• This year you have helped us achieve…

    Christmas greetings from all of us here at the Snowdonia Society. Here are a few of the things you have helped us achieve during 2015:
    a major campaign on Conwy Falls and Fairy Glen; a successful new programme of events at Tŷ Hyll thanks to…

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  • Perseus & Pleiades, Cwm Dolgain

    Snowdonia becomes an International Dark Sky Reserve

    In Abergynolwyn on December 4th, it was announced that Snowdonia is now an International Dark Sky Reserve, the tenth in the world.

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  • 20% off

    Discounts for Snowdonia Society Members

    Did you know that Snowdonia Society members benefit from generous discounts from some of our Business Members? Apart from the 20% offered in the Tŷ Hyll tearoom and at Cotswold Outdoor, you can also benefit from discounts on accommodation and training sessions.

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    January Volunteer Workdays

    Volunteers workdays for the month of January. Includes list of upcoming events at Ty Hyll.

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  • Snowdonia National Park budget slashed again

    While National Parks in England celebrate the Chancellor’s announcement of a flat budget, the budget for Snowdonia and other Welsh National Parks for 2016/17 face 5.3% cuts on top of savage cuts in the last two years.

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  • Conwy Falls in full spate

    Conwy Falls – an appeal from our Director

    Dear Friends, Please help with this important campaign to save a special place. The threat to Conwy Falls and the Fairy Glen SSSI in Snowdonia and the campaign to save them has brought together a great diversity of organisations and individuals. We think Conwy Falls and the Fairy Glen SSSI are worth saving…

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  • Businesses offer a ‘superfix’ for Snowdonia

    Welcome to our two new Business Members, Swn-y-Dŵr Holiday Cottage and Superfix Supplements who have shown their commitment to protecting and enhancing the wonderful landscape of Snowdonia with its diverse wildlife by becoming Business members of the Snowdonia Society.

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  • Snowdonia coffee morning

    Coffee morning, Bethesda, Sat 12 Dec

    An opportunity to have a chat about our work, enjoy homemade cakes and mince pies galore. Snowdonia Society Christmas cards and our unique Seeds for Bees for sale; a tombola with books about Snowdonia, local paintings and all sorts of other intriguing items.

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    December Volunteer Workdays

    Volunteers workdays for the month of December. Includes list of upcoming events at Ty Hyll.

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    Give back to Snowdonia on Giving Tuesday!

    Do you benefit from Snowdonia’s superb scenery, wildness and opportunities for adventure? Why not give something back by making a donation to the Snowdonia Society, or taking part in our volunteer workdays? With threats to special places like the Conwy Falls and Fairy Glen and ever increasing problems of litter, Snowdonia has never needed your help […]

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  • Maria in training

    Maria is running 5k to protect Snowdonia

    And has already doubled her fundraising target! Maria Jones is well on her way in her training to complete a personal 5k challenge. Hoping to raise £150, she has already more than doubled her target, with a current total of £320! The money raised will go towards the Society’s work of protecting and enhancing Snowdonia. As […]

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  • PUBLISHED: Review of Governance of Designated Landscapes in Wales

    Recommendations support our key points Following our submission of written evidence to the panel on both stages of this important review, we are pleased to see that the recommendations support key points we made in our evidence (read our submission), in particular that National Park Authorities should retain their full planning responsibilities and that there is no need […]

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  • Salmon ladder at conwy falls

    Save Conwy Falls and Fairy Glen

    Please sign this PETITION to stop the damming of the river Conwy. Conwy Falls and Fairy Glen (an SSSI) are a much-loved focal point for locals visitors, nature-lovers, anglers, and kayakers and are seriously threatened by a major hydro-electric development by RWE, a giant multinational energy company.

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  • Rhododendron: an ecosystem perspective

    Snowdonia Society volunteers have worked tirelessly for years to combat Rhododendron ponticum in Snowdonia, more specifically in Nant Gwynant.  What is so bad about this plant with beautiful pink flowers? What are the impacts of the plant itself, and of our efforts to control it?

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    A year in the life of the Snowdonia Ecosystem Project

    We presented this video update about the fantastic work of the Snowdonia Ecosystem Project’s volunteers at Saturday’s AGM​ (17th October 2015)​. If you missed it (or would like to watch it again) here it is!​ A big thank you to all our volunteers for all their fabulous work over the year.  

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  • Walkers in Snowdonia

    Navigation training, Sun 22 November

    Spaces still available And don’t forget to check this month’s events at Tŷ Hyll, which include a Litter Pick on the nearby footpaths, a Woodland Workday and a Winter Wildlife Activity day. Owain is always keen to welcome new volunteers to his volunteer workdays, eg November includes Yellow Azalea Control and a Welsh-learners Rhododendron Clearance […]

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  • John Harold receives proceeds

    Gareth’s great garlic wins £310 for Snowdonia

    The 6th Moriarty Thomas Garlic Growing Challenge has been won by Dr Gareth Jones, from Tregarth, who has nominated the Snowdonia Society to receive the proceeds. The challenge is held annually at the Douglas Arms, Bethesda, as a charity fundraising event in memory of John Moriarty, who was a very keen mountaineer and whose widow […]

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  • Fabian4 triathlon team

    Fabian4 Mountain Challenge raises £1,667

    A massive thank you to the Fabian4 Dyffryn Conwy Mountain Challenge team for organising such a great event (13th September), which raised over £1,300 towards the Snowdonia Society’s work. In addition, Snowdonia Society Director, John Harold, raised £367 in sponsorship from his team entry, making a total of more than £1,667! John is very grateful to […]

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  • View from Snowdon summit

    Managing Snowdon seminar

    The Snowdonia Society is pleased to support this excellent initiative. SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY press release   Managing Snowdon On Monday night, November 9th, weeks of consultation on the future of Snowdon reaches its climax. In a seminar at the Victoria Hotel in Llanberis, Monday, November 9 at 18.30, more than 80 people will meet to […]

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    Vacancy – Member – Snowdonia National Park Authority

    Closure date is 5th November. The Authorities’ meetings are usually held in the Snowdonia National Park area.  Full details Role description What will You be Expected to Do? National Park members are responsible, individually and collectively, to the Welsh Government for providing effective leadership for the National Park Authority, for setting its policy and for ensuring […]

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