The Emmerdale Tour is a guided tour from Wales to the TV set of the most popular British soap opera Emmerdale. Located within the Harewood Estate in Leeds, you can now experience the famous fictional village of Emmerdale through a guided Emmerdale Tours from Wales.
Background Information: Emmerdale TV Series
Emmerdale is a long-running British serial drama set in the fictional village of the same name that was located in the Yorkshire Dales. Originally titled as Emmerdale Farm, it was created by Kevin Laffan and first broadcast on 16th October 1972 by ITV Yorkshire.
The drama has been filmed at the Leeds studio ever since the first episode was aired about four decades ago. It is the second longest running TV series in the UK after the Coronation Street. And it’s also one of the most popular soap opera attracting about seven million viewers who sit glued in front of their TV sets to watch the drama unfold.
Over the years, the show has highlighted different social issues, including financial crises, abuse, fraud, anorexia, drug addiction, teen pregnancy, schizophrenia, bereavement, manslaughter, and dementia to name a few. The drama has captivated British audiences for decades that continues to the present day.
An Overview of the Emmerdale Guided Tour
Emmerdale tour allows individuals to fully experience the fictional village where the TV show is shot. The guided walking tour of the place lasts for 1.5 hours with limited seats available for different locations around the village.
Visitors that take a guided tour around the village can view familiar haunts such as the Woolpack, Bob’s Cafe, and the village Church. After the tour ends, a catering van offers snacks, drinks, and branded merchandise that can be purchased by the visitors to take home as souvenirs.
Guests with hearing difficulties can order printed scripts. Moreover, limited parking spots are also available for individuals in wheelchairs, which must be pre-booked. Since the TV series is currently in production, the guided tours are available on selecting days and timings.
Since the demand for the guided tour is very high visitors are expected to book the tickets at earliest. To get the best experience, it is recommended that you book the ticket as part of a packaged tour offered by a tour operator.
Details of the Guided Tour
The walking tour of the film set located in Emmerdale takes around 90 minutes. Guests should be prepared to walk a lot through the countryside. Before booking for the tour guide, it is suggested that you are physically fit for undertaking the tour.
Visitors have to walk through gravel paths, grassed routes, cobbled stone, and pavements. There are also steep gradients throughout the walking tour. The guests are recommended to wear closed footwear and take different care when walking on the surfaces and the flat. Also, since the tour guide will take place on the outside, visitors are advised to wear appropriate clothing that is suitable for the weather conditions.
Guests that are on wheelchair must be capable of traveling through difficult terrains. A personal assistant is recommended for manual wheelchair users. Even users on a self-propelled wheelchair will need some assistance as they have to struggle through steep gradients due to which they might experience difficulty. The wheelchair must be capable of handling gradients, and run on gravel and fit through door openings. Moreover, guests with a battery operated wheelchair must ensure that it is sufficiently charged to last them throughout the duration of the tour.
Public toilets are located at the start and end of the tour. Individuals that need to use the toilet during the tour must take permission from the tour guide to return to the start of the tour.
The fully guided tour will cover outdoor locations within the Harewood Estate in Leeds. You can view the casts and crew down scripts for the weekend in the fictional village. The sets have their fair share of drama over the years including helicopter crashes, plane disasters, armed robberies, explosions, shootings, storms, and YOU can now explore behind the scene actions through this guided tour.
You can marvel at the idyllic lush green vista of the village as you meander down the lane and view the sight of the homes and shops that are nestled along the rolling hills. The guides will share stories, secrets, and reveal interesting facts relating the long-running ITV soap opera that has won multiple awards.
By taking the guided tour, you can view both the current and original locations where the drama was filmed. You can visit the scenic village of Esholt located in West Yorkshire and the market towns of Otley. You can also stop at the inn that was used as the ‘Woolpack’ from 1976 to 1997.
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