ITV’s The Bay filming brings road closures to Morecambe

A temporary traffic regulation order has been issued for this Thursday (May 28) on Marine Road East from its junction with Broadway to its junction with Lord Street, from 6am to noon.

From noon until 6pm, the closure will move along Marine Road East between Lord Street and Northumberland Street.

A further order will affect several nearby side streets – Skipton Street, Back Crescent Street, Graham Street, Derby Street, Tunstall Street and Anderton Street – between 6pm and 8pm the same day, temporarily prohibiting any motor vehicle, cycle or pedestrian (except for filming staff and participants) from using those roads.

Traffic signs on Marine Road state that residents’ access and businesses will be open as usual.

In a notice issued by Lancashire County Council, the authority said: “The police, fire and ambulance services have been informed and emergency access will be maintained at all times.

“The temporary prohibitions are necessary to enable the filming of the television series The Bay.

“The prohibitions will only be operative when indicated on site by the presence of the appropriate traffic signs in accordance with The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.

“Diversions will be signed locally.”

A separate residents’ letter, seen by the Lancashire Telegraph, explains that the beginning of the filming day will be on Marine Road Central and Marine Road East, with an “action vehicle” driving away from Morecambe starting at the roundabout outside Buzz Bingo and down to Broadway, with “several goes” running the same sequence using different camera set‑ups.

The next stage of filming will take place on Marine Road Central between Northumberland Road and the Buzz Bingo roundabout, with two action vehicles driving along the front and then turning down Skipton Street and behind onto Back Crescent Street.

Derby Street and Graham Street will also be closed “to maintain maximum safety”, with residents told that foot access to their homes will be maintained throughout.

Another traffic regulation order will prevent traffic and pedestrians from using the Coastal Road from the entrance to Cheyette Fitness to the junction with Elm Grove from 9am to 3pm on Thursday, June 11.

The cast and crew of the Morecambe‑based show, which stars Marsha Thomason as DS Jenn Townsend and Daniel Ryan as DI Tony Manning, recently returned to the town to shoot scenes for its sixth series.