Where was The Bridge filmed? Filming locations for the new Channel 4 reality series

The cast of the new reality show The Bridge

Channel 4’s new reality show, The Bridge has proved to be a big hit with viewers after its drama-filled first two episodes.

The new show sees 12 strangers attempt to build an 850ft bridge over the course of 20 days, with a £100,000 prize fund.

The show captures the group battling tough physical labour, rationing food, and living in the wilderness.

The contestants live together in a remote cabin in the woods, in a wilderness setting in the UK - but where is the show filmed?

Here’s all you need to know

Where is The Bridge filmed?

The Bridge is filmed in North Wales in the Llyn Brenig reservoir located on the border between Denbighshire and Conwy.

The lake is a popular fishing location, with the surrounding area also popular for cycling and walking.

The official Llyn Brenig website advertises a lake “stocked with rainbow trout”, with only fly fishing allowed.

Steve Handley, Channel 4 commissioning editor, said: “Filmed in the backdrop of the wide open spaces of the glorious UK countryside that many of us have been dreaming of in recent months this entertaining and utterly engaging new reality series is bound to start many conversations about just how far we would each go to secure £100k.”

How was the show filmed?

The show was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, with the 12 contestants having to self-isolate for two weeks before filming the show.

Speaking to The Express, contestant Rowan, gave an insight into the filming process and said: “It was apparently during summer. It did not have summer vibes whatsoever.

We must have just been on the cusp of autumn because the whole Love Island summer vibe of, ‘Yeah, let’s walk around in swim shorts and have drinks by the lakeside’. No, none of that.”

The contestants lived together in rustic wooden cabins in the North Wales area, and had to use wood from the forest and basic tools to build the bridge.

Conditions for the contestants were made tougher with food having to be rationed, meaning the reality show documents them challenged with tiredness and hunger as they attempt to build their walkway.

Tara told the Express the conditions were difficult to adjust to. She said: “It was really harsh, and I can only assume as the episodes go on you’re going to see that more.

There was one shot of the food in all the jars but actually the reality is once that food was gone, it was gone.”

Tara added that the weather conditions were also difficult to deal with: “It was really, really cold. We obviously weren’t expecting the weather to change so drastically like it did.

When we were in the isolation period before the filming began there was some kind of heatwave going on outside.

So, we were stuck in individual hotel rooms isolating to get into our very much needed covid bubble and there was a heatwave.”

How many episodes will there be?

There will be five installments of the show.

Each episode is broadcast on Sunday evenings at 9pm on Channel 4.

The two episodes have been already broadcast and are available to catch up on via All4.

Where was The Bridge filmed? Filming locations for the new Channel 4 reality series - and when it’s on TV