16-03-2025
A Greater Manchester park will be closed for filming an ITV crime thriller - and there's going to be pyrotechnics
A Greater Manchester park is to be closed for two nights as film crews shoot scenes for the new series of ITV drama After the Flood.
Tandle Hill Park in Royton, Oldham will be closed to visitors on Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25, council bosses have announced. It will remain open during the day, but from 5pm to 2am all access routes will be shut while filming takes place.
And it sounds like the crews are shooting some dramatic scenes, as filming will involve what's been described as a 'fire effects' and quad bikes. The car park at Tandle Hill Road will be closed from 7am on March 24 until filming is complete.
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Last week the After the Flood cast were spotted filming in Hollingworth in Tameside. It came after ITV bosses confirmed the return of Sophie Rundle as the PC Joanna Marshall who was embroiled in a mysterious investigation in the first series after the discovery of a dead body during the flood was not quite as it seemed.
The series also stars The Crown's Nicholas Gleaves as Sergeant Phil Mackie, Lorraine Ashbourne as Molly Marshall and Life on Mars star Philip Glenister. The new series will feature a number of new faces too - including Sherwood star Alun Armstrong, former EastEnder Jill Halfpenny and ex-Coronation Street star Ian Puleston-Davies.
The first series was set in the fictional village of Waterside, the main setting for which was Glossop in Derbyshire. A number of Peak District locations were used in the series, while the flooded street scenes were recreated in a specially-built terraced house set next to the Trafford Centre.
