Scott & Bailey

BESWICK, MANCHESTER
PHOTOGRAPHED IN 2018

Originally filmed in an 18th century former bank building at 26 Silver Street in Bury, Scott & Bailey used the former Grey Mare Lane Police Station off Grey Mare Lane, Beswick as ‘Oldham Road Police Station’ from 2014 until production ceased in 2016.

^{A photo of the original police station set in Bury, taken in recent years ©NovaLoca}

Since then, the old police headquarters building has been used for filming a number of police dramas, including The Bay (as ‘Morecambe Bay Police Station’), Bancroft (as ‘Stockport Road Police Station’), and Coronation Street (as ‘Weatherfield Police Station’).

^{Custody reception dressed for Bancroft, courtesy Manchester City Council}

The building ceased to be a filming location in around 2019 and soon fell into disrepair, with squatters taking up home and theft/vandalism issues, leading Manchester City Council to employ 24-hour security at a cost of over £80,000 a year. The building was eventually demolished in 2021 to make way for a new urban development, and nothing remains except these photographs.

^{Actors at work ©Google (since-removed historical Street View imagery)}

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