A small harbour with moored boats beneath a wide sky — Manchester-by-the-Sea harbour, July 2013. MVASCO · CC BY-SA 3.0

Set in: Manchester-by-the-Sea
Shot in: Seven towns
Shooting: Spring 2015

Manchester by the Sea

The film is set in the town in its title, but the Production Coalition says it was shot in seven Massachusetts towns. Here, each scene needs a double. In the band: the harbour at Manchester-by-the-Sea.

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Casting

Cast the stand-in

Five scenes, three towns. Pick the town that doubled for the scene. The right one takes a red tag.

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0 scenes cast · 0 misses · Scene 1 of 5

Scene 1

Lee starts a fight in a bar the film sets in Quincy.

Shot in which town?

Scene 1 of 5. Which town stood in?

The slot is empty.

Only one town played this scene.

City of Gloucester

Talbot Rink

Cherry Street, Gloucester

The city’s page for the rink where Patrick’s practice was shot. Check its calendar before you go. Pictured: Main Street, Gloucester, 2012.

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The edit

A waterfront that was not there

The Boston Globe reports that shots of Grondin Funeral Home, in downtown Beverly, were edited to make it look as if it stood on the waterfront.

The Massachusetts Film Office puts several Beverly shooting days just after Lee is called home, including this funeral home. The fan list gives 376 Cabot Street and the scene where Lee and Patrick talk through the funeral arrangements.

The Massachusetts Film Office lists Beacon Marine Basin in Gloucester for the film’s seaside shots. The same Film Office guide says all of the film’s driving scenes were shot in Essex.

A working funeral home. View the building from Cabot Street only; please do not go in for the film.

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A tall brick building on a corner street in Beverly — The 1901 former YMCA on Cabot Street, Beverly, July 2022. A neighbouring building, not the funeral home. Fletcher · CC BY 4.0

A low waterfront building at a marina in Gloucester — The Beacon Marine Basin building, Gloucester, May 2012. Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0

Two sources

Which cemetery?

The sources do not agree on where the burial was shot. Both are shown, and both are open to quiet visitors.

The Film Office says · Beverly

A theatre front on a downtown street in Beverly — The Cabot Cinema, Beverly, January 2013. Downtown Beverly, not the cemetery. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Central Cemetery

The Massachusetts Film Office lists Central Cemetery in Beverly as the place where Lee buries his brother.

The fan list also puts Lee and Patrick on Butman Street, beside Central Cemetery, forgetting where they parked.

A town cemetery, open to quiet visitors. Keep to the paths and respect families visiting.

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The fan list and the Globe say · Manchester-by-the-Sea

A New England seaside town street with trees and white clapboard — A view in Manchester-by-the-Sea, May 2012. The town, not the cemetery itself. Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rosedale Cemetery

The Boston Globe names Rosedale Cemetery as the setting for a key scene with Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges.

The fan list puts Joe’s memorial service in Crowell Chapel, in Rosedale Cemetery, and says Joe is buried there.

A town cemetery, open to quiet visitors. Keep to the paths and respect families visiting.

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That is a wrap

Go and find the doubles

Beverly, Gloucester and Manchester-by-the-Sea are a short drive apart. The school and the funeral home are working buildings, best seen from the street; the bars, the rink and both cemeteries can be visited.

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Where it is now

6 places you can visit across Beverly, Gloucester and Manchester-by-the-Sea. The school and the funeral home are working buildings and are not pinned.

Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.

Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working bar and grill in downtown Beverly. Walk in as any customer; check opening hours first.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A town cemetery, open to quiet visitors. Keep to the paths and respect families visiting.

Cabot Street, Beverly, March 2019. A street view near Fibber McGee’s, not the bar. Beantowndude316 · CC BY 2.0
Beverly · Cabot Street, Beverly
Fibber McGee’s
A Massachusetts location guide says the bar fight is set in Quincy but was shot at Fibber McGee’s in Beverly. It is a fan list.
A working bar and grill in downtown Beverly. Walk in as any customer; check opening hours first.
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The Cabot Cinema, Beverly, January 2013. Downtown Beverly, not the cemetery. John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beverly · Beverly, beside Butman Street
Central Cemetery
The Massachusetts Film Office lists Central Cemetery in Beverly as the place where Lee buries his brother.
A town cemetery, open to quiet visitors. Keep to the paths and respect families visiting.
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Stay

A room on Cape Ann.

An inn on Long Beach in Gloucester, near the marina and the rink.

Cape Ann Motor Inn

Rockport Road, Gloucester

A year-round inn directly on Long Beach in Gloucester, a short drive from Beacon Marine Basin and Talbot Rink. Pictured: Beacon Marine Basin, 2012.

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