Forgotten Landscapes  

The Forgotten Landscape Project will help conserve and restore the built features that create the historic character of the landscape and natural landscape features around Blaenavon.  Access into the wider landscape will be improved and high quality information on the area’s important cultural heritage and wildlife made available to visitors. The project encourages people to become involved in their heritage landscape, to learn more about it, contribute to ideas about its future and to enjoy it!   Heritage Lottery Fund Wales has provided £50,000 to fund the development of the project.

The project, which originated from a small number of interested organisations led by Gwent Wildlife Trust and Torfaen County Borough Council, will cover over 40 square kilometres round Blaenavon.

Through a strong local partnership approach it will bring tremendous benefits for local people, farmers, the business community and visitors. It could bring significant long term benefits for the management, preservation and presentation of the historic industrial landscape.

Final Project Submission Documents

• Audience Development and Access Plan
      AD&AP Appendicies

• Landscape Character Study Summary

• Landscape Character Study   (Large document - 35Mb)

• Landscape Strategy

• Education and Training Plan

The slides from a Project Update - May 2008

• Go to our information page for links to downloads of detailed information on the project and its development.
   

• See a map of the project boundary or download a detailed version.
   

• Juggling your environment - a youth consultation event.
   

• The Project Presentation made to the Full Partnership. This explains the origin and justification for the projects that were presented to the full Partnership Group plus the cross cutting links to strategic polices and a draft budget.

If you have an interest in the landscape around Blaenavon and would like to be involved in the project please contact: Steven Rogers.  Phone:  01633 648582            Email: steven.rogers@torfaen.gov.uk Post:  Forgotten Landscapes,  c/o Torfaen County Borough Council, Countryside Section, County Hall, Cwmbran.  NP44 2WN

This project is also supported by the Welsh Assembly Government, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency Wales.