As Holmfirth became famous for Last Of The Summer Wine and Goathland likewise for popular ITV 60s-set show Heartbeat, now another Yorkshire location has been propelled into the spotlight.
Hebden Bridge, a market town sat in the Upper Calder Valley, 50 miles north of Holmfirth, is now synonymous with Happy Valley, the acclaimed, gritty BBC drama that has had more than five million viewers glued to their TV sets every Sunday, following the exploits of Sgt Catherine Cawood, played by Sarah Lancashire, and evil killer Tommy Lee Royce, among others.
Now in its third and final series, Happy Valley finally reached its conclusion on Sunday night with another hard-hitting episode, with the streets of Hebden Bridge playing out the drama in all its torrid glory. But what’s it like to actually live there, away from Sally Wainwright’s fictional storylines?
