AONB Guides

Congratulations to the newly qualified Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB Guides.

This is the fourth year that the AONB has brought people together from in and around the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley to learn about the special qualities of this outstanding landscape.

The AONB Guide Course is for those who want to learn more about the culture, heritage, biodiversity and working landscape of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley – so that they can pass this on to others as ambassadors for the area as well as enrich their own understanding of the protected landscape.

During the course the guides have visited archaeological sites with Fiona Gale, County Archaeologist, and explored the Alyn Valley with Ecologist Joel Walley and John Morris – the Ranger for Loggerheads. They have been out at 5 o’ clock in the morning to watch black grouse and learn about moorland management and have been to the livestock market in Ruthin to talk to farmers.  They have also been learning some key Welsh phrases. 

These are the things that make up the special landscape of this area.

Six guides completed the course this year and a presentation event was held at County Hall Mold.

Here are the guides with AONB Partnership Chairman Andy Worthington. Llongyfarchiadau mawr i chi gyd.