The ultimate list of Happy Valley filming locations

The drama set in the Calder Valley has used a number of locations across Halifax and the wider West Yorkshire area as a backdrop during its third series.

Here’s a list of locations that have featured in the third and final series of Happy Valley:

Happy Valley filming locations: 17 streets, cafes and towns used in the third and final series of BBC drama

1. Dramatic car fight

THAT dramatic car scene between Tommy Lee Royce and the Knezevic's gang ended in the rolling fields above Luddenden, near Halifax.

Knezevic gang members Ivan and Matija finally got their comeuppance in the last episode when the police raided their house on Ripon Street in Halifax and arrested them. In the plot of the show the house should have been located in Queensbury but the Halifax street was used. Picture: BBC

2. Police raid house

Knezevic gang members Ivan and Matija finally got their comeuppance in the last episode when the police raided their house on Ripon Street in Halifax and arrested them. In the plot of the show the house should have been located in Queensbury but the Halifax street was used.

3. Catherine's house

Catherine's house has been a staple location for all three series of Happy Valley. The Hebden Bridge house is located around Hangingroyd Lane and Cleveland Place.

4. Holdsworth House

In episode 5, Catherine's ex-husband Richard had a meeting with Halifax mafia member Darius Knezevic at Holdsworth House but when he arrived he discovered the meeting had been cancelled. Holdsworth

House is located in Holmfield and has been used to film a number of different TV shows over the years including Last Tango in Halifax.

5. Reservoir

In the penultimate episode Tommy Lee Royce could be seen cycling past Ovenden Moor Wind Farm to Warley Moor Reservoir, up above Wainstalls, Halifax after escaping from court.

6. Hiding house

After making his escape from court, Tommy Lee Royce went to hide out at house in Highroad Well off Gibbet Street in episode

5. 7. Waiting spot

Ivan was seen waiting for fellow gang enforcer Matija on the corner of Winding Road and Cross Street, in Halifax

8. Country road

Ivan and Matija fled the scene of a police raid at the start of episode 4 and were seen driving down Paw Lane, Queensbury, turning onto Corporal Lane.

9. Ryburn Valley High School

Making a return to our screens after being used in series two, Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby Bridge is the school that Ryan attends in series three. The outside, inside and playing fields have been used in the show.

10. Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge

Another location frequently used across the three series, the first episode of the current series saw officers having an issue with someone on Tuel Lane in Sowerby Bridge.

11. New police station

The old Halifax swimming pool was made into the new police station used in the third series of Happy Valley. The characters used to work at a police station that was located in Sowerby Bridge.

12. Baitings Dam

A body was found in Baitings Dam during episode one. The real Baitings Dam is located near Ripponden but these scenes were filmed at Buck Park Quarry, Denholme.

13. The Hepworth’s House

New characters mean a new location and scenes in Rob and Joanna Hepworth’s house were filmed at Stones Drive in Ripponden.

14. Cafe

Renamed as Bell Street Kitchen for the show, Joanna and Faisal had another meeting in episode two at the Shay Cafe on Hunger Hill in Halifax.

15. Prison

Tommy Lee Royce is locked up in Sheffield prison in the third series of Happy Valley. Scenes for the inside of the prison were filmed at Shrewsbury Prison.

16. Cafe

Locations in Wakefield and Halifax were used to film scenes during the trip to Sheffield prison. Bolton was used for the dramatic conversation between sisters Catherine and Clare at a cafe.

17. Inside the police station

The outside of the police station may be the old Halifax swimming baths but the inside is filmed at Dean Clough, Halifax in F Mill

18. Neil and Clare’s house

Neil and Clare’s house, that we’ve seen in episodes 3 and 4, is located on Hangingroyd Road in Hebden Bridge.

19. Street fight

The dramatic climax of episode 3 was filmed at Bath Place, Boothtown, even though in the Happy Valley universe it took place in Queensbury.

20. Ann and Daniel’s house

Ann and Daniels house isn’t located in Calderdale, it’s over the border in Bradford. Upper Headley Hall, a grade I-listed Elizabethan hall, in Thornton was used as the location for the couple’s house.

21. Leeds Court Scenes at Greater Leeds Crown Court were actually filmed at the former magistrates court in Bolton.

22. Newsagent Deansgate One Stop Shop in Bolton was used as Rico’s Newsagent, where Tommy Lee Royce changed into his cycling disguise at the end of episode four.

