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In case you missed it…
Our Welsh language talk on the treasures of south Snowdonia is now available to watch again online.
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Sustainable parking and transport plans in motion for Snowdonia’s honeypots
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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Happy New Year from the Snowdonia Society
We wish all of our members, friends and supporters the very best for the coming year.
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Cynllun Eryri: Ambitious new plans for Snowdonia National Park
The Snowdonia Society will help to deliver a new and ground-breaking long term Plan for Snowdonia.
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Trees for the future
As you may be aware, The National Trust are planning to plant 20 million native trees over the next decade as part of their Woodlands Appeal Scheme. While increasing the overall coverage of trees is important of equal importance is the provenance of these trees. This is why the National Trust have started their own […]
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Watch our 2020 AGM online
View reports and presentations from the Snowdonia Society’s first-ever virtual AGM, held via Zoom with trustees, staff and dozens of members on Saturday 17 October 2020.
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In case you missed it…
John’s ‘Nature of the Carneddau’ talk is now available to watch online.
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Mending our Mountains: The PyG track, Snowdon
An even busier summer than usual, combined with periods of traditionally Welsh weather and the inability of footpath maintenance to take place during lockdown, has left the paths leading to the summit of Snowdon in a rather sorry state. Thankfully, a small team of our volunteers were on hand on the 23rd of September to […]
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“Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”
The mists may have given way to lashing rain at the moment, but this line from Keats’ poem, Ode to Autumn, has been in my mind awhile.
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Penceunant Café fuels Snowdonia Society volunteers on Eryri’s busiest mountain
Tea and bara brith kept our volunteers going during the busy summer period post-lockdown
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Socially-distant fell race raises £200 for the Snowdonia Society
The annual Gladstone 9 fell race in Dwygyfylchi went ahead last month under new COVID-compliant measures.
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A £4 million scheme comes at ‘critical time’ for the Carneddau’s heritage and local communities.
The Snowdonia Society is delighted to be both a core partner – helping to shape and govern the project – and a delivery partner – getting stuck in and helping to make things happen! We’ll be running walks, talks and volunteer events and supporting the partnership however possible.
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To our members: please complete this survey
The world looks rather different now, and that means we have even more need to know what you think. So please, if you can, fill in our online questionnaire here.
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2020 AGM Notice
Members of the Snowdonia Society are warmly invited to the 2020 Annual General Meeting which will be held online via Zoom Videoconferencing from 10:30am-12:30pm on Saturday 17 October.
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Volunteers back with a bang!
In March our volunteers had to down tools as lockdown began. By July they were back in action…
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Lifelines: rural phone boxes
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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Visiting Snowdon?
Snowdonia National Park Authority, and partners from the Snowdon Partnership, have designed an app to help you answer these and other important questions. It is GPS enabled and works offline allowing you to track your progress whilst you ascend. You’ll find links to useful information to help you make the most out of your visit.
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Should I put my litter in the bin?
Bins are expected in towns and cities where there are generally more resources available for regular emptying, recycling and disposal. That expectation, transferred to the mountains, lakes and valleys of Snowdonia, creates a problem of its own.
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National Park Authority to pilot pre-bookable weekend parking at Pen y Pass.
After reviewing the emergency measures put in place at Pen-y-Pass with its partners, Snowdonia National Park Authority will now build on the success of the changes by piloting a pre-booking system at Pen-y-Pass car park on weekends and bank holidays for the remainder of the summer.
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