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Our Aim is to celebrate, conserve, and enhance
Victoria Square
as a place of freedom, recreation & enjoyment for all

Hello Visitor

Please browse what we've got to offer, and then follow us throughout the year as we add more information from our current and upcoming projects, events and other exciting things we'll be doing at The Square.

We are National Lottery Heritage Fund*Welsh Government*,

& Community funded.

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We are working in collaboration with:

Vale of Glamorgan Council*,

All Saints Church*

& The Community of Penarth.

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About Us

About Us

Friends of Victoria Square is a local Community Group, dedicated to Caring for Victoria Square, Penarth, and developing a variety of projects based around such themes as preservation, conservation, nature & gardening.

We also exist as a way of helping The Community of Penarth better use, understand and appreciate this local green-space.

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We are a sub group of: The Penarth Civic Society*

Welcome to our Website &

please... Get Exploring!

Whether you are viewing this because you're at at Victoria Square, Penarth, and want to know more about what you're looking at, or you're not there but curious about our work, (and maybe looking to Visit Us soon) and want to know more... here are some handy pointers to exploring the areas of this website, that will help you to navigate and understand the physical site.

If you are looking on information on the work we do then go to

 

 

 where you'll find pages about our Physical and Activity projects, covering everything from Arboreal to Wildlife, as well as how we work with local authorities and other community groups, perform conservation work and work for and with the community around us.

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If you're wondering about the animals. plants, trees and other natural wonders of The Square you can find everything we can tell you about all the different types here. From wildlife to wildflowers, trees, fungus and even its more domesticated users...

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Explore Us

We are a Volunteer Group

Have we intrigued you enough that you might wish to

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Why not

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There's lots of things you can do with us, from helping out at the site, to attending MEMBER EVENTS

There's options for people of all skill levels, interests, time constraints, knowledge levels and experiences. You don't need any previous experience in anything we do,as you can come and learn from us.

Find our more here.

Don't Want to Join Us?

Then why not

We often do things the public can Get Involved with without being a member, such as:

>Coming soon for 2023

We work for the public and with the public to create a unique and interesting location that can be enjoyable in different ways throughout the year.

Location

For details about how to get to us via transport links, as well as other information such as Parking Facilities, Accessibility etc. see our Visit Us page.

Victoria Square is located in Penarth, Wales. CF64 3EL.

It is a public green-space owned & overseen by

The Vale of Glamorgan Council*

(with a section owned by Church in Wales: All Saints Church*).

It is part of the Penarth Conservation Zone*.

News & Events

News & Events

For current News about our our projects, activities and upcoming Events (including Members' & Public and Cross-Community) please visit the following:

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Latest issue: Spring 23

Attended an Event?

We may be asking for Feedback.

Click here for the latest Feedback Forms.

Gallery

Visit our Gallery Pages for more photos, videos & audio clips relating to our work,

as well as artwork and other contributions created by our members.

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Friends of Victoria Square is a sub-group of The Penarth Civic Societyand are covered by their charity number 1182348*

Unless stated otherwise, all information on this website is ©2019-Present Friends of Victoria Square.

The content of this website is created & managed by volunteer members of FoVS.

With thanks to Emma Cahill of Socially Aware for creating the initial site and training our volunteers in how to edit it.

*Friends of Victoria Square are not responsible for the content of external websites, documents or other items we do not have specific control over but choose to link to in good faith.

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 & working in collaboration with:

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Last Site Update 19/12/23

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