{"id":593,"date":"2018-08-03T13:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/?page_id=593"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:29:33","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/en\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs align  wp-block-bcn-breadcrumb-trail has-text-color has-background\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\">\n\t<span><\/span>\n\t<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/en\/\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline Cool-Content-Timeline\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-19d99b4e-e5ac-4fb1-8940-0f9e2103875d\"><style>.cool-timeline-block-19d99b4e-e5ac-4fb1-8940-0f9e2103875d .cool-vertical-timeline-body{--ctlb-line-color: #000000;--ctlb-icon-bg: #448d9f;--ctlb-story-border-color: #448d9f;}<\/style><div class=\"cool-vertical-timeline-body ctlb-wrapper both-sided left\"><div class=\"cool-timeline-block-list\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>450 Million years ago<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2966\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-940x623.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Volcanic-Activity.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Rocks of Cwm Idwal are formed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Volcanic eruptions produce lava, ash and dust. Sediments gather on the bottom of a shallow ocean and compact over time to form rocks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>400 Million years ago<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2883\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-940x529.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2a-Devils-Kitchen-edited.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Tectonic collisions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The ancient Iapetus ocean is closed as the Laurentia and Avalonia tectonic plates move towards each other and collide. This caused the plates to buckle and fold under the pressure, forcing the earths surface upward, creating a huge mountain range. These folds are seen today in the Cwm Idwal syncline.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2.7 Million &#8211; 10,000 years ago<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-940x704.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pexels-willianjusten-21207306.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Ice Age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">A sequence of cold periods cover Eryri in ice and glaciers. The last cold period &#8220;The Ice Age&#8221; comes to an ed around 10,000 years ago and is responsible for the landforms we recognise in Eryri today.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>9,000 &#8211; 6,000 years ago<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GNGCI-389-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2970\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GNGCI-389-edited.png 561w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GNGCI-389-edited-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GNGCI-389-edited-500x274.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Mesolithic age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Evidence of people living in Cwm Idwal include tool parts made of quartz and remains of old hut circles.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2,500 BCE &#8211; 43 CE<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1874\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/111-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Bronze Age &amp; Iron Age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Change in agricultural and land use patterns. Development of a &#8220;Celtic&#8221; language and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>5th Century &#8211; 15th Century<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2972\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-940x532.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/857002.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Medieval Age<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Welsh Culture. The age of the Welsh Princes. Many place names and myth have their roots in these times such as Carnedd Llywelyn and Yr Elen, and the myth of Llyn Idwal.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1773<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232-940x629.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/165232-500x335.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Land Enclosure Act<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The rights of the common people are reduced and a significant change in agricultural patterns in Eryri. Land is &#8220;improved&#8221;, drains, walls and fences are built. People are forced to abandon the rural uplands for the towns and cities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1895<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1809\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_152016-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The National Trust is formed.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The National Trust was formed to care for nature, beauty and history for everyone. The Trust acquired their first property in the same year, Dinas Oleu near Barmouth.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1939 &#8211; 1945<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1811\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250319_151950.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Second World War<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Large demand to increase agricultural production during and after the war. Remains of eth Home Guard can still be seen in the landscape, including pillboxes and tank traps.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1949<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3001\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/P1010958.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">National Parks and Countryside Act<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">This establishes the Nature Conservancy body &#8211; a precursor to Natural Resources Wales. Opens the door to establishing National Parks in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1951<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo-APCE-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2978\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo-APCE-edited.png 515w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo-APCE-edited-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo-APCE-edited-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Eryri National Park is established<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Eryri National Park is established &#8211; the third in the UK to protect natural beauty and promote learning and enjoyment of the area by the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The lands of the Penrhyn Estate are transferred over to the National Trust.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1954<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2982\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-1536x1065.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-940x652.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234-500x347.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1234.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">National Nature Reserve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Cwm Idwal is designated Wales&#8217; first National Nature Reserve because of the geological features at the site and the rare arctic-alpine plants living there.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1970s<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1793\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Plot-ar-cwm-Idwal-Aug-71.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Grazing Plots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Small plots are fenced off in Cwm Idwal to prevent grazing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>1998<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2984\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250924_134017.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Grazing is abolished in Cwm idwal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Grazing sheep and cattle are abolished in Cwm Idwal as part of a log term experiment to observe the effect removing grazing pressure will have on the vegetation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2000<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2986\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-940x627.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1474998.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Countryside and Right of Way Act<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The act strengthens and extends the public&#8217;s rights of access.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2010<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3012\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSCF6613.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Cwm Idwal Partnership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Eryri national Park, the National Trust and Natural Resources Wales (Countryside Council for Wales) agree to for a partnership to better interpret, educate and care for Cwm Idwal<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2013<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NRW_logo_Colour_stack_Rounded-No-Background-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2071\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NRW_logo_Colour_stack_Rounded-No-Background-1.png 594w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NRW_logo_Colour_stack_Rounded-No-Background-1-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/NRW_logo_Colour_stack_Rounded-No-Background-1-500x354.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Natural Resources Wales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The Countryside Council of Wales, the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission join to create Natural Resources Wales. They ensure that Wales&#8217; natural resources are sustainably maintained, enhanced and used, now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2020<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2988\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag-940x627.png 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EU-Flag-500x333.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Brexit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">The UK leaves the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-right\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2020-2021<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2990\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1000013412.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Coronavirus Pandemic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Access to Cwm Idwal is closed during the Covid lockdowns. Significant change in the visits to Cwm Idwal following the end of lockdown. Cwm Idwal becomes more popular than ever partly due to the influence of social media.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-timeline-content-timeline-child swiper-slide\"><div class=\"timeline-content icon-false \"><div class=\"timeline-block-timeline ctl-row  position-left\"><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-time\"><div class=\"story-time\"><p>2024 &#8211; <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-block-icon\"><svg stroke=\"currentColor\" fill=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"ctl-6 timeline-block-detail\"><div class=\"story-details\"><div class=\"story-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large ctlb-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1803\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.cwmidwal.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tormaen-Crymddail.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ctlb-block-title\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Natur Am Byth Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ctlb-block-desc\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">Natural Resources Wales launch the Natur Am Byth (Nature Forever) project to help endangered species across Wales. 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