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Denbighshire Countryside Service work to improve the special landscapes, wildlife and heritage of Denbighshire and the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and also help people to enjoy and appreciate their environment.  They manage over 32 Countryside Sites as valuable places to visit and protect, some of which are nationally or internationally designated.

The Countryside Team provide an integrated Service including; conservation, biodiversity, archaeology, education, interpretation, events, sustainable tourism, access, landscape strategy, funding applications, environmental and building management.

This small team has completed numerous projects that contribute to sustainable living and encourage respect for our environment. The achievements are showcased in an annual newsletter. These achievements would not have been possible without our partners and the extraordinary volunteers who give freely of their own time, skills and enthusiasm.

Events

Out & About in Denbighshire’s countryside

The 2010 essential guide to guided walks, activities and conservation tasks in Denbighshire’s Countryside offers even more experiences to suit even more people.

This year is a celebration year as the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty celebrates it’s 25th birthday and 200 years has passed since the foundation stone for the Jubilee Tower was laid at the summit of Moel Famau. Keep an eye out for special events and visit www.jubileetower200.co.uk.

Please book to participate in any of our activities during the 7 days running up to the event. If you can’t attend please let us know as we usually have a reserve list of people waiting to join us.

We hope you enjoy getting Out & About in Denbighshire’s outstanding countryside.

• A Window on 1950s Llanarmon and Llanferres - A Community Film project

  05.05.2010

  Sixth form students at Ysgol Bryn Hyfryd are working with community film makers, Lal and Huw Davies, to make a TV discussion-type programme contrasting the life of modern-day teenagers in Ruthin, with the lives of local teenagers in the 1940s and 50s.

  

  This is the culmination of the WH Crawford Community film project that has been running since 2005, following the interest generated by showings of Mr Crawford’s original cine-films.

  Mr Crawford was a remarkable gentleman who had the foresight and expertise to make a series of cine-films during the 1940s and 1950s. His films contain a substantial amount of material about rural life at this time.

  Sixteen students studying the Welsh Baccalaureate watched the original films and interviews and talked directly to some of the older residents. Each student then made their own short film about an aspect of modern-day teenage life in the Ruthin area. Volunteer students from the A level Media course decided to take it one stage further and produce a TV discussion programme talking to older residents who had appeared in the original films of the 1950s about aspects of life today compared with 50 years ago.

  

  Film maker Lal Davies summarises the project, "We wanted to build on the students' previous experiences and create a TV studio atmosphere for them to work in. The students chose from roles such as presenter, interviewer, camera crew and assistant editors. We also had invaluable assistance in welcoming our guests and working studio lighting. We filmed a discussion style format that will be edited into two half-hour programmes. All the students rose impressively to the enormous challenges this project brought and the end result will be a great complement to the ongoing interpretation of the original W.H.Crawford footage."

  Bryn Hyfryd are the third local school to be involved in this exciting project that is funded by the Clwydian Range AONB Sustainable Development Fund, Cadwyn Clwyd and the Film Agency Wales.