Mixed but busy year for Tidy Town Team

* Volunteers of Llangollen Tidy Town Team enjoy their annual Christmas dinner at the Wild Pheasant Hotel and Spa. 

2024 was a year of mixed results for Llangollen Tidy Town Team, according to its co-ordinator David Davies.

In his annual report he says: "We have continued our maintenance duties in the town square throughout the year including upgrading the corner area with more locally supplied slate. 

"The area between the Tourist Information Centre and Town Hall benefitted from a major tidy-up and we participated in the erection of the Town Christmas tree.

"Having finalised the St John’s Wood project last year we were pleased to see all the fruit trees planted had successfully taken but benefited from some maintenance and care.

"We spent substantial time at another fruit tree project area, planted in partnership with Canal & Rivers Trust years ago, clearing invasive growth to allow access and tree care.

"Litter continues to be a problem in two areas, on the Panorama and along the roadside from the Old Tip into town. We collected 35 full sacks from just these two areas this year.

"We were pleased to participate yet again in another successful Town Christmas Festival offering our traffic control and light switching on skills."

Mr Davies adds: "Regretfully some of our regular tidy-up activities this year had to be cancelled due to the delays and mis-management of the Four Great Highways Project by DCC. This project has further urbanised our town with more roadside furniture in the shape of another variety of tourist information signage and the multitude of trip hazard direction plates set into the pavements. 

"In the absence of maintenance, much of the planting on the 'wharf bank' has died and the part of the project to replace the broken and untidy fencing along the wharf access slope appears abandoned.

"The Team is very grateful and wish to say a big thank you to Llangollen Town Council and all our local supporters, both business and personal, for their support and encouragement of our efforts in 2024 of over 400 hours of work during the year.

"Our supporters include: Llangollen Town Council, Keep Wales Tidy, Llantysilio Community Council, McDonalds (Chirk), Gwyn Morris (Gardening), AJP Couriers, Kenrick Motors, Garden Railway Event, Riverbanc, S&G, AF Blakemore (Spar), Horse Drawn Boats, local residents, closing funds Rotary and Gardening clubs.

* For details of the Tidy Town Team, contact David Davies, co-ordinator, at: yand.davies@gmail.com