A Game Of Thrones film set in Northern Ireland could be turned into a TOURIST attraction
MPs want HBO to leave the sets behind at Magheramorne Quarry, which is used to film scenes at Castle Black and The Wall
GAME OF THRONES is one of the most successful TV series of all time, and luckily for Brits, many of the filming locations are right on our doorstep in Northern Ireland.
The show is nearing the end though, with the final series rumoured to air in mid-2018.
But while this is bad news for fans, it also opens up opportunities for some serious role-playing among diehard GOT-ers.
Because Northern Irish MPs are fighting for some of the film sets to be turned into tourist attractions once filming has finished.
East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson is in talks with HBO and is hoping to convince studio bosses to leave Magheramorne Quarry intact.
The Quarry is used as the location of Castle Black the headquarters of the Night’s Watch and where Jon Snow was murdered, before being brought back to life.
It was also the scene of Hardhome – an abandoned settlement that sits beyond the Wall in the TV series.
The Quarry also houses the Wall – although it is considerably less impressive in real life than in the show.
The producers made the white cliff look considerably larger in the series thanks to extensive use of CGI – but that doesn’t make it any less Instagram-worthy.
The author of Game Of Thrones George R. R. Martin said of the quarry: “It's a pretty spectacular, yet miserable location. It is wet and rainy, and the mud is thick.
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“I visited there; it really gets the actors in the mood of being at the end of the world in all of this cold and damp and chill.”
Now local MP Wilson wants to keep the sets when the crew pack up and leave, so they can continue to attract Game Of Thrones fans.
He told the : “Game of Thrones has captured a huge audience across the world.
“It was obvious from the number of people who come to visit the Dark Hedges and the number of buses that stop at the gates of Magheramorne Quarry that there was massive tourist potential in giving greater public access to the sets that had been built for the filming of the series.
“We are continually looking for ways of developing tourist assets in Northern Ireland and it would seem that this is an obvious source of tourist revenue for attracting tourists to the Antrim Coast.”
Now that we all know Jon Snow’s funky Knight’s Watch fur coats are just rugs from Ikea, it’ll be easier than ever to recreate some of his best moments from the show.
To find out where some of the other Game Of Thrones filming locations are, click here.