<P> The original Emmerdale Farm buildings are near the village of Leathley . Creskeld Hall, in Arthington, (Home Farm). The buildings are one of the few original filming locations used for the entire series, and have been involved in many storylines . </P> <P> Construction of a purpose - built set began on the Harewood estate in 1996, and it has been used since 1997 . The first scenes filmed on the set (the front of The Woolpack) were broadcast on 17 February 1998 . The Harewood set is a replica of Esholt, with minor alterations . </P> <P> The Harewood houses are timber - framed and stone - faced . The village is built on green - belt land, with its buildings classified as "temporary structures" which must be demolished within ten years unless new planning permission is received . There is no plan to demolish the set, and a new planning application has been drawn up . The set includes a church and churchyard, where the characters who have died on the series are buried . </P> <P> Butlers Farm is Brookland Farm, a working farm in the nearby village of Eccup . Farmyard and building exteriors are filmed at Brookland, with interior house shots filmed in the studio . </P>

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