Where the show was filmed in Wales

THE Crown is back and Netflix users are getting a great view of locations across the world as they follow the Royal Family through the 1960s.

And in episodes three and six viewers will get more than a glimpse of some unmistakably Welsh locations.

In 2018 the makers of The Crown visited Wales to make episodes covering the Aberfan disaster in 1966 and Prince Charles’ investiture at Caernarfon Castle in 1969.

So for TV tourists we’ve taken a look at the episodes so we can tell you where they were filmed...

Aberystwyth

In the episode Tywysog Cymru, Josh O’Connor’s Prince Charles is plucked out of Cambridge and sent to Aberystwyth University to learn Welsh in an attempt to show willing to the people of Wales, after the rise of Welsh nationalism in the early 1960s.

Aber looks fantastic in the episode – even though it looks a tiny bit gloomy.

There are lovely wide shots of the seafront and Charles is pictured writing his investiture speech on the top of (a very windy) Constitution Hill overlooking the town.

Also seen in the episode are Pantycelyn Halls, where Charles stayed for his term. Pantycelyn became one of the first halls for Welsh-speaking students in 1974 and the episode is filmed in the exact same room the real Charles stayed in.

The Old College on the seafront also makes an appearance – a grand old building, which is Grade II-listed and was originally intended to be a railway hotel. You can see it as Charles arrives in Aberystwyth for his meeting with Dr Edward Millward.

Some of the interior shots are of the language lab, which doesn’t exist anymore but used to be in the Old College building when it did.

Caernarfon

A grand setting for what was a grand historical event, Prince Charles becoming the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle during his investiture ceremony on July 1, 1969.

The town of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, became a focus for the 1960s celebration, with the streets and castle borders decorated with flags and bunting once more.

They wind around the castle on the harbour front, passing the Anglesey Arms, and the whole scene of the investiture was filmed in the castle, mirroring its appearance for the actual ceremony 50 years ago.

The Severn bridge

The stunning shot of Prince Charles being driven across a bridge is the view every person coming into Wales will see to this day.

Officially named the Prince of Wales Bridge since April 2018, the second Severn crossing didn’t exist in 1969, so it’s probably meant to be the original Severn Bridge which was opened in 1966.

It’s a stunning shot nevertheless, as they luckily had a sunny day. The shot almost immediately after the bridge is actually a stretch of road between Ynyslas and Borth, in Ceredigion.

Cwmaman and Ferndale

For the episode Aberfan, about the disaster in 1966, The Crown’s makers did not film in the actual village itself. The devastating event, which saw 144 people die, is covered in the episode.

In Cwmaman, Cynon Valley, the empty Glynhafod Junior School – vacated due to a new school opening in the area – doubled up as Pantglas Junior School for filming scenes directly before the disaster.

Street scenes were filmed in Cwmaman as well as Ferndale in the Rhondda Fach.

The emotional funeral scenes were also filmed in Ferndale.

Scenes were also filmed for this episode at the Big Pit National Coal Museum.