Inside chilling real life graveyard where soap bosses 'bury' Emmerdale icons

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Emmerdale has said goodbye to lots of soap icons in its 50 year history – but did you know there's a graveyard where fans can pay their respects to the beloved characters, and even some real people?As part of the official tour for the ITV soap, visitors can explore the outdoor set where exterior scenes at the fictional village are filmed.Located 30 minutes from the centre of Leeds, the outdoor set includes the exterior builds for the famous Woolpack Pub, Home Farm, the café, village hall and many of the resident's homes.READ NEXT: Emmerdale backstage secrets - Plastic food, real graves, tributes and spelling errorsVisitors can also step inside St Mary's Church where Marlon Dingle and Rhona Goskirk were recently married, but a short walk away, there is a graveyard that includes tributes to Emmerdale icons from years gone by.There have sadly been many deaths in Emmerdale throughout the years that have left fans in tears, including Valerie Pollard and Francis "Butch" Dingle, as well as the sad loss of fan-favourite Faith Dingle this week.Visitors to the Emmerdale set can pay their respects to the late beloved residents, including Tricia Dingle and Alan Turner, as they walk through the churchyard in the village.Walking through the graveyard, fans have left flowers on the graves of characters including Valerie Pollard, showing just how much these characters have meant to viewers throughout the decades.Each gravestone is inscribed with the name of the character, along with the dates of their tragic passing, which nods to the dates that their exit storylines sadly took place.There are also tributes to the characters from their loved ones in the soap.On Tricia Dingle's gravestone, following her death after a storm caused damage.