The unsung Shropshire town with time warp streets that's a Great Expectations filming location

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The unsung Shropshire town with time warp streets that's a Great Expectations filming location
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🎥 Film crews descended on Shrewsbury for Steven Knight’s adaptation of the Dickens classic. Follow them to discover a town in the spotlight 🖋️ _annabonet

which was adapted by Steven Knight , took place in May last year across three locations. St John’s Hill became a busy city scene, complete with horses and carriages; the tranquil mews of Council House Court was styled as an opium den; and St Mary’s Water Lane, a steep avenue leading down to the river, was covered in fish guts and transformed into Market Street, where Pip’s lodgings were based.Shrewsbury’s residents enjoyed the process.

Indeed, he would have been spoilt for choice: Shrewsbury is packed with interesting places to eat, drink and browse. The street of Wyle Cop has the UK’s longest uninterrupted stretch of independent shops, while the lively A three-minute walk from Csons, in Church Street, is The Loggerheads. I stop for a drink in the pub, which dates to the 18th century and still has a “gentlemen only” sign hanging on the wall.

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