Gnoll Estate Country Park
client - Neath Port Talbot Council
value - £12m
duration - 53weeks
*live project
Architect – Hiraeth
Engineer – Jubb (Structural) McCann (Services)
Surveyor – NPTC
The works are designed to enhance facilities within the park for regular visitors, bringing out the historic significance of the park. Works include:
- The demolition of the current ageing visitor centre
- A new fully accessible two storey visitor centre encompassing a modern café with stunning south facing balcony views across the lake, event, meeting and conference facilities and a dedicated children’s soft play space.
- The introduction of an exciting new woodland adventure playground designed to be a destination attraction for children and families.
- Pond cottage restored and brought back into use.
- Consolidation and repair works to the Gnoll House ruins.
- Restoration work on the park’s spectacular and historic water Cascades.
- The installation of information and interpretation across the site detailing the history of the park and its cultural and historical importance to the area.
- Extensions to the recreation and walking routes area via a new bridge linking the park with the adjacent Brynau Farm, a wildlife haven of 57 hectares of Woodland Trust land that is perfectly placed on rolling hills next to Gnoll Estate Country Park.
- The transformational project will also involve landscaping, parking and other improvements.
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