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Out & About 2016 in the Clwydian Range & Dee Valley AONB and Denbighshire’s Countryside Our 2016 programme offers a range of ways Symbols to enjoy the stunning landscape and heritage Where you see this symbol please book to participate in our of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley events during the 7 days running up to the event. This ensures Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and we have enough staff available for the event. If you can’t attend please let us know as we usually have a reserve list of people surrounding countryside. waiting to join us. £ Event charges vary throughout the programme and parking charges also apply at some of our countryside sites. Guided Walk Symbols – don’t forget to dress for the weather and terrain and bring refreshments. Easy Short walk on a hard surfaced route or accessible family activity Average some steep sections and loose surfaces Difficult long and strenuous, uneven, steep terrain Dogs are not generally allowed on guided walks. Contact us Grid Reference Help – www.gridref.org.uk Denbighshire Countryside Service Put the grid reference into the search box, and you will be Loggerheads Country Park, Denbighshire, CH7 5LH provided with a map. 01352 810586 / 614 We welcome feedback and comments. loggerheads.countrypark@ Please forward your comments, ideas and suggestions denbigshire.gov.uk to [email protected] denbighshirecountryside.org.uk clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk ridenorthwales.co.uk Check us out on social media • Denbighshire Countryside Service • Clwydian Range & Dee Valley AONB • Loggerheads Country Park • Ride North Wales • Little Terns 02 Out & About 2016 Out & About 2016 03 Limestone Legacy Little Terns at During the Lower Carboniferous Gronant Dunes (around 350 million years ago) Little Terns are one of our rarest much of the area now known as breeding seabirds. We are Wales was covered by a shallow fortunate that Gronant Dunes tropical sea, teaming with life regularly attracts over 100 pairs such as corals, molluscs, crinoids of little terns each year. and echinoids. A major five year partnership, These creatures died and settled on funded by the EU LIFE+ Nature the lime-rich mud on the sea floor, Recovery Programme and made up and over millions of years thick of 11 organisations, aims to secure accumulations built up to eventually the future of the little terns in the UK. form the special limestone areas we By working together with local see today in Denbighshire, the communities and beach users, we spectacular Eglwyseg Escarpment, can ensure this little seabird will Bryn Alyn, Loggerheads, Graig Fawr, continue to visit our shores. Moel Hiraddug, Eyarth Rocks – a During the breeding season, Tern landscape rich in geodiversity, Wardens will be on site to provide biodiverstity and industrial heritage. information or find out more by visiting www.littleternproject.org.uk Out & About has a number of events that will help you to discover our fantastic limestone heritage. 04 Out & About 2016 05 Saturday 26 March 30 April - 1 & 2 May 11:00 - 14:00 Llangollen Walking Festival Pontcysyllte Adventure Guided Walk www.llangollenwalkingfestival.co.uk Meet: Pontcysyllte Visitor Centre Come and explore Pontcysyllte World 07 & 08 April Heritage Site. Walks last approximately 10:00 - 15:00 1 hour. To book a place or for more Dry Stone Dyserth information contact: 01978822912. Meet: Dyserth Waterfall Car Park Two days walling in a scenic spot on side of Moel Hiraddug. 27 & 28 March 10:00 - 15:00 Wednesday 13 April Wednesday 09 March Saturday 26 March Easter Egg Hunt 10:00 - 12:00 10:00 - 12:00 11:00 - 13:00 Meet: Plas Newydd Under the Aqueduct Duck Race Lots of Easter fun in the beautiful Chirk Castle guided walk Meet: Trefor Basin Car Park / SJ 272423 Meet: Plas Newydd grounds at Plas Newydd, Llangollen. Meet: Chirk Castle Ticket office Join us for a spring walk along the Lots of fun down in the dell at Plas Find the Easter Eggs with the secret Come and enjoy a walk with the warden banks of the Dee. Newydd, can your duck be first past the letters to claim your prize. at Chirk Castle. post? Prizes for winners. Organised by £ £2.50 Bryn Collen Primary School PTA. Wednesday 16 March £ £1 per duck 28 March - 3 April Saturday 16 April 10:00 - 13:00 All day 11:00 - 14:00 Moel Famau Circular Pontcysyllte Guided Walk Saturday 26 March Loggerheads Easter Trail Meet: Bwlch Pen Barras Car Park Meet: Pontcysyllte Visitor Centre 11:00 - 15:00 Meet: Loggerheads Country Park Join Wrexham Walks for a 6.5 mile Easter Trail at Coed Moel Famau Lots of Easter fun and excitement at Celebrate World Heritage Day and circular walk around Moel Famau Meet: Coed Moel Famau Car Park Loggerheads Country Park. experience some Welsh World Heritage enjoying the magnificent views over the An Easter trail around Coed Moel Famau on our Family Friendly Pontcysyllte Clwydian Range. No dogs please. with a chocolate treat at the end. £2 per Guided Walk. Walks start at 11am and Tuesday 29 March 2pm and will last approximately 1 hour. child, all proceeds to the National Urdd 10:00 - 12:00 To book a place or for more information Eisteddfod Appeal. Eggcase Hunt Wednesday 23 March £ Meet: Lower Gronant Car Park contact: 01978822912. 