Penarth Civic Society
Cymdeithas Ddinesig Penarth
formerly The Penarth Society
Welcome to Penarth Civic Society
The Penarth Civic Society focuses on the heritage, people and future development of the town of Penarth, South Wales.
We are an independent, non-political, voluntary organization, constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organization (RCN 1182348). The Society campaigns for the protection and enhancement of our beautiful town, with its important heritage and cultural life, as well as creates, develops and runs projects that are beneficial to the town, covering such topics as Historical recognition, research and preservation, Environmental monitoring, conservation and improving, and the Adaption and integration of modern needs and facilities into the cultural and historical makeup of the area.
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Our objectives are:
- Seek to develop and improve our town, as well as to protect its history & heritage alongside future planning.
- Encourage high standards of design and architecture.
- Support the participation of the whole Community in its governance.
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A Brief History of The Society
The organisation was first established in 1971 and registered with the Civic Trust as "The Civic Society for Penarth". Sometime between then and 1984 this original group apparently disappeared (reasons unknown) as it was then re-established in 1986, following a semi-successful campaign in 1984 to save the Saltwater Swimming Baths on The Esplanade by "The Penarth [Baths] Citizens Group". This new version was constituted on the 5th November 1986 under the name The Penarth Society.
The use of the name The Penarth Civic Society has been an interchangeable term since the original founding, and during the subsequent years of the current group. It was eventually formally adopted as such to both show the connections our past and clarify what the purpose of our organisation is.
The campaign to save the Swimming Baths came about because a number of very important buildings had already been lost in the town as developments had been demolished to make way for flats, Fortunately the campaign managed to save the building, though its was closed for its original purpose and redeveloped as residential flats.
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You can read about this and other campaigns we ran in the Campaigns section, as well as more about our own history here>