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Our Story
Over a century ago
a farsighted Barmouth resident called Fanny Talbot decided
to give a wild and unspoilt hillside called Dinas Oleu to the
National Trust, then in the first month of its existence.
AN AVERAGE OF
2 MILES OF WELSH COAST
A YEAR HAS BEEN SAVED
BY OUR COASTLINE CAMPAIGN
SINCE 1965
Worried that modern
developments would spoil its
beauty, she was one of the
first people to see the benefits
of holding beautiful places ‘in
trust for the nation’.
Shocked at how development
was threatening the beauty
of the coast, he said
“It is urgently desirable that
the coast should be preserved
in its natural beauty.”
Forty years later, when the
National Trust’s protection
of the coast had extended to
just eight miles, the historian
George Trevelyan visited
Pembrokeshire.
Then, in 1965, the National
Trust launched its Enterprise
Neptune appeal, starting with
the purchase of Whiteford
Burrows on Gower.
Since then, our protection of the very best of the
Welsh coast has increased to a total of 157 miles.
An amazing achievement made
possible with public donations.
In this guide you
can find out about
what our Coastline
Campaign is funding
today and what we
need your help to
protect on the Welsh
coast in the future.
WHITEFORD BURROWS, GOWER
GEORGE TREVELYAN
CAMPAIGNED FOR
PROTECTING THE WELSH
COAST IN THE 1930S.
4 Welsh coast MAIN PHOTO: THE NATIONAL TRUST’S FIRST PROPERTY, DINAS OLEU
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