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This Week at Elan

  • ** PLEASE CHECK OUR MAIN HOME PAGE FOR THE LATEST COVID-19 ADVICE **
  • Please note that due to a large rock fall, the railway cutting know as Devil's Gulch along the top part of the Elan Valley Trail (between Craig Goch Dam and Pen y Garreg Dam) is closed to all users until further notice.

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Educational programmes and activities in the Elan Valley

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Checklist of what to bring

 

Life cycle of a dragonfly

Life cycle of a great diving beetle

Pondlife identification key

Pondlife picture

Woodland minibeast identification key (English)

Woodland minibeast identification key (Welsh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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