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19 Nov 2011 17:31
Woodland Trust marks National Tree Week with a major investment in protecting one of Wrexham’s key beauty spots
Programme starts with a free opportunity to learn the age-old woodland craft of hurdle making, on 26 November
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National Tree Week runs from 26 November to 4 December, and the Woodland Trust will mark the week by kicking off an £80,000 investment in protecting and improving the popular Plas Power Woods, near Coedpoeth, Wrexham, making use of generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Cory Environmental Trust in Britain (CETB). The work is aimed both at enhancing and protecting the wood, and at helping and encouraging visitors to make more and better use of it.
Offa’s Dyke, the 8th century earthwork built to mark the boundary between Wales and the Kingdom of Mercia, runs through the site and is clearly visible. The work includes removing shrubs and trees from Dyke to make it more visible and to protect it.
Plas Power will gain its own natural maze, made of timber felled while restoring ancient woodland at Plas Power that had been planted with non-native conifers in the past.
There will be new on-site interpretation to tell the story of the woods and their place in the landscape, including panels that can be changed with the seasons. There will be MP3 sound files of guided walks that can be downloaded to smart phones. And, in time, a series of DVDs will be produced to promote the woods to different audiences, at tourism information centres, GP surgeries and local schools.
Finally, there will be a series of free events in the wood, including a bluebell walk in the spring and a traditional hurdle making course on 26 November. This event is free and open to everyone, but booking is essential by ringing James Kendall on 07714 310478.
Kylie Jones Mattock, the Woodland Trust’s Site Manager at the woods, says: “Plas Power is already one of the Woodland Trust’s most visited sites in Wales, attracting around 27,000 visits every year. The woods are a wonderful asset for the local area, a haven of peace and beauty less than two miles from the centre of Wrexham. I’m delighted that the generous support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Cory Environmental Trust in Britain is allowing us to make the site even more special and encourage even more people to come to enjoy it.”
The Heritage Lottery Fund is contributing £50,000 towards the cost of improvements at Plas Power Woods, while CETB is providing £30,000.
Like all Woodland Trust woods, Plas Power is open to the public for free. It has its own website, which will include details of forthcoming events and how to get involved at woodlandtrust.org.uk/plaspower
Coed Cadw’n dathlu Wythnos Genedlaethol y Coed gyda buddsoddiad sylweddol mewn diogelu un o drysorau cudd Wrecsam
Mae’r rhaglen yn dechrau gyda chyfle i ddysgu’r gcrefft gyntefig o wneud clwydi, ar 26 Tachwedd
Mae Wythnos Genedlaethol y Coed yn rhedeg o 26 Tachwedd tan 4 Rhagfyr, a bydd yr Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) yn ei dathlur trwy ddechrau buddsoddiad gwerth £80,000 yn diogelu a gwella Coedlan boblogaidd Plas Power poblogaidd, ger Coedpoeth, Wrecsam, gan wneud defnydd o grantiau hael gan Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri a Ymddiriedolaeth Cory Environmental ym Mhrydain (CETB). Bwriad y gwaith yw g wella a diogelu'r goedlann, a helpu ac annog ymwelwyr i wneud mwy o ddefnydd ohono.
Mae Clawdd Offa, a godwyd yn yr 8fed ganrif i farcio’r ffin rhwng Cymru a Theyrnas Mersia, yn croesi’r safle ac mae o i’w weld yn glir yna. Mae'r gwaith yn cynnwys symud llwyni a choed o’r Clawdd er mwyn ei ddiogelu, a helpu bobl i’w weld yn gliriach.
Fe gaiff Plas Power ddrysfa naturiol, wedi'i wneud o goed gwympwyd wrth adfer coetir hynafol yn y Plas Power a oedd wedi'u plannu gyda choed conwydd yn y gorffennol.
Fe fydd adnoddau dehongli newydd ar y safle i adrodd hanes y goedwig a’i le yn y tirwedd, gan gynnwys paneli y gellir eu newid gyda'r tymhorau. Bydd ffeiliau sain MP3 o deithiau tywys y gellir eu llwytho i lawr i ffonau call. Ac, mewn amser, cynhyrchir cyfres o DVDau i hyrwyddo'r goedwig i gynulleidfaoedd gwahanol, mewn canolfannau gwybodaeth i ymwelwyr, meddygfeydd ac ysgolion lleol.
Yn olaf, trefnir cyfres o ddigwyddiadau am ddim yn y coed, gan gynnwys taith gerdded clychau'r gog yn y gwanwyn a chwrs g wneud clwydi traddodiadol ar 26 Tachwedd. Mae'r digwyddiad hwn yn rhad ac am ddim ac yn agored i bawb, ond rhaid neilltuo lle ymlaen llaw drwy ffonio James Kendall ar 07714 310478.
