Dudley

For the hugely successful BBC drama Peaky Blinders, the town’s Black Country Living Museum played a central role, doubling for the gritty industrial back streets of 1920s Birmingham. The museum attraction holds themed events based on the show for fans to get immersed in the atmosphere of the series, helping to boost visitor numbers.

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby during filming of the new Peaky Blinders film in Dudley, aboard a narrowboat with Wyrley spelled wrongly — Cillian Murphy on the Peaky Blinders film set in Dudley in 2024

Cameras descended on the Dudley Canal at Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Nature Reserve. Photo: Emma Trimble / SWNS — Peaky Blinders film crews at Netherton's Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Nature Reserve

Cameras descended on the Dudley Canal at Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Nature Reserve in Netherton ahead of the highly anticipated Peaky Blinders movie, set to be released within the next 12months.

In 2023 Dudley-born entertainer Lenny Henry's Three little birds, a Windrush period drama, was also filmed at the museum and other locations across the region.

Tom Cruise smiling at a movie premiere — Tom Cruise

2) Birmingham New Street

Meanwhile in 2021 Birmingham New Street Railway Station and Grand Central was transformed into Abu Dabi Airport for Mission Impossible: Reckoning Part 1 with a star-studded cast including superstar Tom Cruise moving to the city to film scenes. Before that BBC series Hustle starring another Hollywood face Robert Vaughn was shot in the city.

Hustle was filmed in and around Birmingham

3) Sutton Park

Sutton Park, a former hunting site for Henry VII was used earlier this year for the filming of BBC's Silent Witness where the crew could be seen wearing high visibility vests and police hats were seen on tables around the park.

'Policemen' seen at Sutton Park — In March Silent Witness filming in Sutton Park near Bracebridge pool.

4) Walsall

In 2024 some scenes for ITV drama Joan starring Sophie Turner were filmed in Bridge Street in Walsall town centre.

5) Wolverhampton

It was lights, camera and plenty of action when Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis was in town shooting for the Richard Coles drama Murder Before Evensong at multiple locations across the including Dudley, Stourbridge, Bridgnorth and in Wolverhampton at the former Express and Star offices.

Murder Before Evensong film crews at former Express & Star offices

Filming crew at the former police station at Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge

The period drama Small Axe was filmed in various locations around Wolverhampton in 2019 including actors such as Star Wars star john Boyega, Marvel's Black Panther's Letitia Wright.

6) Digbeth

With filming increasing in the West Midlands, it has provided many opportunities with the Staffordshire officially launching its new film office. Productions have so far raked in almost £500,000 for the county this year.

Meanwhile Peaky Blinders and This Town creator Steven Knight last year opened his Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham providing over 400 jobs to provide screen industry work and training opportunities and to promote the region as a viable location.

Research by website Online Betting Guide found Dudley was atop the most loved TV location to visit.