Filming locations in Liverpool

Liverpool earns its place on the set-jetting map as the other half of Peaky Blinders. When the Shelby saga needed smoky factory exteriors and waterfront brawls, the production turned to the city's vast Victorian docks, where the brick is real and a century old and almost nothing needs dressing.

Stanley Dock is the spot to find. Its towering Tobacco Warehouse, once the largest brick building in the world, and the cobbled dock road below supplied the gang's grimy industrial backdrops, and standing beneath those arches it is easy to see why. The area is publicly accessible and the warehouse exteriors are free to view, with a hotel now occupying part of the complex.

Time your visit, if you can, with the regular Stanley Dock market, which fills the space under the warehouse arches and gives the cobbles a buzz they otherwise reserve for the camera. It is a roughly twenty-five minute walk north along the waterfront from the city centre, an easy stroll that doubles as a tour of Liverpool's maritime edge.

The walk back ties the trip together, because the famous Albert Dock and its cluster of museums and galleries line the river on the way. Liverpool wears its docklands proudly, and a day that starts with a Peaky pilgrimage at Stanley Dock can comfortably fold in the waterfront's bigger attractions without ever leaving the river.

Keep it simple: pair Stanley Dock with the Albert Dock as a single waterfront walk, ideally on a market weekend, and let the brick and water do the rest. It is one filming location rather than a sprawling trail, which makes Liverpool an easy add-on to a Birmingham-based Peaky trip or a rewarding half-day on its own.