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  • About
  • Contact
  • What you can do
  • Green Maps
    • Morriston Green Map
    • Pontarddulais Green Map
    • Gower Green Map
    • St Thomas and Port Tennant Green Map
    • Penderry Green Map
    • Central Swansea Green Map
    • Green Spaces Green Map
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    • Digital Streams >
      • Digital Streams Loughor
      • Digital Streams Tawe
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      • Digital Streams 4
    • Sustainability Trail
    • 2012 Awards >
      • 2010 Awards
    • Carbon Footprinting 2010
    • Trailblazers 2012
    • Trailblazers 2015
    • Bont Byw 2011
    • Eastside Project 2013
    • Penderry Project 2014
    • City Centre project 2015

Penllergare Valley Woods
A restoration project to develop a great community resource

Penllergare Valley Woods is a beautiful former parkland and gardens, created by John Dillwyn Llewelyn, the famous local horticulturalist and pioneering photographer, as part of his private estate. The 100 hectare, Grade II registered landscape includes a rich variety of trees, shrubs and exotic plants, two lakes and a waterfall.

Today, it is a recreational green space in the surrounding urbanisation and managed by the Penllergare Trust, an independent charity. With community engagement and sustainability at its heart the Trust is leading the restoration of the site, protecting and enhancing the diversity of wildlife while providing for free and quiet enjoyment by local people and visitors.

A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s ‘Parks for People’ programme will enable the Trust to offer a range of activities, including regular tours of the Woods, as well as training and volunteering opportunities.


Sustainability Themes:

Biodiversity
Community Action
Education and Training (ESDGC)
Healthy Lifestyle
Built Heritage


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There is free access for walkers but slopes, uneven ground and sudden drops require care and limit access for wheelchairs. A self-guide leaflet for the way-marked trails and an e-guide on the historic features are available on the website.

Visiting schools and community groups should contact the Penllergare Trust in advance to arrange a visit. There is a classroom with toilet facilities available for school groups who book onto the ‘Wild for Woods’ programme.

There are volunteer opportunities with this Trail project.

Location: Valley Woods lies between Cadle and the A48 with main entrances from the Penllergaer Council office car park, or near the Pitstop Café, both off the A48, at Parc Penllergaer off the A483, or via Cadle Mill, off Pentregethin Road. Bus routes include X13 (Tesco Fforestfach and Parc Penllergaer) and 141 (Penllergaer Council Offices).
Main Contact: Jennie Eyers
Telephone: 01558 650416
Email: jennie.eyers@penllergare.org
Website: www.penllergare.org