Local MP Simon Hart is making a bid for Pembrokeshire to get special recognition for the starring role it has played in the latest Harry Potter blockbuster.

Freshwater West beach features prominently in both parts of the final instalment of the film franchise, the most recent of which broke all box office records in its opening weekend.

Now Mr Hart is hoping that the stunning scenery that led location scouts to South Pembrokeshire will be acknowledged by the industry.

"I have written to Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe asking him to endorse my bid to get the county a special mention for its "location work" – something along the lines of a BAFTA for best location is what I've got in mind," said the South Pembrokeshire MP.

"The new film opens with a shot of Dobby's grave and then a wonderful panorama of the Shell Cottage nestled in the sand dunes at Freshwater West and it really is stunning.

"We are very lucky that the beach features in both films. I visited the beach last weekend and someone had written in the sand "RIP Dobby" so it seems to have become a place of pilgrimage for Potter fans.

"I think it would be wonderful if the "location work" done by Freshwater West could be recognised with an industry award and I hope that Daniel Radcliffe will remember his time spent in Pembrokeshire and endorse my idea."