Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is coming to Netflix. The long-awaited feature film arrives four years after the BBC/Netflix series wrapped and sees the return of its leading man, Cillian Murphy, reprising his iconic role as Tommy Shelby.
Joining Murphy is Barry Keoghan as his illegitimate son, Duke, alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, Sophie Rundle, and Stephen Graham. A stellar cast — and the only thing that could top it? The phenomenal filming locations for The Immortal Man across the UK.
The series is full of brooding, violent men, but has strong women at its heart. The same goes for its new movie.
Although the hit BBC series was set in Birmingham, creator Steven Knight revealed it was mostly shot in Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool, adding: “This time, I thought it was really important to come home.” Filming took place across Birmingham, with additional scenes shot in Northamptonshire.
Here at Glamour, we loved the movie, particularly the way the women made a lot of the power moves. We've rounded up a look at all the iconic locations used in The Immortal Man.
Where is the Peaky Blinders movie set?
North-east of Leeds city centre, the factory was used for scenes where the Birmingham factory is bombed near the beginning of the film. The real factory was closed back in 2021 and is being developed residentially.
This was the only Peaky Blinders filming location in Wales. Beyond being the longest aqueduct in Britain and the highest canal aqueduct in the world, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is also one of Britain’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Cillian Murphy, as Tommy Shelby, was spotted filming on a narrowboat at the 126-foot-high structure in December 2024, and it even appears in the first trailer for The Immortal Man.
It’ll come as no surprise that the majority of filming for The Immortal Man took place in Birmingham, specifically at Digbeth Loc. Studios in the city’s creative quarter. Digbeth is celebrated for its industrial heritage — ideal for capturing the gritty Peaky Blinders aesthetic — as well as its vibrant street art and distinctive, eclectic culture.
Home to no fewer than 55 historic listed buildings, Bradford’s Little Germany is a dream filming location for the Peaky Blinders film. The Shelby brothers’ warehouse scenes were shot here, and Cillian Murphy, along with his co-stars, was spotted filming at the location for The Immortal Man.
Dudley was a firm fixture in Peaky Blinders, so it’s no surprise the town returns in The Immortal Man. More specifically, filming took place at the Black Country Living Museum, where visitors can fully experience the West Midlands’ rich industrial heritage.
Most famously, its historic boat dock serves as the backdrop for Charlie Strong’s Yard, while the Anchor Forge, Rolling Mill, and Canal Street Bridge also make appearances, bringing the gritty world of the Peaky Shelby empire vividly to life.
Additional canal-side scenes were filmed in the areas surrounding the Black Country Living Museum, perfectly capturing the industrial waterway authenticity that defines the gritty, Peaky Blinders-inspired world of The Immortal Man.
Another filming location for the Peaky Blinders movie was the former Pilkington Watson Street Works in St Helens, a sprawling industrial site within the Liverpool City Region.
The historic glassworks provided an ideal backdrop for the film’s gritty industrial scenes, perfectly reflecting the hard-edged, atmospheric world that defines the Peaky Blinders universe.
It may surprise you to learn that this is the first time the stunning, National Trust-owned Calke Abbey has been used as a film set.
The Grade I-listed building, partly abandoned and often cited as an example of the decline of the country house, provided an atmospheric backdrop for the film with minimal alteration needed.
Standing in as Tommy Shelby’s home, left in disrepair as he returns from World War Two, key scenes were filmed in the ground-floor passageways, kitchen, schoolroom, and night nursery. The schoolroom, in particular, is where we see Tommy grapples with his past by writing his memoirs on his typewriter.
The stable yard and riding school were also transformed with vintage cars, replacing their usual agricultural equipment to evoke the era perfectly.
In contrast, the grand St George’s Hall and the surrounding St George’s Quarter are no strangers to film crews. The hall has appeared in The Batman, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and served as a key location for Netflix’s House of Guinness. Its grand exterior and sweeping steps make it a perfect stand-in for historic political and civic buildings in period dramas.
Inside the hall, filming continued on the historic William Brown Street, which was transformed for the shoot — covered in smoke and fires following a dramatic explosion — creating the gritty, tense atmosphere emblematic of the Peaky Blinders world.
Filming also took place across Liverpool’s historic St George’s Quarter, an area renowned for its impressive Victorian architecture and cobbled streets.
This section of the city centre features several iconic landmarks, including the Walker Art Gallery, World Museum, and Liverpool Central Library, all of which provide a striking historic backdrop, perfectly suited for immersive period film scenes.
The National Waterways Museum, often called the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, also served as a filming location for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
With its Victorian warehouses, narrowboat docks, and preserved industrial buildings, the museum provides an authentic backdrop for scenes depicting Britain’s industrial past. Its historic dock complex on the Shropshire Union Canal is one of the most complete surviving canal dockyards in the country, making it ideal for recreating the gritty, industrial world central to the Peaky Blinders universe.
Kelmarsh Tunnel, on the former Northampton to Market Harborough line, is a disused railway tunnel that proved ideal for filming.
Director Tom Harper described the brick-lined structure as “one of those treasures that you sometimes find when you’re filming.” He added that the tunnel’s enclosed nature allowed the production to shoot scenes with minimal public presence, creating a controlled and atmospheric setting perfect for the film.
Numerous canals throughout Birmingham were used to film wartime transport and industrial backdrop scenes, a choice especially important given the show’s long-standing tradition of incorporating waterways into its gritty, atmospheric storytelling.
This Grade I-listed ruined abbey and manor house played a prominent role in filming, providing the rugged, neglected wartime atmosphere essential to the film’s aesthetic. Calder Abbey House itself served as the decrepit mansion where Tommy Shelby has isolated himself.
The production team spent approximately two weeks shooting on location, capturing both the dramatic interiors and the weathered exterior to enhance the period authenticity.
Rock and roll, right? The rail museum and preservation site at Didcot in Oxfordshire plays a key role in the movie, where we see what is meant to be a train carrying counterfeit money set out towards Birmingham. The Centre has also been used for period dramas such as The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne, and Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley.
The Immortal Man is showing in cinemas and will be available to watch on Netflix from today (Friday 20 March).
