Fun activities for the whole family have been arranged in Denbighshire over the coming weeks.
Forest Fun – Monday, August 10- 1.30pm-3.30pm
Enjoy forest craft activities with the Forest Education team at Loggerheads Country Park. Age 5+
(This event is repeated on Monday, August 17 and Monday, August 24- same time and location).
Countryside Chaos- Tuesday, August 11 – 1pm-4pm
Drop-in craft activity for all the family. Meet at the Tea Garden, Loggerheads Country Park.
(This event is repeated on Thursday, August 13, Wednesday, August 19 and Wednesday, August 26 – same time and location).
Volcanic Eruption – Tuesday, August 18 – 1.30pm-3.30pm
Become a genius geologist. Meet at Corwen Leisure Centre car park. For ages 8+
Magical Moorland – Tuesday, August 25 – 11am-3pm
A day of activities and talks about our magical moorland including a guided walk in the purple clad Clwydian Range. Meet at Loggerheads Country Park.
Volcanic Eruption – Thursday, August 27 – 1.30pm-3.30pm
Become a genius geologist . Meet at Brickfields Pond, Rhyl. For ages 8+
To book a place at any of these events, please phone 01352 810614.
These events have been arranged by Denbighshire Countryside Service and funded by the Countryside Council for Wales.
A series of events have been organised to get people out and about in Denbighshire during August to enjoy some breath-taking scenery and learn about the county’s special landscapes and wildlife.
Geodiversity of the Clwydian Range: Thursday, August 13 – 10am-4pm
A nine mile hike to discover the geodiversity of Moel Arthur and Penycloddiau. Meet at Moel Arthur car park. Please book.
Bat Bonanza -Thursday, August 13 – 8pm-10pm
A two mile walk to explore the bat life in Coed Moel Famau using bat detectors. Meet at Coed Moel Famau car park.
In the Footsteps of Darwin – Thursday, August 20 – 10am – 5pm
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth with a 10 mile hike to visit some of the sites he visited in 1831. Meet at Llantysilio Green car park near Llangollen. Please book.
Bilberry Picking – Thursday, August 20 – 10am-3pm
A gentle three mile stroll up Moel Famau to pick juicy berries. Bring a container for your berries. Meet at Moel Famau top car park. Please book
Magical Moorland – Tuesday, August 25 – 11am-3pm
A day of activities and talks about the magical moorland including a guided walk in the purple-clad Clwydian Range. Meet at Loggerheads Country Park.
Extraordinary Eglwyseg and Offa’s Dyke Path – Wednesday, August 26 – 10am-5pm
A 10 mile hike with narrow paths and steep drops to discover the wonder of Eglwyseg and World’s End. Meet at Panorama Road lay-by near Trevor Quarry.
Bat Bonanza – Thursday, August 27 – 8pm-10pm
Explore the nightlife of Loggerheads Country Park. Use the bat detectors on this gentle one mile stroll and learn about how these fascinating creatures live.
For those events that you need to pre-book, please phone 01352 810614.
These events have been arranged by Denbighshire Countryside Service and funded by the Countryside Council for Wales.
Meet the infamous inmates who were once housed at Ruthin Gaol – and ask them questions and find out if they were sorry for their crimes.
Costumed re-enactors will play the parts of real prisoners who were incarcerated at the Gaol. Hear their sorry tales and the punishments they received for their crimes.
This family oriented event will take place at Ruthin Gaol on Thursday,13 August between 11am and 4pm.
There’s no need to book and events are free after paying general Gaol admission fee – £3.50 for adults, £2.50 for concessions and £10.00 for a family ticket.
For further information please phone 01824 708281 or e-mail curatorialmanager@denbighshire.gov.uk.
Come along for a summer of family fun at the splendid Grade 1 listed Nantclwyd y Dre in the heart of historic Ruthin.
Denbighshire County Council is organising various events during August.
7 and 8 August, 11am – 4pm: Archaeology is FUN! Simulated dig for children with Denbighshire’s Community Archaeologist, plus time line activity and garden tour. Free.
14 August, 2-4pm: Teddy Bears Picnic – bring your favourite teddy bear and a packed lunch to the garden. All children must be accompanied by an adult. £1 (Teddy goes free!)
21 August, 11am-4pm: Traditional Lawn Games – croquet, garden dominoes and a variety of other games will be available. Free.
For further information please contact heritage@denbighshire.gov.uk or telephone 01824 708281
Are you looking for something fun and informative for the kids to do this summer holiday? Then why not bring them along to the beach for games and activities all about marine wildlife!
This August, Denbighshire Countryside Service is running two marine fun events on the beach at Rhyl packed with fun games to teach children all about the weird and wonderful creatures that live in the sea.
The events are taking place on Tuesday, August 4 at 2pm and on Thursday, August 27 at 10am. Meet on the beach opposite the lifeboat station.
Please book a place through Kate Taylor, Denbighshire’s Biodiversity Officer on 01824 708234. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Rhyl Week presents a series of Seaside Specials at the Open Air Theatre in the Drift Park on Rhyl Promenade, thanks to funding from Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly Government Strategic Regeneration Funds.
Every Sunday, from 26 July until 30 August (with the exception of Sunday 2 August), Rhyl will see the return of traditional free seaside entertainment. The programme will run from noon until 4pm and will include The George Formby Entertainers, playing all your favourite Formby numbers, variety acts such as puppetry, magic, accordion playing, sing-a-longs and bucket loads of nostalgia.
