Welcome to the first Movie Map North Wales newsletter and thank you for registering with our site. Some exciting things have been happening since the launch of our first Movie Map, so check out the links to find out more.

Did you know?

There are 28 letters in the Welsh alphabet

Russell Crowe's family originally come from Wrexham

Timothy Dalton (of James Bond fame) was born in Colwyn Bay on 24 March 1946

Send Us Your Stories

Have you visited any of our film and TV locations or taken any photos of the plaques during your trip to North Wales? Do you have stories about people you've met or places you've visited that you really enjoyed? We'd love to hear from you, so click here to send us an email or photo (or both!) and we'll be happy to post these on the Movie Map web site.

Coming Up Next Time…

Out autumn newsletter will have more great competitions for you to enter as well as covering the unveiling of our 11th plaque.

The new movie Half Light, starring Demi Moore and filmed on location in Anglesey, is due for release soon, so click here to watch the trailer.

We hope you have a great summer and also hope to see you in North Wales very soon.

Click here to go to Movie Map North Wales Website.

Photos provided by Ceidiog Communications

10th Plaque Unveiled

On Sunday 2nd April 2006, Wales' Manager John Toshack unveiled the 10th in our series of film plaques.

Commemorating what is believed to be the first filmed football international between Wales & Ireland in 1906 (yes it really was 100 years ago that this happened) at the famous Racecourse ground. Footage still exists of this historic event which was filmed by Mitchell & Kenyon.

The Racecourse ground is still the home of Wrexham Football Club today and the plaque is located on the outside wall of the ground, so it can be viewed at any time.

Win a Wales Team Signed Shirt

The competition to win a signed shirt has now CLOSED.

The winner's name will be publicised in our next newsletter.

Links: Dragon Soccer | Wrexham Dragons | Wrexham AFC | Wales v Ireland on the Movie Map Website

The Movie Map North Wales has launched - it's official!

We joined forces with the world famous Portmeirion Hotel & Village to launch our Movie Map to the media on 3rd April 2006. The launch co-incided with the annual "Prisoner" convention, which celebrates the 60s TV series starring Patrick McGoohan and which has been held at Portmeirion since 1991 and the 80th birthday of Portmeirion being opened in April 1926 by the legendary Clough Williams-Ellis. One of his descendants Robin Llywelyn is now Managing Director of Portmeirion and we were honoured to be his guests for the launch of our Movie Map.

The competition to win a rare signed photo of Fenella Fielding has now CLOSED.

The winner's name will be publicised in our next newsletter.

Links: Portmeirion Website | The Prisoner fan club | The Prisoner on the Movie map website

Join Us for the Unveiling of our 11th Plaque

The next plaque to be unveiled will be a very special event celebrating the filming of The Life & Times of David Lloyd George, so if you are one for glamour and hobnobbing with some very well known faces from the world of TV and politics and fancy a trip to this beautiful part of North Wales, then read on!

Some of you may have seen the recent BBC4 programme about our famous statesman David Lloyd George and if you haven't, then you missed a treat. It may be hard for those younger people reading this to believe, but David Lloyd George could equal if not better some of the achievements of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister. Among his achievements were leading Britain to victory in the First World War, the introduction of old age pensions and women getting the right to vote. His work also paved the way for the introduction of the Welfare State we know today.

The competition for 2 invitations to join us for the unveiling of this plaque, has now CLOSED.

The winner's name will be publicised in our next newsletter .

Links: Lloyd George Museum | Bron Eifion Hotel | David L George on the Movie map website