Skelthwaite
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Skelthwaite is the fictional town set in ITV
's television
drama Where the Heart Is
. Its main attractions for sightseers include Goddard's factory, and a house which was, in 2005, gutted by a fire. Most of the filming for Skelthwaite was done in the real life village of Slaithwaite (or Slawit) in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
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drama Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...
. Its main attractions for sightseers include Goddard's factory, and a house which was, in 2005, gutted by a fire. Most of the filming for Skelthwaite was done in the real life village of Slaithwaite (or Slawit) in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.