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Huge cranes get to work outside skeletal Gwrych Castle as Welsh landmark is transformed into a medieval campsite for the second consecutive year ahead of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
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Work continued in earnest on Monday as a builders prepared Welsh landmark Gwrych Castle and its adjacent 236 acre estate ahead of the new series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
The Grade I listed 19th-century country house, located near Abergele in picturesque Conwy County, north Wales, will play host to the long-running ITV show for the second consecutive year due to travel restrictions surrounding its usual home on Australia’s east coast, currently in the midst of another coronavirus lockdown.
New images from the site show the castle’s skeletal exterior walls as cranes, vans and an accompanying litter of building equipment converged nearby, ready to transform the are into a suitable campsite for this year’s yet to be announced celebrity contestants.
Here we go: Work continued in earnest on Monday as a builders prepared Welsh landmark Gwrych Castle and its adjacent 236 acre estate ahead of the new series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
ITV bosses are facing a scramble against time to renovate the dilapidated building – which is now closed to the public – and its surrounding areas ahead of the new series expected to begin in November.
The reality show, which usually films in the Australian jungle, was forced to relocate to the dilapidated Grade I listed castle following fears Australia could shut its borders because of the ongoing pandemic.
Hard at work: New images from the site show the castle’s skeletal exterior walls as cranes, vans and an accompanying litter of building equipment converged nearby
Imposing: The site will serve as a dramatic backdrop when the new series gets underway this coming November
Out of bounds: The estate is currently closed to the public while work continues to transform the site into the much-loved I’m A Celeb set
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