Elan Live

Friday, 24th January

Live view of Caban Coch dam from our Visitor Centre

Upcoming events

Elan's Human Heritage Exhibition

6 January 2020

A look at how the Elan Links Partnership is celebrating Elan’s human heritage, how the valley has been influenced by humans, and humans influenced the valley, through the artists in residence sche

Elan Links : Lower Plant ID and Survey Training

11 February 2020

The fourth in a series of 5 sessions learning how to identify mosses, liverworts, ferns and lichens.

Planetarium Shows

16 February 2020

Join the University of Aberystwyth on an exciting planetarium journey of our Universe.

Four FREE Shows at 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm.

News Archive

EYES ON THE NIGHT SKY – FEBRUARY 2020

Welcome to Eyes on the Night Sky for February. We are now well into the New Year and there are still a couple of months of long, dark nights to enjoy the wonders of the night sky. In this month’s edition, we will look at which planets can be easily discovered, learn about some pleasing conjunctions and seek out a couple of stunning star clusters.

Changes to Visitor Centre and Café Opening Times w/c 20 January 2020

This week we will be installing new equipment in the turbine hall, this will allow the visitor centre to be fed electricity directly from the Caban Coch hydroelectric turbine.

GOLWG AR WYBREN Y NOS: IONAWR 2020

Croeso i rifyn Ionawr o Golwg ar Wybren y Nos. Yn gyntaf, hoffem ddymuno Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i holl syllwyr y sêr gan obeithio y bydd gan 2020 ddigon o wybren glir ar gyfer y telesgopau newydd mae’n bosib eich bod wedi derbyn y Nadolig hwn. Y mis hwn, fe fyddwn yn darparu uchafbwyntiau diddorol i chi eu darganfod gyda’ch llygaid noeth, ysbienddrych a thelesgopau.