Parc Penallta near Caerphilly is the site for Wales’ heavist Easter Egg type installation…
“Breaking the Mould” by Andrew McKeown was installed in approximately 2000 as part of the Groundwork Organisation’s “Changing Places” programme whereby 21 projects on former industrial sites through out England and Wales were developed for the community for the 21st Century. Each one of these projects having their own sculpture.
The sculpture is set in the splendid Parc Penallta, formerly a mining tip linked to the nearby Penallta Colliery. There are other sculptures nearby including an entrance feature by Andrew Rowe. More on these later.
Enjoy the Easter Egg sculpture in the Gallery here.
Eisiau diwrnod allan i’r holl deulu’n rhad ac am ddim?
Dewch i Ffair Nadolig Menter Caerffili ym Maenordy Llancaiach Fawr ar y 30ain Tachwedd 2008.
Bydd yna gweithgareddau celf a chrefft i blant, dros 30 o stondinau gan fusnesau lleol, perfformiadau gan ysgolion lleol ac ymweliad gan Sion Corn!
Dyma’r manylion:
30ain Tachwedd 2008,
11yb-4yh Maenordy Llancaiach Fawr, Nelson
Mynediad am ddim
Nid oes llawer o lefydd i barcio yn Llancaiach Fawr, felly bydd Bws Wennol am ddim yn rhedeg o Somerfield, Nelson, i’r Ffair.
Menter Caerffili is a charity whose main objective is to promote the Welsh Language in the Communitites of Caerphilly County Borough. Our Christmas Fair at Llancaiach Fawr Manor is an excellent day out for the whole family and entry is free! There’ll be free arts and crafts activities for children, performances by local schools, a chance by buy unique gifts and foods from over 30 local businesses, and a visit from Father Christmas in his sleigh!
Here are the details:
30th November 11am – 4pm
Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Parking at Llancaiach Fawr is limited, but we will run a free shuttle bus from Somerfield, Nelson.
Easily Wales’ most DRAMatic sculpture is Andy Hazell’s Wheel of Drams near the Hengoed Viaduct, Maesycwmmer, a village near Caerphilly.
Andy Hazell was commissioned to create a landmark sculpture to celebrate the refurbishment of the Hengoed Viaduct and its inclusion into the National Cycle Network. Wheel of Drams is a dramatic eight metre high circular sculpture of six curved steel coal drams that commemorate the original haulage companies that operated on the goods line that passed over the viaduct. The circular shape also represents the move from the route being used by coal drams to bicycles.
Although this is an eye-catching landmark sculpture it is slowly being obscured by trees growing in front of it.
See the Full Set of Photos here
A feathery delegation from Aberdare Park’s Ministry of Silly Walks recently flew southwards to Caerphilly to discuss a possible ‘twinning arrangement’.
The Aberdarian delegation were keen to tread carefully near Caerphilly Castle, home to a much larger population of Canada Geese and other wild fowl.
Caerphilly Castle is one of the largest fortresses of its type in Europe and was built around 1268.
The local population of wild birds enjoy a spectacular backdrop and are very proud of their own brand of Silly Walks.
