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  • Rhaeadr y Cwm, one of Eryri’s most iconic waterfalls is threatened once again

    Posted on 30 November 2023

    Cwm Cynfal is a place that has inspired storytellers, artists and poets over a millenium. It is one of Eryri’s most majestic waterfalls. But now it is being threatened once again by a hydro-electric scheme that would see the river dammed and as much as 70% of the water diverted around the waterfall.

    Three times already over the past thirty years plans have been submitted for a hydro-electric scheme in Cwm Cynfal. Three times they have been either refused or withdrawn. But now developers are set to make a further application and they are currently concluding a pre-application consultation which comes to an end on 24 November.

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  • Care for Snowdonia 2022

    Posted on 12 June 2022

    Help make a difference during your visit to Snowdonia this year: Plan a safe trip / Discover new places / Protect Snowdonia.

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  • Christmas cheer for nature in Snowdonia thanks to fundraisers 

    Posted on 14 December 2021

    A fantastic outcome thanks to our generous supporters.

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  • Snowdonia supporters, we need you!

    Posted on 26 July 2021

    We’ve been shortlisted for this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge with our proposed Nature Recovery Snowdonia campaign. Help us reach our target!

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  • Big Give campaign pledges to double online donations to the Snowdonia Society

    Posted on 19 April 2021

    Don’t miss this opportunity to have your donation to the Snowdonia Society doubled during the week of 22-29 April 2021.

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  • Sustainable parking and transport plans in motion for Snowdonia’s honeypots

    Posted on 3 February 2021

    The Snowdon Partnership is consulting on its draft strategy to improve access and connectivity in the Yr Wyddfa and Ogwen areas of Snowdonia National Park with the support of Transport for Wales.

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  • Cynllun Eryri: Ambitious new plans for Snowdonia National Park

    Posted on 24 November 2020

    The Snowdonia Society will help to deliver a new and ground-breaking long term Plan for Snowdonia.

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  • Lifelines: rural phone boxes

    Posted on 7 September 2020

    One more piece of rural community infrastructure is once again threatened with removal by BT in the form of the familiar telephone box at Carrog, Dyffryn Conwy.

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  • No toilets in the mountains?

    Posted on 14 August 2020

    A simple guide to planning your movements!

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  • Snowdonia Society features on BBC Radio Wales

    Posted on 3 August 2020

    Did you hear us on BBC Radio Wales last Sunday? If you didn’t manage to catch us on BBC Radio Wales’s Country Focus program last Sunday don’t worry, the program is available to listen to throughout August here. The program features the “welcome back volunteers”, a joint initiative between the Society, Snowdonia National Park Authority […]

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  • Launch of ‘Snowdonia, only better’ campaign – for a litter-free Snowdonia

    Posted on 30 July 2020

    As people return to Snowdonia in numbers the Snowdonia Society and its partners are launching an awareness campaign to take Snowdonia a step closer to becoming a litter-free National Park.

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  • Welcome back to the future

    Posted on 13 July 2020

    “As we welcome visitors back, we must focus on what we want from tourism”

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  • The Dwyryd Estuary a step closer to a cable-free future

    Posted on 3 July 2020

    The Snowdonia Society has been involved at each stage of the planning process to minimise the visual impact of electricity infrastructure in this beautiful part of Snowdonia.

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  • Cwm Cynfal: questions needing answers

    Posted on 20 December 2019

    Ghosts of past present and future meet in Cwm Cynfal

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  • Snowdonia Society flies the flag for curlews

    Posted on 17 April 2019

    Read about how we organised a day of activities as part of a national campaign to save the curlew.

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  • What we’ve learned about reducing single-use plastic

    Posted on 4 April 2019

    Things don’t always go to plan, as our latest magazine mailing demonstrates.

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  • A threat to traditional farming and the National Park brand

    Posted on 20 March 2019

    Intensive livestock unit proposal risks undermining Snowdonia’s special qualities

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  • Less haste, more speed for Llanbedr?

    Posted on 12 February 2019

    Planning application for new road at Llanbedr to be presented back to Planning Committee

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  • You win some…

    Posted on 20 December 2018

    Two recent planning decisions illustrate the scale of the struggle ahead

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  • A bridge too far

    Posted on 22 November 2018

    This 80ft pipe-crossing is just one of the causes for concern with Afon Cynfal hydro proposal.

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