Location: This production was filmed in the following locations in North Wales:
Dinorwig Quarry
Local people had been working the mountain for centuries before Dinorwig Quarry
opened. In 1788 and by the end of the 19th century, almost all the land in Gwynedd
County was owned by just five families. The Assheton Smith family from Cheshire
were the owners of Dinorwig Quarry. Their estate, Y Faenol on the banks of the Menai
Straits, covered 34,000 acres of land. In George William Duff Assheton Smith's time,
white cattle, deer and American bison ? not to mention bears and monkeys ? roamed
Y Faenol's park. His brother Charles was more interested in the conventional gentlemanly
amusements of the day ? his racehorses won the Grand National four times, and he
was besotted with racing yachts. Indeed, one of the quarry's steam engines, Pandora,
was named after one of these boats. Nowadays, Dinorwig is widely used for oudoor
pursuits such as climbing and makes an excellent location for TV and films, due
to the remote appearance of its surroundings and mist which can give the quarry
a surreal quality.
Newborough
The village of Newborough is set in picturesque surroundings and provides excellent
walking, not least at Newborough Warren - one of the largest areas of sand dunes
found in the UK. Superb walking is also available at nearby Newborough Forest -
a 2,000-acre (8 kmē) woodland, dedicated to forestry and conservation. Much of the
area around Newborough has been declared a nature reserve, making it popular for
those interested in birds and other wildlife.