King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Produced by: Warner Brothers Pictures/Safehouse Pictures

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Katie McGrath

This blockbuster from writer/director/producer Guy Ritchie, and starring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, was filmed at several iconic locations in the epic British landscape, including the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.

Young Arthur, unaware of his royal lineage until he grabs Excalibur, is instantly confronted by the sword’s influence. Joining the rebellion, Arthur, along with a shadowy young woman named Guinevere, must learn to understand the magic weapon, deal with his demons, and unite the people to defeat the dictator Vortigern, the man who murdered his parents and stole his crown to become king.

King Arthur’s Cave is a prehistoric cave standing in the shadow of Great Doward near Symonds Yat along the Wye Valley, with protected sorbus trees hanging over the cave's entrance. The cave is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and rises about twenty five feet high, with its entrance is large enough for a man on horseback to ride in and out of. Between Biblins and Monmouth, on the pathway along the riverside, you can find undulating ground within the trees, behind which looms a massive wall of carboniferous limestone rock. This setting is used in King Arthur for a council scene, featuring the glorious woodland all around in all its beauty, with Hart’s-tongue fern prettifying the slightly stark scene. In another scene, the high limestone cliffs of the lower Wye Valley at Lancaut can be seen as boatmen row across the River Wye.

Below, you can watch a section of the film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, showing some of the locations in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley. Fast forward to 1:09 to see King Arthur's Cave and the Doward in a key scene:

You can also read more about the myths and legends of King Arthur's Cave here.