Landscapes, parks and nature

Five categories in the running as National Trust Wales competition returns with new format for 2015.

Interested in learning new conservation management skills through hands-on work-based experience? Then a series of taster days run by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Named in 1948 in honour of the 5th Marquess of Bute, Bute Park lies at the heart of Cardiff and was originally gifted to the people of Cardiff to enjoy this 56 hectares of green, open space. It provides historical and wildlife interests within the park boundaries of Cardiff Castle grounds; a

Wales’s museums, libraries and other heritage and environmental organisations are being offered the chance to give their fundraising a major boost.

Swansea’s best kept secret – a forgotten walled garden - could once again be enjoyed by the people of Swansea thanks to the thumbs up from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

This coming week, The National Lottery turns 20. As part of these celebrations, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is looking back at the achievements of its innovative Landscape Partnership programme.

To date, HLF has funded Landscape Partnership projects in Scotland covering an area seven times the size of the Isle of Skye. Two hundred square kilometres, on the edge of the Cairngorm National Park - an area famous for its distilleries - is the latest to benefit from this innovative approach to landscape conservation.

HLF has recently awarded over £20,000 to projects in Anglesey, which will ensure the repair of the memorial village clock in Gwalchmai, expand and revitalise Holyhead’s Maritime Museum and fund a programme of commemorative events in Beaumaris. Jennifer Stewart, Head of HLF, Wales said, “We want to

What will be the biggest project in the garden’s history aims to uncover the origins of Middleton Hall – the 568-acre estate that the garden now occupies – and to tell the story of more than 250 years of East India Company influence that shaped the landscape of this part of Wales. It was announced

I was first attracted to applying for a role as a Committee member because HLF looks at heritage in its broadest sense. It includes landscapes, people, language and it also covers the whole of Wales. I know how important it is that heritage in all its forms across Wales is protected so this was a

The work of our CommitteesOur committees meet four times a year and take decisions on requests between £100,000 and £2million. They also provide crucial local perspectives and a steer on priorities for larger grants and targeted initiative decisions which come before the UK Board. Members will have

Dr Manon Antoniazzi, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales, introduces some new research which makes worrying reading for anyone interested in the state of Welsh parks. Parks and green spaces are for everybody. The Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Parks for People scheme, which has invested