Cefn Mawr's Heritage

 

Keep Wales Tidy has been busy lately working with local residents and Wales Probation Trust clearing vegetation, litter and flytipped material from some of the footpaths and old walls and masonry in and around Cefn Mawr, Wrexham. Some of the walls date back 250 years and are associated with Cefn Mawr’s industrial heritage (in fact the area was one of the regions that kick started the industrial revolution!). Keep Wales Tidy in Wrexham will be carrying out a lot more of this type of community related work in the coming months clearing miles of footpaths in and around Cefn Mawr, Newbridge and Rhosymedre

 

New Year Projects

 

As this is the first blog of 2013 I thought I would highlight two groups Keep Wales Tidy has recently been working closely with in Wrexham who are actively engaged clearing vegetation and litter in preparation for the spring planting season. The first group, The Friends of St Mary’s Church in Chirk, are a group who have over the years transformed a country church cemetery by placing nest and bat boxes, planting wildflower meadows, building habitat piles and clearing footpaths creating in the process a rich and vibrant habitat for wildlife. The group has in the past received grant assistance and help from Keep Wales Tidy for tools and equipment which has helped with much of their work.

Friends of St Mary's, Chirk

Keep Wales Tidy has also been working  with volunteers and staff from CAIS and Chirk Community Forum. We’ve been busy clearing the Chirk’s memorial garden of litter and old vegetation in readiness for some planting local residents with Keep Wales Tidy plan to do this February – Amazingly we managed to collect fill 25 bags of green waste which will be composted by Wrexham County Borough Council. Many thanks to all from CAIS who worked tirelessly to complete the task in cold freezing conditions!

 

 



CAIS voluntees busy at Chirk Memorial Garden



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep checking this blog for regular updates on Keep Wales Tidy’s work in Wrexham