A NEW website will let people explore Bradford’s rich film history, and even go on their own guided tours of local filming locations.

The Bradford Film Heritage micro site acts as a guide to the district’s 100 year history of being a top film location.

In the past year film crews have descended on the district to film BBC drama Gunpowder, Peaky Blinders, which filmed key scenes at City Hall, and soon to be released comedy Funny Cow.

The re-launched website includes a map of where these and scores of other productions were filmed, including facts about the films and TV shows, the history of the locations and clips from the shows that can be access by tapping the screen while at certain destinations.

Locations included on the map include Saltaire, Bradford City Hall, Ilkley Moor and Fountains Cafe in the Oastler Market.

One section of the website includes a timeline of filming and cinema in Bradford dating back to the 1890s.

The original version of the site was developed in 2013 by Bradford City of Film in partnership with Titus Salt School, the Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots programme.

The project was supported by Bradford Industrial Museum, Bradford Libraries, the National Science and Media Museum, the Telegraph and Argus, the University of Bradford Working Academy, and the Yorkshire Film Archive.

Because of the high number of productions filmed since then, the decision was made to give the website a total overhaul, as well as updating the technology. The micro site works on traditional computers as well as mobile devices and tablets.

The team at Bradford City of Film included University of Bradford graduates Rachel Bottomley and Vasiliki Delimpasi working alongside local researcher, Alice Lassey.

In addition to information on film and TV locations used in the Bradford district there are links to other sources of information about the productions including the Internet Movie Data Base which details casts, production crews, personnel and fictional character biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

There is also a blog section, which looks behind the scenes of some of the productions, and how they came to Bradford in the first place. In the first blog the team behind the site looks at Peaky Blinders.

David Wilson, Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film said; “This was definitely a team effort and we are really pleased with the results. Even though its my job to know much of this heritage it never ceases to amaze me at the amount of film and TV production which has taken place and continues to take place in Bradford. This is something of real interest to residents and visitors to Bradford and I hope it also gives people a sense of civic pride and also appreciate why Bradford truly deserves the title of UNESCO City of Film.”

Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council's executive member for Environment, Sport & Culture said; “We know that many people choose to visit the region because they have seen it in films and on TV. The Bradford Film Heritage app makes it easy to research some of the locations used and also perhaps catch up on films or TV which they may have missed.”

The website can be found on bradfordfilmheritage.com