Powis Street, Residential street in Toxteth, Liverpool, Great Britain
Powis Street is a narrow residential street in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, lined with rows of small Victorian brick terraced houses that sit close together. The houses have plain front doors and short steps leading up from the pavement, giving the street a tight, uniform look.
Powis Street was built in the 19th century as part of a neighborhood put up to house Welsh workers employed in Liverpool's docks and factories. The name of the street, like others nearby, reflects those Welsh roots.
Powis Street is known as a filming location for the TV series Peaky Blinders, which is set in 1920s Birmingham but was shot in Liverpool. Visitors come to see the houses featured in the first episode and take photos in front of the brick facades.
The street is easy to walk and can be explored on foot without difficulty. Those coming to see the TV filming locations should be aware that the houses were renovated after production ended and now look quite different from how they appeared on screen.
In the very first episode of Peaky Blinders, a character rides a horse down this street, even though the story is set in Birmingham. The production team chose Liverpool because the houses here had kept a look closer to the 1920s than comparable streets in Birmingham itself.
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