--- title: "Bespoke Timber Structures in South Wales | Craft Wales" url: https://craft-wales.co.uk/ description: "Craft Wales designs, makes and installs bespoke timber structures for schools, councils, parks and businesses from Ystrad Mynach, South Wales." lang: en --- Image: The carved Parc Penallta welcome sign seen head-on, with croeso i and welcome to over five carved activity panels, a Caerphilly council plaque and a painted panel of a pony-shaped earthwork beneath a yellow sun, standing on a grassy bank beside a dry stone wall with a metal gate and car park behind under a bright blue sky (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/17c62dc1-da32-4624-908f-2888808a3a8a/hero-penallta-welcome-sign.jpg) Image: Open-sided timber den with a reddish-brown shingled pitched roof, half-height plank walls and bench seating, with a carved bilingual sign reading Den Darganfod Penllwyn Discovery Den beside a woodchip path, a bench on the grass to one side and daffodils in the lawn (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/8e0becab-c65f-4c51-81ba-a5f65bb34b92/discovery-den-entrance.jpg) Image: Play-Tec plastic tables shaped as a ladybird, a turtle, a butterfly, a dragonfly and a strawberry, beside timber boat sandpits outside the workshop (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/fda12960-7017-467f-8cc8-f95b60bb501d/hero-5-decorative-seating.jpg) Image: Illustrative covered timber spectator stand on a grass sports field (https://craft-wales.co.uk/assets/range-spectator-stand-CSFdQNYN.jpg) # Outdoor spaces that _work all year_. Built to last. Explore our range Making since 2006 Four industry awards Made in-house: 100% Welsh made, by local people Five year workmanship guarantee _Bespoke timber structures_ for schools, councils and parks. Designed, manufactured and installed by our own team, from our own workshop in South Wales. From first ideas to final installation, the entire process stays with one experienced team. Making since 2006 Experience across our team 120 years Our workshop 3,500m² Councils served across Wales Almost all [ Trusted across Wales ] ## Trusted by councils, schools and parks across Wales. Councils and public spaces - Caerphilly County Borough Council - Carmarthenshire County Council - Pembrokeshire County Council - Parc Cwm Darran - Parc Penallta - Ystrad Mynach Town Centre Schools and nurseries - Hendre Primary School - Darran Park Primary - Cwm Ifor - Cwm Gwyddon - Cwm Derwen - Our Lady and St Michael's Catholic Primary - Maes Y Morfa - Ysgol Y Felin - Ysgol Penalltau - Hendredenny Primary - Ty Sign Primary - Pontllanfraith Primary - Ysgol Bro Preseli - Little Einsteins Academy - Hendre Primary School - Darran Park Primary - Cwm Ifor - Cwm Gwyddon - Cwm Derwen - Our Lady and St Michael's Catholic Primary - Maes Y Morfa - Ysgol Y Felin - Ysgol Penalltau - Hendredenny Primary - Ty Sign Primary - Pontllanfraith Primary - Ysgol Bro Preseli - Little Einsteins Academy Projects completed for these organisations. Accreditations and awards - Image: Urdd Eisteddfod Chair of the Bard award (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/5fd92219-5b05-4747-90db-00cddcd63f51/eisteddfod-trimmed.png) - Image: Caerphilly Business Awards, Manufacturing in Action 2014 (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/09e82f1a-368a-409c-a2f9-11db32b2c7cf/caerphilly-business-forum-awards-2014.jpg) - Image: CAMRE Award for the most innovative use of timber (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/ce316b6f-6e0f-46b9-b407-e6b6f4c9ab68/camre.png) - Image: Caerphilly Business Association Awards 2008 (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/f4725b7f-48ad-43fd-9163-1b97ec36bd44/cba-awards-2008.png) - Image: Caerphilly Business Club membership (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/5564ab76-486d-4372-8d54-87f0ad067d71/caerphilly-business-club.png) Our work has been recognised with the 2015 Urdd Eisteddfod Chair of the Bard, the 2011 CAMRE award for innovative use of timber, and Caerphilly Business Awards in 2008 and 2014. 01 ## Schools and Education Timber spaces shaped around teaching and learning. Work for schools (https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/schools) 02 ## Nurseries and Early Years Purpose-built structures for early years settings. Work for nurseries (https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/nurseries) 03 ## Councils and Parks Robust timber work for public outdoor spaces. Council and park projects (https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/councils-and-parks) 04 ## Leisure and Tourism Bespoke structures for visitor destinations. Leisure and tourism work (https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/leisure-and-tourism) 05 ## Sport and Community Made-to-measure spaces for shared use. Sport and community work (https://craft-wales.co.uk/sectors/sport-and-community) 06 ## Homes and Private Clients Our sister company, RCT Property Services, mostly handles residential work. Visit RCT Property Services (https://craft-wales.co.uk/rct-property-services) [ Everything under one roof ] ## One team, _start to finish_ Craft Wales grew from a 500 square metre unit in 2006 to a workshop of more than 3,500 square metres on the same site in Ystrad Mynach. Our team brings more than 120 years of combined experience. Design, manufacture and installation all stay in our hands. Our factory runs CNC cutting, a spray booth and in-house