North Wales Wildlife Trust
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The North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) ({Welsh
: Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru) is the Wildlife Trust
for North Wales
. Established in 1963 it has over 5,000 members.http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/northwales/membership.html Its head office is located in Bangor
, Gwynedd
and its eastern office is located within Loggerheads Country Park in Denbighshire
.
Aims of the North Wales Wildlife Trust are:
It has local members branches (who organise and lead local walks, talks and meetings) in the following areas:
The trust manages the following 33 nature reserves (6.5 km² in total):
The Trust also manages other sites on behalf of corporate bodies on the Wrexham Industrial Estate
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
: Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru) is the Wildlife Trust
The Wildlife Trusts partnership
The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...
for North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
. Established in 1963 it has over 5,000 members.http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/northwales/membership.html Its head office is located in Bangor
Bangor, Wales
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
, Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
and its eastern office is located within Loggerheads Country Park in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
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Aims of the North Wales Wildlife Trust are:
- To conserve North Wales' wildlife for the future.
- To increase the understanding of North Wales' wildlife and its natural environment.
- To apply this knowledge of practical wildlife conservation in our nature reserves and elsewhere throughout North Wales.
- To enhance the enjoyment of and access to North Wales' wildlife by members of the public.
It has local members branches (who organise and lead local walks, talks and meetings) in the following areas:
- AngleseyAngleseyAnglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
- ConwyRiver ConwyThe River Conwy is a river in north Wales. From its source to its discharge in Conwy Bay it is a little over long. "Conwy" is sometimes Anglicized as "Conway."...
Valley - ArfonArfonArfon was one of five districts of Gwynedd, Wales, from 1974 to 1996.It was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 from part of the administrative county of Caernarfonshire, namely the municipal boroughs of Bangor and Caernarfon, the Bethesda urban district, the rural districts...
- DenbighshireDenbighshireDenbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
- Meirionydd
- WrexhamWrexhamWrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...
& Dee Valley - Mold Group
The trust manages the following 33 nature reserves (6.5 km² in total):
- Abercorris
- Aberduna
- Big Pool Wood
- Blaen-y-Weirgloedd
- Bryn Pydew
- Bryn Lane
- Caeau pen y clip
- Caeau Tan y Bwlch
- Cemlyn
- Coed Cilygroeslwyd
- Coed Crafnant
- Coed Porthamel
- Coed Trellyniau
- Coed-y-Felin
- Cors Bodgynydd
- Cors Goch
- Cors-y-Sarnau
- Gogarth (with a trust shop on the summit complex of the Great Orme)
- Gors Maen Llwyd
- Gwaith Powdwr
- Maes Hiraddug
- Marford Quarry
- Mariandyrys
- Morfa Bychan
- Nantporth
- Pisgah Quarry
- Porth Diana
- Rhiwledyn
- the Spinnies
- Three Cornered Meadow
- Traeth Glaslyn
- Y Ddol Uchaf
- Y Graig
The Trust also manages other sites on behalf of corporate bodies on the Wrexham Industrial Estate
- Bryn Lane
- Abbey Road