Each series of The Syndicate focuses on a different group of lottery-ticket winners, but Yorkshire – Mellor’s home base – is always central to the cast of core characters. Mellor said: "There were parts of Yorkshire I wanted to touch on, like Otley and Ilkley and Burley in Wharfedale. The area is so beautiful but not many people shoot there. I’ve shot a lot in Leeds, I know Sally’s [Wainwright] shot a lot in Huddersfield and Halifax. I wanted to show off somewhere else. That’s why I picked The Chevin and Ilkley Moor and all round there. Burley in Wharfedale too because I love it. I love that I live a stone’s throw away from it, that it’s so green and lush and within these beautiful hills and valleys you can have these little market towns with a real sense of community."


2. Leeds Town Hall
Leeds' own town hall, built between 1853 and 1858, features in Kay Mellor's The Syndicate.


4. Otley Market Square
The square of the traditional market town of Otley make an appearance in The Syndicate.

5. Burley in Wharfedale
Kay Mellor was attracted to the small village of Burley in Wharfedale, near Ilkley, when filming The Syndicate.

6. Oakwell Hall
The Elizabethan manor house Oakwell Hall, in Birstall, was used for filing in The Syndicate.

