just 10 minutes from Manchester Airport and 20 minutes from Manchester City Centre. Our expansive canvas awaits your vision; 5000 acres of period rolling countryside, manor houses, red-bricked villages, Carolean Stables and riveting landscapes that can transport your audience to any era or mood.

In need of a location you can’t find? We've turned our stately homes into train stations, fields into battlefronts and disused farms into high-security prisons.

Click on each element of our interactive map to view our photographic library of locations on the estate. 

Tour Britains biggest Backlot

Step onto Britain’s Biggest Backlot and enjoy a tour of the Estate and Ashley Hall Production Campus, home to our set build studios, production offices, unit bases, workshops and 6000 acres of backlot locations at your fingertips.

Your entire production can unfold without leaving our estate. Beyond the diverse and varied backlot, we offer extensive studio and build spaces, hard standing, production offices and green screen, all crafted to nurture your project from concept to cut.