10:00 - 16:00 SJ 090836 Dee Valley Walk Search for mermaids purses at Gronant Meet: Main Car Park Corwen Dunes - annual monitoring of sharks, Walk the new Dee Valley Way. 13 mile skates and rays. In walk. Transport will be provided back conjunction with from Llangollen to the start of the walk, NWWT. please book to ensure availability. 06 Out & About 2016 Out & About 2016 07 Sunday 24 April Wednesday 04 May 15 - 17 May 10:00 - 13:00 10:00 - 15:00 Prestatyn Walking Festival Willow Sculptures Tern Fencing www.prestatynwalkingfestival.co.uk Meet: Plas Newydd, Llangollen Help us to prepare the summer home Using the flora and fauna found in the for the little tern. Ring 01745 356197 for Saturday 21 May beautiful dell as inspiration, come along further information. All Day and help weave willow into larger than Excalibur Event Meet: Moel Famau Country Park Sunday 17 April life sculptures. Thursday 05 May 14:00 - 16:00 08:00 - 10:00 Excalibur will test you to the limit. Run or Picnic at the Falls £ £4 Early Morning Exercise 2 walk the marathon, half marathon or Meet: Llantysilio Car Park SJ157425 Meet: Loggerheads Country Park 10k. www.conquerexcaliber.org.uk Join us at the beautiful Horseshoe Falls Thursday 28 April and find out more about the area with 08:00 - 10:00 Early Morning Exercise 1 our Horseshoe falls quest app. Meet: Loggerheads Country Park Saturday 07 May Sunday 22 May Download the app before you come, Get going early this Spring with a series 11:00 - 15:00 10:00 - 12:00 search Horseshoe Quest. Orienteering and Badgemaking of early morning walks that will last for Woodcarvers Meet: Y Caban, Plas Newydd around 1.5 hours. Dogs on leads Meet: Plas Newydd, Llangollen Wednesday 20 April Drop in to see how quick you can finish Come to the stunning grounds of Plas 09:30 - 12:30 welcome. our family orienteering challenge. Newydd and watch woodcarvers create Chirk Rail Walk Meet: Wrexham General Station beautiful and intricate carvings and Join Wrexham walks for a rail walk from Wednesday 11 May adults can have a go. Monday 02 May 20:00 - 22:00 Chirk to Oswestry. Meet at 9.25 to catch 10:00 - 15:00 Bwlch y Groes guided walk Sunday 22 May the 9.42 train to Chirk at Wrexham May Day Duck Race Meet: Glyndyfrdwy layby, opposite the 14:00 - 16:00 Meet: Loggerheads County Park General station. Return by bus from Butterfly Man / SJ157425 Romans and Victorians linked by lead Support local scouts on this fun Oswestry. Train / bus fare applies, no Enjoy an evening walk with spectacular Meet: Dyserth Falls Resort / family day. dogs please. views of the Dee Valley and Vale of SJ05618003 Clwyd. Meet in the layby opposite the Explore a Roman bathhouse and Butterfly Man in Glyndyfrdwy for a lift up. Victorian Cornish engine house, all built 23 & 24 April to link in with lead extraction from the 10:00 - 16:00 limestone of Prestatyn Hillside and #MTBMeetup beyond. Meet: Coed Llandegla Thursday 12 May 08:00 - 10:00 The original social MTB gathering Early Morning Exercise 3 returns to Oneplanet Adventure. Meet: Loggerheads Country Park Whether you’re a regular rider or new to mountain biking, there will be something for all the family. For further information: @MTBMeetupUK MTBMeetup www.mtbmeetup.uk 08 Out & About 2016 Out & About 2016 09 Friday 27 May Saturday 04 June Wednesday 15 June 11:00 - 13:00 11:00 - 16:00 10:00 - 12:00 Meet the Gardener A Hundred Years Ago Eglwyseg guided walk Meet: Plas Newydd, Llangollen Meet: Ruthin Gaol Meet: Llangollen Pavilion Car Park Guided walking tour of gardens and dell In 1916 the Gaol closed, come and hear Come and find out about the fantastic at Plas Newydd with our gardener. the stories of the wardens and prisoners wildflowers that grow on the limestone of those last months. Included in the escarpment. Meet in the Pavilion Car Sunday 29 May admission charge. Park, Llangollen, for a lift up. 10:00 - 13:00 £4 Llangollen Circular £ Thursday 09 June Meet: Llangollen TIC 20:30 - 22:00 Join the Wrexham Walkabout group for 5th - 11th of June Nightlife at Moel Famau Wrexham Walking Festival a 7 mile circular walk in the countryside Meet: Coed Moel www.walksinwrexham.com around Llangollen, with great views of Famau Car Park / the Dee Valley.