SKELTHWAITE is no more.
TV series Where The Heart Is is being scrapped after a decade on screen.
Fans are in shock after producers announced that it is the end of the road for the drama.
No more will they see scenes filmed in Marsden, Slaithwaite, Meltham and other villages.
It's farewell to characters such as Anna Kirkwall, played by Lesley Dunlop.
The episode which went out on September 10 was the final one to be screened.
Programme makers are wielding the axe after viewing figures fell for the nine episodes of the last series.
An ITV spokeswoman said: "Where the Heart Is has been a very successful series for ITV1. But the decision has been taken in order to create some flexibility for new programme ideas in that 8pm Sunday night slot alongside Heartbeat, The Royal and Wild at Heart."
Early programmes featured Pam Ferris and Sarah Lancashire as district nurses.
Later, Leslie Ash and Denise Van Outen were in the cast.
Former Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati joined the series this year.
From a production base at Armitage Bridge, cast and crew made annual forays into the Colne and Holme valleys.
Producer Ian Hopkins today paid tribute to the legions of loyal fans.
He said: "I am sorry to have to announce that Where The Heart Is has been cancelled.
"I would like to thank you all for your support for the programme over the last 10 years."
The programme proved to be a money- spinner for the locations where it was filmed.
Underbank Rangers Rugby League Club at Holmfirth received hundreds of pounds a time for scenes shot there.
Lesley Dunlop came to like the area so much that she moved to Scholes, near Holmfirth.
Other big names to have appeared were Philip Middlemiss, Tony Haygarth, former Emmerdale star Samantha Giles and Brian Capron.
Factory scenes were shot at the UK Disposables site in Meltham and the health centre scenes were filmed in Marsden.
