locations for the film an englishman who went up a hill
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Llansilin in Powys
title: The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain text: Garth Hill. Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin in Powys. The Welsh Male Voice Choir used to provide background music throughout the film was, in fact, the London-based Gwalia Male Choir. The film is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background), and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous George Garrad (Ian McNeice) and his junior Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant). They arrive at the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw ( "Rough Fountain" or "Rough Spring" in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" – only to title: The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain text: The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain is a 1995 British film with a story by Ifor David Monger and Ivor Monger, written and directed by Christopher Monger. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well, in the old county of Glamorgan, and its neighbouring title: Hampton Loade railway station text: 75 years after being scrapped, it has been in the final stages of restoration back to its opulent Barry Railway condition for several years. The station has been used as the filming location for many films and TV programmes, including "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain", "Mad Dogs" and a 1970s serial. Hampton Loade railway station Hampton Loade railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line, close to the hamlet of Hampton on the western bank of the River Severn; Hampton Loade itself is on the eastern bank, and may title: Mynydd y Glyn text: Mynydd y Glyn Mynydd y Glyn is a mountain in South Wales, between the towns of Pontypridd and Tonyrefail. It has a height above sea level of 377 metres. It is the mountain which was used in "The Englishman who went up a Hill and came down a Mountain" in which Hugh Grant and Ian McNeice star as English cartographers. In the film the mountain is known as 'Ffynnon Garw'. In the story, set in the First World War years, written by Ifor Christopher and Ivor Monger, Welsh villagers are determined to stop their local mountain being downgraded to a title: English-language accents in film text: Green Was My Valley" (1941), set in Wales but filmed in California, director John Ford avoided depicting the Welsh accent by casting British and Irish actors who spoke with Irish accents. For the British film "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain" (1995), director Christopher Monger sought to capture the accent onscreen by having actors Colm Meaney, Tara FitzGerald, and Ian Hart trained to sound like denizens of South Wales. In 2005, when Welsh-born actor Catherine Zeta-Jones encouraged Welsh singer-songwriter Charlotte Church to hide her native accent in pursuit of an acting career, Welsh film