A family-of-three were gutted when they made a 50 mile trip to visit a real life Emmerdale village and it turned out to be nothing like they'd hoped. Chris King and Zoe Brodie travelled to Esholt, a village near Guiseley, Leeds, from Rotherham to see the area that the soap is modelled on.
They took their two-year-old son with them for a fun family day. Chris and Zoe were looking forward to see the location, which was used to film Emmerdale’s external shots from 1976 to 1996 - filming then moved to Harewood, where a replica was built.
The village has the real-life Woolpack pub, featured in the show, and frequently had fans visiting on coach tours before the pandemic. But Chris and Zoe were left bitterly “disappointed” by their visit in the rain on Thursday, Leeds Live reports.
