Where was Willow filmed? All filming locations in Wales in the new Disney+ sequel

Classic 1988 fantasy adventure film. pasture, starring a young Warwick Davis, directed by Ron Howard and produced by George Lucas, was revived by Lucasfilm as a television series. The sequel, which was released on Disney+ this week, was backed by the Welsh government agency Creative Wales, which funded its production in Wales.

While most of the original film was filmed at the Dinorwick quarry in Snowdonia (now home to the National Slate Museum), the new series explores the wider Welsh landscape with six unexpected characters including Willow Ufgood (Warwick Davis), the Nelwyn sorceress. – in a dangerous quest to save their world.

Seven miles long beach

Traeth Pentywyn, or Pendine Sands, is perhaps best known as the stretch of beach in Carmarthenshire where world land speed records were set, including Malcolm Campbell’s record of 146.16 mph in September 1924 and his grandson and nephew’s electric speed record 220 mph in 2000. In March, a new Ground Speed ​​Museum opened to celebrate their historic accomplishments.

Amar Chadha-Patel, who plays Traxus Burman, was particularly struck by the “wonderful” expanse of the beach, with sand like golden sugar stretching as far as the eye can see.

Secret corner of the Brecon Beacons

The Brecon Beacons, one of Wales’ three national parks, includes the Black Mountains, Fforest Fawr (Great Forest) and the Brecon Beacons, and is an international dark sky reserve, so it’s a popular attraction for visitors. Llandlanding in the Black Mountains is a picturesque and remote part of Carmarthenshire. pasture. The small village, whose name means “Church of the Two Saints” (it is believed that Teilo and St. David met here), is located below the picturesque lake Llyn-y-Fan-Fah, over which red kites fly. Nearby there is a youth hostel.

quarries and ruins

Significant pasture The battle scene takes place in the four Morlaix limestone quarries on the southern edge of the Brecon Lighthouses near Merthyr Tydfil, popular with rock climbers.

Near Neath, on the outskirts of Swansea, one of the once largest abbeys in Wales, founded in 1129, also features in the new series. Since the end of the series, he has again been surrounded by mountain bikers heading for the Athan Valley.

Merthyr More has another group of ruins: the Iron Age site of Chapel Hill Camp, on the site of a 19th-century Merthyr More house on the banks of the Ogmore River.

Forests, waterfalls and caves

Just like in the first movie pasture The main characters can often be found in the forests, continuing their search. The scenes were filmed in the forest of Taf Fechan (Owl Grove) near Merthyr Tydfil, where coniferous trees and the river of the same name grow, as well as the Blaen-y-Glyn waterfall.

At the top of the Swansea Valley is the abandoned quarry village of Penvillet, as well as the nearby limestone caves. Dan-ir-Ogof National Exhibition Caves is a simple introduction to the pockmarked landscape.

City and countryside

The 16th-century market town of Bridgend also plays a major role, a historic landmark being the medieval house of St. John, with its carvings in the corridors, thought by some to refer to the Knights of the Holy Mystery.

Farther west, near Port Talbot, Margam Country Park covers 1,000 acres of parkland with the longest greenhouse in the UK and a Victorian mansion, as well as deer and ornamental gardens, through which the group travels.

Willow is available on Disney+