During Sir Peter Luff’s visit to Wales, he’ll take in Grade II listed buildings, stunning green parks and gardens, as well as experience budding young filmmakers’ takes on the life of prominent Welsh women’s rights campaigner, Lady Rhondda.

Key activities Sir Peter will be enjoying over his two day trip include:

• Viewing a number of Cardiff Castle’s opulent, highly decorated rooms including the Winter Smoking Room, the Nursery, Lord Bute’s Bedroom and the Roof Top Garden – not to mention a walk along the battlements and air-raid shelters.
• Touring the extensive mature parkland of Bute Park and Arboretum, uncovering a wealth of horticultural knowledge. All hidden within this Grade 1 listed park which includes a broad mix of historical landscape, urban woodland, sports pitches, arboretum and a river corridor.  He’ll also be meeting apprentices, funded by the HLF grant.
• Meeting Pontypridd High School Students who have been onsite at the Ynysangharad Park Lido undertaking accredited training in a range of traditional skills, as well as catching up with the friends of the Lido group and enjoying their short memory films from the lido’s past.

As well as welcoming Sir Peter to the team this year, we’re also celebrating our 21st birthday here at HLF - and of course continuing to fund a wide range of heritage projects across the UK. To date, thanks for money raised by National Lottery players, we’ve funded projects to help protect over 1,800 buildings in Wales – the equivalent of 78 times the number of bookshops in Hay-on-Wye!

Wales marks the sixth stop on Sir Peter’s visit to all 12 regions and countries stretching right across the UK.

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