Walk the Real Streets of Peaky Blinders: New Official Filming Location Tours Launch at Black Country Living Museum
13th May 2026
For fans of Peaky Blinders, Black Country Living Museum is more than a filming location.
It has become part of the story itself.
Now, for the first time, visitors can step into the world of Tommy Shelby with the launch of the new Peaky Blinders Filming Location Tours at Black Country Living Museum. The experience explores the real locations used throughout the acclaimed BBC series.
Launching from Saturday 23 May 2026, the guided tours take visitors behind the scenes of one of Britain’s best-known television dramas, walking through the streets, canal paths and industrial workshops that helped bring Peaky Blinders to life on screen.
And according to the show’s own creators and stars, there is nowhere quite like it.
“We spent most of our time at the Black Country Living Museum… it’s become kind of one of the characters in the film and the TV show, so I’ve a great fondness for it.”
- Cillian Murphy speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 6 Music, 4 March 2026
“We think of the museum as home, this is our world and we love coming here.”
- Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders
The Real Home of Peaky Blinders
When the production team behind Peaky Blinders needed industrial landscapes to recreate post-war Birmingham, Black Country Living Museum offered something difficult to replicate.
Real streets.
Real workshops.
Real canals.
Real history.
Across multiple series, the Museum became one of the show’s most recognisable filming locations. Its streets, workshops and canal-side settings helped shape the visual identity that made Peaky Blinders so distinctive.
Visitors joining the new filming location tours will explore locations featured in the series, including:
• Charlie Strong’s Yard
• St James’s School
• The Canal Tow Path
• Freddy and Ada’s secret meeting place near Canal Street bridge
• The Blacksmith’s Workshop
• The Anchor Forge
For fans of the Shelby family, many of these spaces are instantly recognisable.
What makes the experience unique is that these are not recreated sets. They are part of a living museum preserving the industrial heritage that inspired the world of Peaky Blinders.
More Than a Filming Location Tour
The new Peaky Blinders Filming Location Tours offer more than a standard TV location experience.
Led by expert guides, visitors will discover:
• behind-the-scenes filming stories
• production details
• historical context behind the series
• insights into how the Museum became central to the show
• connections between the drama and real Black Country history
Over the course of the 75 to 90 minute experience, guests will walk through the same streets, workshops and canal-side locations seen on screen while learning more about the history that inspired Steven Knight’s vision.
The result is an experience that combines television history with the real social history of the Black Country.
Why Black Country Living Museum Became Central to the Series
One of the reasons Peaky Blinders resonated so strongly with audiences around the world was its atmosphere. Industrial, cinematic and unmistakably rooted in the Midlands.
Black Country Living Museum helped create that authenticity.
Its preserved historic environment gave filmmakers access to:
- cobbled Victorian streets
- canal-side industrial landscapes
- chain-making shops and forges
- workers’ homes
- period architecture
- industrial backdrops with very little modern interference
Unlike studio productions relying heavily on CGI, many scenes filmed at the Museum used genuine historic spaces that already reflected the world the creators wanted to portray.
That realism became one of the defining visual signatures of the series.
Step Into the World Behind Tommy Shelby
Since first airing in 2013, Peaky Blinders has grown into one of the most successful British television exports of modern times.
The series has inspired fans across the globe, not only through its storytelling and performances, but through its strong sense of place.
Today, screen tourism is one of the fastest-growing areas of travel, with visitors increasingly seeking authentic filming locations connected to major productions.
Black Country Living Museum has become one of the UK’s most popular destinations for Peaky Blinders fans wanting to experience that atmosphere for themselves.
With the launch of official filming location tours in 2026, visitors can now explore those locations in greater depth.
This is not a recreated experience.
This is the real setting behind the story.
Discover the Real History Behind Peaky Blinders
While Peaky Blinders is fictionalised, the world it portrays was shaped by real Black Country and Birmingham history.
The industries, communities and working-class lives represented throughout the series were part of everyday life across the region during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
At Black Country Living Museum, visitors do not just hear about that history. They walk through it.
The tours connect the drama audiences love with the real people and places that inspired it, giving visitors a deeper understanding of the industrial and social history behind the show.
For history lovers, television fans and cultural tourists alike, it creates a memorable experience rooted in place and heritage.
Plan Your Visit to the Peaky Blinders Filming Location Tours
Tour Information
• Launching from Saturday 23 May 2026
• Tour times: 11:30am and 1:30pm
• Duration: 75 to 90 minutes
• Advance booking required
• Recommended for ages 16+
Important Information
• Tours involve walking through historic outdoor areas and cobbled streets
• Comfortable footwear is recommended
• No cast appearances are included
• Tours are limited to approximately 20 to 30 guests
• BCLM Members receive 20% off tickets for everyone covered by their membership when booking through their member account
Due to anticipated demand, early booking is strongly advised.
Experience Peaky Blinders Where It Was Really Filmed
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There are few television experiences in Britain that feel as authentic as Black Country Living Museum. For Peaky Blinders fans, it offers the opportunity to stand in the real locations that helped define one of the most visually recognisable dramas of modern television.
Whether you are visiting as a fan of the series, a lover of industrial history, or simply looking for a memorable day out in the West Midlands, the new Peaky Blinders Filming Location Tours offer a chance to step into the world behind Tommy Shelby.