metal fabrication, so a project can go from drawing to finished structure without leaving the building. More about Craft Wales (https://craft-wales.co.uk/about) Designed in-house Installed by our team [ What we build ] ## What we build ### Shelters and Canopies See shelters and canopies (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/shelters-and-canopies) ### Outdoor Classrooms See outdoor classrooms (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/outdoor-classrooms) ### Play Equipment See play equipment (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/play-equipment) ### Seating and Benches See seating and benches (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/seating-and-benches) ### Signage and Waymarkers See signage and waymarkers (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/signage-and-waymarkers) ### Bespoke Commissions See bespoke commissions (https://craft-wales.co.uk/what-we-build/bespoke-commissions) [ Free concept tool ] ## See it before we build it. Tell us who it's for and what you have in mind, and we'll show you a concept picture of a timber structure for your own site. Add a photo of your space and we'll picture it there. Try the concept tool (https://craft-wales.co.uk/concept-builder) Image: Concept sketch of an open-fronted timber shelter with a pitched shingle roof, drawn in ink and watercolour (https://craft-wales.co.uk/assets/concept-shelter-sketch-BWBFzGgH.jpg) [ Featured product ] ## The _Barn_ A fully waterproof timber shelter, designed to make outdoor space useful in every season. - 5m by 4m or 6m by 4m as standard, other sizes available on request - Seats 30 to 35 - Galvanised steel posts concreted into the ground so the legs never rot - Finished in Welsh oil From £7,800 plus VAT Enquire About The Barn (https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact) Schools Councils Parks Nurseries Tourism Schools Councils Parks Nurseries Tourism [ From our work ] ## Recent _case studies_ 01 ### Four Barns, four schools, four weeks Over four weeks last summer we made and installed four Barn shelters at four schools. Ysgol Bro Preseli in Pembrokeshire had a Barn and a matching bike store. For Carmarthenshire County Council we then built at Bro Banw Infants, Bro Banw Junior and Ysgol Rhydaman. Read the Four Barns, four schools, four weeks case study on Our Work (https://craft-wales.co.uk/our-work) 02 ### Parc Penallta Welcome signs, bridges, an information board and waymarkers, commissioned by Parc Penallta around ten years ago. Read the Parc Penallta case study on Our Work (https://craft-wales.co.uk/our-work) 03 ### Ystrad Mynach Town Centre Refurbished bench tops in European green oak, with sunk and capped fixings. Read the Ystrad Mynach Town Centre case study on Our Work (https://craft-wales.co.uk/our-work) [ How we work ] ## From first visit to final fitting. 1. 01 ### Free Site Visit We come to you, measure up and talk through what you need. 2. 02 ### Design and Quote We draw it up by hand, to scale, and give you a fixed price. 3. 03 ### Made in Our Workshop Built by our own team in Ystrad Mynach. 4. 04 ### Installed by Our Team Delivered and fitted on site by the people who made it. 5. 05 ### Aftercare We offer a full aftercare package to help your products last. What schools say > “If it's quality and durability they are after, then I can't see beyond Craft Wales for this type of product.” The Twyn School Image: Timber playground with a climbing wall, blue traverse ropes, a small slatted bridge, raised growing beds and a picket-edged path, photographed from the lawn (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/f89fd8c6-4d03-4089-835b-f43691f48353/blaina-playground-main.jpg) [ Start a conversation ] ## Tell us what you have _in mind_ Request a Site Visit (https://craft-wales.co.uk/contact) Visit Craft Wales Unit 13 & 14, Sycamore Close Duffryn Business Park Ystrad Mynach Hengoed CF82 7RJ Get directions (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=Craft%20Wales%2C%20Unit%2013%20%26%2014%2C%20Sycamore%20Close%2C%20Duffryn%20Business%20Park%2C%20Ystrad%20Mynach%2C%20Hengoed%2C%20CF82%207RJ) Opening hours Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Contact 01443 858 113 (+441443858113) Mobile: 07877 017 929 (+447877017929) info@craft-wales.co.uk Follow Craft Wales on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craft.wales Craft Wales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craft_wales/ Craft Wales on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@craft.wales ## Structured data ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "LocalBusiness", "@id": "https://craft-wales.co.uk/#business", "name": "Craft Wales", "url": "https://craft-wales.co.uk/", "image": "https://craft-wales.co.uk/og/home.jpg", "telephone": "+441443858113", "email": "info@craft-wales.co.uk", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Unit 13 & 14, Sycamore Close, Duffryn Business Park, Ystrad Mynach", "addressLocality": "Hengoed", "postalCode": "CF82 7RJ", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "openingHoursSpecification": [ { "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification", "dayOfWeek": [ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday" ], "opens": "09:00", "closes": "17:00" } ], "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/craft.wales", "https://www.instagram.com/craft_wales/", "https://www.tiktok.com/@craft.wales" ] } ```