23. Elland flats

The flats around Brooksbank Gardens in Elland have been used throughout the series and are located behind the pharmacy where Faisal works.

24. Hebden Bridge Train Station

Many viewers will have spotted that Ryan went to Leeds to see Tommy Lee Royce from the real Hebden Bridge Train Station.

25. Leeds station

The real Leeds station was used to film the scenes when Ryan gets off the train in Leeds.

26. School

Faisal’s daughters, Maira and Anisha, were dropped off at school in episode three. This was filmed at Rishworth School.

27. Nisa Local

The Nisa Local on Crown Street in Hebden Bridge made an appearance in episode four.

28. Police station

In episode 4, Catherine and Ann had a number of conversations outside the police station, filmed at the back of the old Halifax swimming baths

29. Family home

Like the Hepworth family, pharmacist Faisal and his family live in Ripponden, on Stones Drive.

30. Thornton

Clare could be seen walking down a cobbled street in Thornton in episode four.

31. Leeds

Tommy Lee Royce could be seen riding down Vicar Lane in Leeds at the end of episode four, having just escaped custody.

32. Wainstalls

According to Screen Yorkshire, Cold Edge Road / Withens Road in Wainstalls was used for a number of car driving and drone scenes, including at the start of episode one.

33. Brooksbank Pharmacy

Scenes for Brooksbank Pharmacy were filmed on Albert Street in Elland. The location made its first appearance in episode one of series three.

34. Huddersfield pharmacy

The Piazza Centre in Huddersfield is home to the second location of Brooksbank Pharmacy and first appeared in episode two.

35. Greenhead Park

A tense conversation took place between Joanna and Faisal in episode two with Greenhead Park in Huddersfield as the backdrop.

36. From Sheffield back to Halifax Clare and Catherine parked on the streets of Sheffield in episode two, but the location was actually Ackroyd Place near Broad Street Plaza in Halifax

37. Eight Sixteen At The Engine Room

Eight Sixteen At The Engine Room at Dean Clough was used as a location in episode one.

38. Knead, Halifax

Knead Pizzeria & Bar, which is located in Halifax town centre, popped up in episode two as a dramatic conversation took place

Calderdale Terraces have been offering short term holiday lets in Hebden Bridge for over 12 years . The original home backs on to the lane in which “Catherine’s conservatory” is located, featured often in the Happy Valley series.

The house was inherited by Paul Murphy, whose widow grandmother Alma Bancroft, along with her two daughters Edna and Jane moved to in 1940, in those rented. Jane moved to Coventry in 1942 and met Paul’s father, Edna stayed in the home after Alma’s passing in 1950 and eventually purchased the home for a few hundred pounds as a sitting tenant in 1965, Edna never married and generously left Paul and his family the house in 2009.

Paul has been visiting Hebden Bridge since the 1950’s and his family decided to keep the home as a family vacation spot in their beloved Hebden Bridge, a place that holds many cherished memories for Paul’s family. The home was upgraded and with new plumbing / new electrical wiring, new heating system and kitchen extension. Initially the home was intended as vacation home but extended family, friends and local neighbours who had family to visit approached Paul to rent them the home.

Over the years the home has been promoted on several short term holiday let platforms. Based on the ever increasing success Paul along with family members purchased a second home just 3 doors away in the same terraces of homes. The home was totally remodeled and upgraded to a high standard based on the experience of the initial property.

The homes have been upgraded using the service of Alison Grant a highly regarded local architect and R Waring a Hebden Bridge building contractor both located in the community.

Both homes were rented for costume changes , makeup, and a spot to enjoy a brew and biscuit by the cast and crew.

The attached photograph which has been widely reproduced, even by the BBC, was taken by the “Calderdale Terraces Concierge” and “housekeeper extraordinaire” Joanne Gibson, who maintains the homes to a very high standard and ensure all house rules are followed using good old “North Country Tact” and withering stares … as in her role in Happy Valley .. Joanne was featured in the scene in earlier series when Tommy Lee tells his son that he is his father, Joanne was the assistant in the door of Oasis store who gave the Oscar performing scary glare, which her husband Mark and her 4 adult children assure me has been perfected over many years !!!