Volunteering Opportunites
20/05/2024
By Ffiona Jones
We have opportunities for volunteers to help us provide guided tours of the Park over the summer months. If you have an interest in the history of the site and are able to give us an hour or two of your time either on weekdays, early evenings, or at the weekends, please contact FfionaJones@tywigateway.org.uk for …
Posted: 03/06/2024 by Ffiona Jones
Membership
Becoming a Member Are you interested in history, gardens, conservation, wildlife, or our environment? Or do you love the opportunity to be outside for a walk? Maybe you just want to help us save this amazing piece of our local history and heritage for future generations to experience and enjoy. Project grants have assisted us …
Posted: 17/11/2023 by Ffiona Jones
Growing for All
Press Release – 26 September 2023 Growing for All – New life for Abergwili historic walled garden More people than ever will soon be able to get stuck in to learning and growing at the recently transformed Parc yr Esgob – Bishop’s Park, Abergwili, Carmarthenshire. The Tywi Gateway Trust, a tiny community led charity, …
Posted: 22/05/2023 by Ffiona Jones
Actionbound Trails
As part of our ‘Recollections’ 15 Minute Digital Heritage project, we purchased an app which allows us to set up trails around the park which include quizzes, missions, film and audio clips that can be accessed via a QR code or by searching on the Actionbound app. Our first ‘bound’ is now live and can …
Posted: 24/01/2022 by Caroline Welch
The Arboretum
Enter the Park from any of its four entrances and you can’t fail to notice our outstanding trees, many of which have been quietly growing here for hundreds of years. But it is not just our designated semi-natural ancient woodland that boasts the site’s oldest, most beautiful individuals. The Arboretum, immediately south and east of …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
The Woodland
Wind your way through the woods to the newly created woodland garden, set in a natural bowl with a mature felled beech tree at its heart – perfect for practising your balancing skills! Relax and enjoy the dappled shade and the calls of birds; taking in the views across the ha-ha to the Tywi Valley. …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Bishop’s Pond
Spot wildlife on the Bishop’s Pond which supports everything from fish and wetland plants to birds and rare animals such as otters. It has protected SSSI status – and a fascinating history too. The powerful River Tywi flowed on this very spot until 1802 when the river flooded and broke through its banks, and this …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Walled Garden
The half-acre Walled Garden, dating from at least the 1790s, is Parc Yr Esgob-Bishop’s Park’s best kept secret. In fact, it is still known to many as the ‘secret’ garden, tucked away at the western side of the Park. Although it’s currently closed to public, we have a great vision to restore it so that it …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
The Ha-ha
What is a ha-ha? It’s actually a formal landscape feature, commonly used in the 18th century, comprising of a long terrace wall and ditch. Bishop’s Park ha-ha runs between Y Parc and Y Waun Fawr – and is one of the longest in the UK . By keeping out the grazing animals but not interrupting …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Y Caffi
Stacey’s Kitchen The café at Parc Yr Esgob-Bishop’s Park is open 9am-5pm, 7days a week (usually). Managed by a company from Abergwili, Stacey’s Kitchen provides light lunches, cakes, tea, coffee etc. They also offer pre-bookable Grazing Tables and Afternoon Teas, along with catering for private events. For further information please contact them directly: Tel: 07805 …
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Great Meadow
Soon to be open to all, this flood plain meadow formed the parkland setting of the Bishop’s Palace and is now being managed to encourage and protect rare plants and insects. When the restoration works are complete, the meadow can be reached (when not flooded) from the formal gardens via a new bridge and ramp …