Gorgeous views, cheap houses and The Bank of Dave - how Burnley is having a moment
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA group of friends are gathered taking selfies outside a building society on a busy shopping street in Burnley. An unlikely place for a selfie moment you might think, but then this is no ordinary building society - it's the Bank of Dave - the unlikely star of a major Netflix smash.
The success of the film has placed Burnley in the spotlight for all the right reasons - at a time when this Lancashire mill town is happy to revel in it.
For it comes amid huge developments and opportunity in the town, with a burgeoning food and drink scene and its football team Burnley FC newly promoted back to the Premier League.
Burnley, you might say, is buzzing. And for Bank of Dave founder Dave Fishwick, whose story of building a community bank is retold in the Netflix number one hit, it's exactly what his birthplace deserves. Read more: The hidden gem farm shop with stunning views and countryside play areas He and his team at Burnley Savings and Loans (aka the Bank of Dave) have watched as group after group flock for photos outside since the Netflix smash was released in January.
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