A series of roadshows to promote the beauty of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has received a £1,000 boost, Picture: Jean Vaughan, Caerfai Bay A series of roadshows to promote the beauty of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has received a £1,000 boost from a local housebuilder. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Trust is organising the roadshows to encourage people to look more closely at the special qualities of the county’s beaches - and learn how to look after them. The trust has received a £1,000 grant from Persimmon Homes West Wales to help pay for equipment including microscopes, information boards and leaflets. The donation comes as part of Persimmon’s Community Champions scheme.
Estate agents across the region have reported booming sales with houses bought within days of being listed. Persimmon Homes is also feeling the demand with 57 of its 93 homes on the first phase of its Merlins Lane development sold or reserved. The first properties were only released for sale in July last year in the midst of a UK-wide lockdown. It all leads to west Wales being dubbed strong contender for the hotly contested title of pandemic Britain’s craziest housing market”. “I think there are multiple reasons for the clamour but, for me, the main reason is coronavirus has made people re-evaluate their lives and what their homes mean to them, said Sharon Bouhali, sales director at Persimmon Homes West Wales, whose development site at Scarrowscant Lane will be made up of 170 two, three and four-bedroom homes.
Rominy Colville, of Sport Pembrokeshire, said: We are extremely grateful to Persimmon for this generous donation. Our aim is to develop a change culture around the importance of being physically active as families. We will also be targeting children with disabilities across the county, providing adaptive and sensory equipment to engage them with physical activity alongside parents and carers at home. We’re keen to extend the project to other clusters and age groups, particularly targeting disadvantaged children and families. This funding will help us do just that. Sport Pembrokeshire creates partnerships with schools, community clubs, governing bodies and facilities to promote sport to target groups.
The old Afan Lido site in Aberavon is to be covered with 137 new homes
The development on the site of the once hugely popular attraction will be made up of two, three and four-bedroom houses as well as flats
The site of the former Afan Lido complex in Aberavon (Image: South Wales Evening Post)
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