Dywed Kylie Jones Mattock, Rheolwraig y Safle ar ran Coed Cadw: "Mae Plas Power yn un o safleoedd mwyaf poblogaidd Coed Cadw yng Nghymru yn barod, yn denu tua 27,000 o ymweliadau bob blwyddyn. Mae'r goedwig yn gaffaeliad gwych ar gyfer yr ardal leol, yn hafan o heddwch a harddwch, a hynny llai na dwy filltir o ganol tref Wrecsam. Dwi'n falch iawn bod cefnogaeth hael Cronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri ac Ymddiriedolaeth Cory Environmental ym Mhrydian wedi’n caniatáu ni i wneud y safle yn well byth ac i annog hyd yn oed mwy o bobl i ddod i’w fwynhau. "
Mae Cronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri yn cyfrannu £50,000 tuag at gost y gwelliannau, tra bod Ymddiriedolaeth Cory Environmental ym Mhrydian yn darparu £30,000.
Fel pob Coedlan Coed Cadw, mae Woodland Plas Power ar agor i'r cyhoedd am ddim. Mae ganddo ei gwefan ei hun, a fydd yn cynnwys manylion y digwyddiadau a sut i gymryd rhan. Y cyfeiriad yw woodlandtrust.org.uk/plaspower
Notes to Editors:
For media enquiries contact:
Rory Francis (Publicity and Public Affairs Officer for Wales) on 08452 935 738 or 07760 171174, Afallon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3RH Email roryfrancis@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Or Angharad Evans, (Campaigns Officer Wales in Cardiff) on 08452 935 735 or 07774 122802
Or The Woodland Trust Press Office email media@woodland-trust.org.uk or Tel 01476 581121
Coed Cadw (The Woodland Trust)
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading charity championing native woods and trees. It has 300,000 members and supporters. The Trust has three key aims: i) to enable the creation of more native woods and places rich in trees; ii) to protect native woods, trees and their wildlife for the future and; iii) to inspire everyone to enjoy and value woods and trees.
Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres). These include over 100 sites in Wales, with a total area of 1,580 hectares (3,900 acres). It offers free public access to nearly all of its sites. The Trust’s Welsh language name, “Coed Cadw”, is an old Welsh term, used in medieval laws to describe protected or preserved woodland.
Cory Environmental Trust in Britain
Cory Environmental Trust in Britain (CETB) is an Environmental Trust set up under the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) (formerly known as the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme) under the Landfill Tax Regulations 1996. Their funds are derived as a result of a tax placed on waste that is sent to landfill. CETB fund projects that bring benefit to local communities and which are within a ten-mile radius of Hafod landfill site at near Wrexham.
For information on ICET contact Angela Haymonds on 01753 582513 or email ajhaymonds@cetbritain.freeserve.co.uk.
Mae croeso i’r cygfryngau gysylltu â:
Rory Francis (Swyddog cyfathrebu) ar 08452 935 738 neu 07760 171174, Afallon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3RH roryfrancis@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Neu Angharad Evans, (Swyddog Ymgyrchoedd Cymru yng Nghaerdydd) ar 08452 935 735 neu 07774 122802
Neu Swyddfa’r Wasg Coed Cadw ar media@woodland-trust.org.uk neu ffôn 01476 581121
Coed Cadw (The Woodland Trust)
Coed Cadw yw’r brif elusen yn y DU sy’n siarad dros goedlannau a choed. Mae ganddo 300,000 o aelodau. Mae gan y mudiad dri amcan allweddol, sef: i) galluogi creu rhagor o goedlannau brodorol a lleoedd sy’n frith o goed, ii) diogelu coedlannau a choed brodorol a’r bywyd gwyllt sy’n gysylltiedig â nhw at y dyfodol a iii) ysbrydoli pawb i fwynhau a gwerthfawrogi coedlannau a choed. Sefydlwyd Coed Cadw (neu’r Ymddiriedolaeth Coedlannau gynt) yn 1972. Erbyn hyn mae’n gofalu am dros 1,000 o safleoedd, gydag arwynebedd o 20,000 hectar (50,000 erw). Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys dros 100 o safleoedd yng Nghymru, gydag arwynebedd o 1,580 hectar (3,900 erw). Mae’r safleoedd hyn bron i gyd ar agor i’r cyhoedd. Fe fabwysiadodd Coed Cadw ei enw Cymraeg yn 2000. Hen derm Cymraeg yw enw Cymraeg y mudiad,“coed cadw” a ddefnyddiwyd yng nghyfreithiau’r Oesoedd Canol i gyfeirio at goedlannau a warchodwyd yn arbennig.
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