‘Definitely a lot busier’: TV show lures visitors to coin gang’s Yorkshire home

Associations with 18-century counterfeiters can be seen across Calderdale, with The Gallows Pole tourism mainly welcomed

Anyone who has watched the BBC Two drama The Gallows Pole could be forgiven for thinking of Cragg Vale and its surrounding villages in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, as bleak and unforgiving.

But a surge of visitors captivated by the true story of a village’s illegal coin minting operation in the 1700s are finding it is anything but.