Where is Hollyoaks filmed and can you visit it?

Hollyoaks is set in a suburb of Chester, but is filmed in a studio near Liverpool. (Picture: Lime)

Hollyoaks, the hit Channel 4 soap, is set in a leafy suburb of Chester, in northwest England.

And although fans will (hopefully) know that Hollyoaks is a fictional village, they may be wondering where the action takes place.

Is it possible to catch a glimpse of the famous The Dog in the Pond? Or can you see the spot where Salon de Thé de Marnie once stood—before it blew up?

Find out everything you need to know about where Hollyoaks is filmed and if you can visit the set.

Where is Hollyoaks filmed?

Although the soap is set in Chester, Hollyoaks is filmed around an hour away, at Lime Pictures’ studios in Childwall, Liverpool.

The exterior sets attempt to recreate styles familiar to Chester, such as the city walls and Tudor cladding.

The show is actually filmed in Liverpool (Picture: Lime Pictures)

However, Hollyoaks has filmed in Chester itself – in 2017, filming took place at The Groves, on the River Dee.

They also filmed on Queen’s Park suspension bridge and in the Roman Gardens.

In fact, the soap used to shoot more regularly in the city centre of Chester, but it became too expensive to move the production between Chester and Liverpool, as reported by Cheshire Live.

As well as the Liverpool base, Lime Pictures has studios in London, Leeds, and Los Angeles. It’s home to a number of TV shows, like Netflix’s Zero Chill and Disney’s The Evermoor Chronicles.

Can you visit the Hollyoaks set?

Unfortunately, Lime Pictures does not offer tours of the Hollyoaks set. 

While you can explore the city of Chester to get a feel for where the characters would live, you won’t get to see the streets of Hollyoaks themselves.

However, if you are desperate for some behind-the-scenes action, then you can stream the Hollyoaks Access All Areas tour on All4 now.

ITV soap fans can tour the Coronation Street set in Manchester as well as the Emmerdale Village set in Leeds. 

Sadly, Eastenders fans cannot tour the set at Elstree Studios.

Hollyoaks airs weekdays at 7pm on E4.

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