£27.95. That is the advance price of an adult day ticket to Black Country Living Museum in Dudley — the working open-air museum whose boat dock and anchor forge appear on screen as Charlie's Yard, the place the Shelbys have walked through since the first episode. The ticket also includes something most day tickets do not: an UnChained Annual Pass, good for twelve months of free return visits.
We pulled the museum's own pricing and its own account of what was filmed where. This is one of the few screen locations that is genuinely set up for visitors, and the numbers are better than people assume.
What was actually filmed there
Not a guess — the museum's own Peaky Blinders page lists it:
Charlie's Yard is the headline. In the museum's words it "has featured in all six series of the show," appearing in the very first episode. In real life it is the boat dock and anchor forge.
The rest:
- The canal towpath — used repeatedly as a drop-off point for characters arriving at the Yard
- Canal Street bridge — the secret meeting spot for Freddie and Ada in series one
- The forges and metalworking shops — gang gatherings, and shootings
The museum has been involved since 2013, from the show's beginning through to the film, which is a longer relationship than most productions have with a single location.
Practical detail worth knowing: the museum says you can pick up a filming location map on arrival. That turns a general visit into a self-guided location tour at no extra cost, which is the cheapest version of what you are here for.
What it costs
This is the part that surprises people. Verified against the museum's own prices page on 15 August 2026.
Book in advance and save:
| Ticket | Advance | On the day |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (16+) | £27.95 | £30.95 |
| Young person (3–15) | £15.50 | £17.25 |
| Child (0–2) | Free | Free |
| Senior (65+) | £25.95 | £28.95 |
| Student | £24.95 | £27.75 |
| Benefits / Universal Credit | £24.95 | £27.95 |
| Essential carer | Free | Free |
Family bundles, online versus at the door:
- Small (one adult, up to three young people) — £63.00 / £70.00
- Medium (two adults, two young people) — £74.00 / £82.25
- Large (two adults, three young people) — £87.00 / £97.00
Advance booking is the cheaper route on every ticket type in the table above, and the museum's prices page states it must be booked before the day of your visit — not the morning of.
The bit nobody mentions: the ticket lasts a year
Every day ticket includes an UnChained Annual Pass — twelve months of free return visits, subject to their terms and conditions. Alnwick Castle does the same, turning every online ticket into a twelve-month season pass.
That changes the maths completely. £27.95 is not an expensive day out for a large open-air museum, but as a year of visits it is very cheap indeed, and it is the single most useful fact on this page for anyone within driving distance of the West Midlands. Most articles about this place quote the adult price as though it were a one-day cost.
The official tour, and the one number we could not get
Official Peaky Blinders Filming Location Tours launched on Saturday 23 May 2026. What is confirmed:
- Two departures a day, 11:30 and 13:30
- 75 to 90 minutes
- Roughly 20 to 30 guests per tour
- Advance booking required, and recommended given expected demand
- Recommended for 16+, with walking on cobbled streets and outdoor historic areas — wear proper shoes
- Led by a costumed guide, with behind-the-scenes stories from filming at the museum
- No cast appearances — the museum says so itself, which is the kind of expectation-setting we like to see
- Members get a discount for everyone on their membership when booking through their member account — see the tour page for the current rate
What we could not verify is the tour's own price. It sits inside the museum's booking system rather than on a public page, and we are not going to estimate it. Use the tour's booking page for that figure.
Assume it is on top of admission, not instead of it, and budget accordingly.
Peaky Blinders Nights are a separate thing
The museum also runs Peaky Blinders Nights — evening events using the historic streets after hours, with period dress encouraged. These are ticketed separately from both day admission and the filming tour.
Which one you want depends on what you are after. The nights are an atmosphere event: costume, music, the streets in the dark. The filming tour is the informational one: what was shot where, told by a guide. The plain day ticket with the free map is the budget option and gets you into the same yard.
Is it worth going?
Straight answer, since that is the point of this site.
Yes, and more than most screen locations — the only one we have priced that beats it is Severance's Lumon building, which is a working office complex you can walk into for nothing. The reason is that this is not a house that happens to have been filmed in — it is a large open-air museum you would have a decent day at regardless, and the Peaky connection is genuinely woven through it rather than bolted on. Charlie's Yard is a working anchor forge, and it looks the way it looks on screen because it actually is that.
The value case is the annual pass. One adult advance ticket at £27.95 that converts into a year is better value than almost any single-visit attraction we have priced.
Two cautions. It is outdoors and it is the West Midlands, so weather is a real factor. And the filming tour being 16+ means a family visit and a tour visit are two different trips.
What we would do: book the advance adult ticket, take the free filming location map, and see whether the tour is worth adding once you can see its price at checkout. The map alone answers most of what people come for.
What "official" means here, and why it matters
The word gets used loosely, so it is worth pinning down.
This is a licensed partnership, not a museum trading on a coincidence. The arrangement between the museum and the show's rights holders has been formally extended, which is what allows the branding, the tours and the evening events to use the name at all.
The practical consequence for you is that money spent here goes to the place that actually hosted the filming, rather than to an unaffiliated walking tour that stops outside the gates. Britain's national tourism body also lists the location among its Peaky Blinders guidance, which is a second independent confirmation that this is the real site.
Why we bother checking: popular filming locations attract unofficial tours that charge comparable money for standing on public pavement. Here the official option is the one that gets you inside.
Why this is unusual
Most of what we cover ends with "you cannot buy it" or "it sold out in 2022" — Highclere's cheapest Downton ticket has done exactly that for the 2026 season. This is the opposite: an official, licensed, currently running experience at a real place, with published prices and a ticket that keeps working for a year.
That is rare enough to say plainly. The Peaky Blinders location economy could easily have been left to unofficial walking tours and replica flat caps. Instead the museum that hosted the filming from the start runs the tour itself.
FAQ
Where was Peaky Blinders filmed? Many of its most recognisable exteriors were shot at Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Charlie's Yard — in reality the museum's boat dock and anchor forge — appears in all six series, starting with the first episode.
Can you visit the Peaky Blinders set? Yes. The museum is open to the public, and since May 2026 it has run official filming location tours with a costumed guide.
How much is it to get in? An advance adult ticket is £27.95, or £30.95 on the day. Young people aged 3 to 15 are £15.50 advance, under-3s are free, and seniors, students and those on benefits pay reduced rates.
Does the ticket really last a year? Yes — every day ticket includes an UnChained Annual Pass giving twelve months of free return visits, subject to the museum's terms and conditions.
How much is the filming location tour? The tour price is not published on a public page; it is shown in the booking system. Budget for it on top of admission rather than instead of it.
How long is the tour and who is it for? Seventy-five to ninety minutes, two departures daily at 11:30 and 13:30, around 20 to 30 guests, and recommended for ages 16 and over. It involves walking on cobbled streets outdoors.
Will I meet any of the cast? No. The museum states plainly that no cast appearances are included.
Is there a cheaper way to see the locations? Yes. A standard day ticket plus the museum's free filming location map lets you find the sites yourself, without booking the guided tour.