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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>

The Penarth Civic Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation RCN: 1182348*

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

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Unless stated otherwise, all information & images on this website are ©1986-present The Penarth Civic Society (/ Penarth Society / Civic Society of Penarth 1971-1986) or have been acquired by or donated to the PCS Picture & Archive Libraries for use by us as we see fit. No use in other media or reproduction allowed without prior consent. All rights reserved by respective sources where applicable.

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*The Penarth Civic Society is 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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We would like to thank Emma Cahill of Socially Aware, and Blue Web Design for designing this site, Sarah and Ben Salter for the photographs, Andrew Salter for the Peregrine Falcons film, Chris Riley, Alan Thorne and Bruce Wallace for their contributions to the History of Penarth area of the site, and Comic Relief for helping to fund the site design.

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and Members & Public Donations

Last Site Update 29/12/2024

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