Special acts will be featured, including A & B Duo, (keyboard player with female vocalist), David Wren (former Cruise Ship entertainer), Guyathrie Perez (International Singer and former winner of the Young Singer of the World competition at Llangollen International Eisteddfod), David Fall (International magician and entertainer) and Alison Nadin (puppeteer and ventriloquist)
For further information, and a copy of the programme, please contact Rhyl Tourist Information Centre on 01745 355068 or Coastal Entertainments on 01745 330668.
Visitors to Denbighshire this July will witness ghosts of the past in the form of early-medieval foot soldiers in full battle order with pack-horses marching on the Clwydian Range back to their camp.
Along with fun activities, exhibitions, events and guided walks to celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology in Denbighshire, Cwmwd Iâl will be marching along the top of the Range to Loggerheads where their supporters and families have set up camp.
The group portrays the Cymric men and women living in and around the commote of Iâl in north east Wales in the 10th and11th centuries (AD900-1099). Iâl was the Welsh stronghold in and around the Clwydian Range at this time.
This event will kick off the celebrations for the Festival in Denbighshire on Saturday 18th July; the soldiers marching on the hills on the Saturday, arriving at Loggerheads in the late afternoon. The camp will be at the Country Park on Saturday and Sunday 18th and 19th July 11am-4pm (limited display on the Saturday and a full arena programme on Sunday, including the chance for children to train as Viking Age warriors).
Visitors will witness the warriors bringing to life both the turbulent and the typical times of the early medieval period, along with sights, smells and sounds, cooking, crafts and combat.
The weekend will also include exciting activities. Kit yourself out as a Cymric warrior and make your own shield, helmet and ‘blingtastic brooch’ with Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust along with a mystery artefact quiz…
Other Family Fun events to celebrate the Festival in Denbighshire include:
Wednesday 22nd July- Funky Fossils at Loggerheads Country Park
Sunday 26th July- Awesome Archaeology at Plas Newydd, Llangollen
Tuesday 28th July- Funky Fossils at Corwen Leisure Centre car park
Saturday 1st August- Armour, Artefacts & Action at Ruthin Gaol
Guided Walks for the Festival in Denbighshire include:
Tuesday 21st July- Dr Johnson I presume! Meeting at Denbigh Library
Thursday 23rd July- Old Railways & Churches starting in Stamp
Tuesday 28th July- Hillforts, Heather & Wild Landscapes, Capel Hebron
Sunday 2nd August- Hiraethog Hidden Histories, Llyn Brenig
Tuesday 4th August- Church & State: Catherdral & Castle, St Asaph
An exhibition of Community Archaeology in north east Wales is now on show at Denbigh Library, Museum and Art Gallery until 25th July with exhibits of local archaeology and recent finds as well as images of local involvement in the fantastic archaeology of the region.
For further information and times for any of the events pick up a copy of ‘Out & About in Denbighshire’s Countryside’ from local attractions or download a copy from www.denbighshire.gov.uk/countryside.
The events are being organised by Denbighshire Countryside Service, the Community Archaeologist for north east Wales and the Heather and Hillforts Project. The three year Heather and Hillforts Project is developing a £2.3 million initiative for upland conservation work and has received a grant of £1.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. For more information please visit heatherandhillforts.co.uk.
A local website is coming to the rescue of children, young people (and their parents) who may find themselves at a loose end during the summer holidays.
YouthDen.com, the website for children and young people in Denbighshire, has compiled listings of events taking place all over the county. The website co-ordinator said, “The most common thing we are asked at YouthDen is for information about things to do, so we have put together a whole list of events and pastimes taking place this summer. They can be searched by venue, by age and by price and many of the events are free!”
Children and Young people visiting Youthden.com will also have a chance to enter a fabulous competition to win tickets for “Never Forget”, the musical featuring the music of “Take That” at the Rhyl Pavilion Theatre. Full details can be found by visiting www.youthden.com. For those who do not have the internet, free access is available at local libraries.
Looking for ideas to keep your children occupied over the holidays? Then look no further – ‘Quest Seekers’ is the 2009 Summer Reading Challenge taking place in all Welsh libraries this summer.
Ruth Jones, the new celebrity library champion for Welsh libraries, invites children to embark on a mystical adventure. She comments, “The Summer Reading Challenge is great fun and an excellent way to get your kids hooked on books. Your local library is a fantastic place to entertain the kids over the holidays – whether they are using the computers, doing craft activities or meeting their friends…and all for free!”
This year the Summer Reading Challenge theme is all about the power of the imagination, it will take young readers into a mysterious and wondrous land where they can discover the joy of reading and nurture a lifelong love for books.
Just sign up at your local library (it’s free!) and your children will receive a fabulous ‘moving image’ membership card and a special poster to keep track of their quest.
As a Quest Seeker your child will take part in three tasks: Firebird Rising, Mountain Mission and Dragon’s Lair. Each task involves reading two books and if they finish them all, their quest is complete and they will receive a certificate celebrating their achievement.
Log on to the Quest Seekers website – www.questseekers.org.uk and the adventure will really take flight! It’s your child’s chance to join in the games and activities, read some exclusive blogs from top authors – and there’s even a stomach-churning dragon ride!
The Summer Reading Challenge is a powerful national UK reading promotion supported in Wales by funding from the Welsh Assembly Government via CyMAL: Museums, Archives and Libraries Wales and the Welsh Books Council. Last year over 3,370 children in Denbighshire took up the challenge – more than in any other county in Wales.