Hope Street Draws Tourists to Donaghadee 5 Years After Filming Began
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 20
Hope Street Draws Tourists to Donaghadee 5 Years After Filming Began
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 20
Summary
Cruise-ship visitors from Belfast and fans from the U.S. and Australia are now making trips to Donaghadee to see Hope Street filming locations, locals and businesses told BBC News NI.
Since filming started in 2021, the BBC police drama has turned the County Down seaside town into fictional Port Devine, with residents saying the show has put Donaghadee "on the map."
Stormy Cup cafe and Pier 36 say they have shifted from serving cast and crew to serving more tourists who want to visit sets and venues featured in the series.
Hope Street's local footprint is still growing: a charity shop is selling costumes from the show, and a related film starring Finnian Garbutt is due in cinemas in September and on the BBC this autumn.