3 May 2012Last updated at 08:20

In Pictures: Famous film locations as Wales Coast Path set to open officially

The Shell Cottage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Image: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

The famous Shell Cottage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was constructed at the north end of Freshwater West beach, Pembrokeshire in April 2009

The 2010 film Third Star, starring Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch, was filmed largely on location in the glorious Barafundle Bay in Pembrokeshire

The village of Portmeirion. Photo © Portmeirion Ltd

Cult TV series The Prisoner was filmed in the picturesque Italianate village of Portmeirion between 1967-1968. The 1976 episode of Doctor Who, The Masque of Mandragora, was also filmed here and starred Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen

Robin Hood filming on Freshwater West beach. Image: Simon Mortimer/geograph.co.uk

Freshwater West beach also features in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, as shown in this battle scene snap by Simon Mortimer, and most recently in the film Snow White and the Huntsman

Point of Ayr lighthouse on Talacre beach. Photo: Crown copyright (2011) Visit Wales

The Point of Ayr lighthouse on Talacre beach in Flintshire features in the 1994 film Backbeat - a dramatisation of the early history of the Beatles in Hamburg

Doctor Who has filmed in many coastal locations across Wales. Here the Tardis is pictured above Rhossili Beach on Gower during filming of the episode New Earth

Doctor Who's David Tennant and Billie Piper in Rhossili, overlooking Worm's Head

Actors David Tennant and Billie Piper on location for Doctor Who, with the dramatic landscape of Worm's Head in the background

Llanddwyn beach and lighthouse. Photo: Isle of Anglesey County Council

Llanddwyn, and especially the lighthouse, featured prominently in 2006 film Half Light starring Demi Moore. The lighthouse was painted red and white for the film and was extended with the help of CGI

The 1956 film Moby Dick was partially filmed in Fishguard, as was Under Milk Wood in 1972, which starred Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

BBC Stars of Gavin & Stacey in Barry: Ruth Jones, Joanna Page, Mathew Horne and James Corden. Image: Baby Cow Productions

Locations around Penarth, the Vale of Glamorgan and of course, Barry, were used during the filming of the BBC comedy series Gavin & Stacey

Marloes Sands played host to Hollywood stars Matthew Rhys, Sienna Miller and Kiera Knightley in 2007 as the trio filmed The Edge of Love

Pwllheli harbour. Photo: Crown copyright (2011) Visit Wales

Pwllheli and the Llyn Peninsula were the backdrop to Anthony Hopkins' first directorial feature film August in 1996

Parts of the 1962 Hollywood blockbuster, Lawrence of Arabia starring Peter O'Toole were filmed in the dunes at Merthyr Mawr near Bridgend - the second largest dune system in Europe

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In Pictures: Famous film locations as Wales Coast Path set to open officially

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