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title: "Our Work | Timber Projects Across Wales | Craft Wales"
url: https://craft-wales.co.uk/our-work
description: "Projects for schools, councils, parks and nurseries across Wales, made and installed by our own team."
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Image: Timber barn shelter with a red tiled roof among daffodils and silver birch, reached by a bark path (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/7191b09a-c7e3-4b01-aefd-1db7fbbeb35e/hero-1-barn-spring.jpg)

[ Our work ]

# Twenty years of work, still standing.

Schools, councils, parks and nurseries across Wales. Here is some of what we have made and where it went.

Made in our own factory Installed by our own team Bespoke sizes Welsh made

[ Case studies ]

## A closer look at our projects.

- Image: Timber Barn frame standing on its posts with half-height plank walls, photographed on a grass site with polytunnels and a green sign behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/38019a83-47d3-46ff-886e-0230009f35f6/barn-build-frame-raised.jpg)
- Image: Roof trusses being lifted onto a half-built timber Barn, with a craftsman in a high-visibility vest standing on the frame and houses behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/99891ad4-d420-4a0f-b5f1-f188d2dde206/barn-build-trusses.jpg)
- Image: Timber Barn with part of its reddish-brown shingled roof finished, surrounded by scaffold poles on a gravel surface (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/0f25f0dc-25c3-4a8e-955f-fc092a211602/barn-build-roof-tiling.jpg)
- Image: Inside a timber Barn under construction, with the floor joists laid out and a stack of reddish-brown roof tiles waiting on the left (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/efc92a0f-ff01-4837-a975-81c5104ea9d9/barn-build-floor-joists.jpg)
- Image: Close view of the covered corner post of the timber Barn, showing the plywood roof panels and bolted post with pallet compost bays behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/4a4b5c1c-e376-42b8-8051-bde268b1b610/barn-build-corner-joint.jpg)
- Image: Corner bench seating built into the timber Barn's low plank walls, photographed in evening sunlight (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/1ba13343-5421-4b6a-a301-efa8d651300d/barn-build-bench-seating.jpg)
- Image: Small timber canopy with a red shingled pitched roof and a matching arched gate, built against a school building (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/e93a2043-fdfd-42c6-b260-c138d415cd37/barn-build-gate-canopy.jpg)
- Image: Finished timber Barn with a red shingled roof, bench seating inside the low plank walls, photographed on a gravel surface (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/ced2f678-5e78-414d-b73e-b2215a5fe07d/barn-build-finished.jpg)

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.

- Ysgol Bro Preseli, Pembrokeshire. A Barn and a matching bike store.
- Bro Banw Infants, Carmarthenshire. A Barn, plus a dragonfly bench and a set of our benches adapted to act as drain covers, which solved a problem on site for the school.
- Bro Banw Junior, Carmarthenshire. A Barn, and their second from us. The first was installed several years earlier.
- Ysgol Rhydaman, Carmarthenshire. A Barn, the last of the four installed that summer.

> “It has been a pleasure working with Craft Wales over the past few weeks, and I would like to express my appreciation for the professionalism, quality of workmanship, and commitment shown throughout the delivery of these schemes. The feedback received from staff at the schools has been extremely positive. The structures provide a fantastic outdoor learning environment that will enhance opportunities for pupils and support a wide range of educational activities. The finished installations have already made a significant impact and will undoubtedly have a lasting positive effect on learners for many years to come.”
>
> Gareth Davies, Building Inspector (Minor Works), Carmarthenshire County Council

- Image: Timber footbridge with wavy-cut balustrade slats between posts, crossing a stone-lined ditch on a gravel path in a birch woodland, with a field gate on the path beyond (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/29ff7b62-021a-46a1-afa1-45328b317dba/cwm-darran-footbridge.jpg)
- Image: Three carved timber beams on metal posts reading Parc Cwm Darran, with a carved panel of mine carts turning into a leafy branch and the words Groesfaen Car Park and Maes Parcio Groesfaen below, standing beside a green metal gate and a log fence with green hills behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/5712dffb-a1bd-41c4-b668-ca69226e9a88/councils-cwm-darran-entrance-sign.jpg)
- Image: Simple timber bench with dark fixings on the grassy bank of a reed-fringed lake, with a puddled path in the foreground and wooded hills behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/e0358ce3-48df-483e-a420-5bcc9a488d1b/cwm-darran-lake-bench.jpg)
- Image: A lorry-mounted crane lifting the carved mine-cart beam of the Parc Cwm Darran entrance sign on webbing straps over a grass slope, with bare winter trees behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/0415d074-4c7c-4017-8a81-935260629e60/cwm-darran-beam-crane.jpg)
- Image: Carved oak trails totem reading Trails Teithiau with a leafy branch, coloured discs and red arrows marking four walking routes and a cycle route to Bargoed, beside a stone-lined stream (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/9a00f20d-1501-477d-bf7c-61df119affbf/cwm-darran-trails-totem.jpg)
- Image: Carved oak sign reading Memorial Garden and Gardd Goffa, with a carved panel of mine carts turning into a leafy branch above and a blue Caerphilly Countryside and Landscape Service badge between the words, standing beside bare winter shrubs (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/e4d6003b-5bd6-4fd4-8720-5bf0058539e3/cwm-darran-memorial-garden.jpg)
- Image: The long carved oak Trails Teithiau totem lying on trestles in the workshop, with its green leafy branch carving and red route arrows freshly painted (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/547dcb1d-e2d2-4616-9d32-d2b2df280e73/cwm-darran-trails-workshop.jpg)
- Image: A craftsman in a dark sweatshirt and woolly hat cutting a thick oak block on a radial arm saw in the workshop, with timber racks and toolboxes behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/9ffa60a9-6e7f-4424-b007-436ee01c90e1/workshop-oak-saw.jpg)

02

### Parc Cwm Darran

Signage, benches and waymarkers, commissioned by Parc Cwm Darran around ten years ago.

- Image: Timber entrance sign carved croeso i and welcome to Parc Penallta in Welsh and English, with a blue Caerphilly council plaque, five carved activity panels and a painted panel showing a pony-shaped earthwork sculpture, standing on a grassy slope beside a road (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/8048fea7-ab91-48f6-a74b-bfaba7e8eb74/signage-penallta-entrance.jpg)
- Image: Stacked carved oak sign planks reading Parc Penallta, each with a small painted Parc Penallta landscape badge, photographed in the workshop (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/e2368cc9-020b-4ab1-84d8-6a995fc00449/penallta-sign-planks.jpg)
- Image: A craftsman in a Craft Wales T-shirt crouching to check the planked face of the large Parc Penallta welcome board, as assembled in the workshop (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/c11535ca-ec33-46f8-be5d-982997ba6ac5/penallta-board-workshop.jpg)
- Image: A lorry crane lifting the large carved Parc Penallta welcome board into place on an asphalt viewpoint road, with a worker in a white helmet steadying it and wooded hills behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/910afd3c-2d5c-4eab-a19b-c9edee28141c/penallta-board-crane.jpg)
- Image: Timber footbridge with wavy-cut balustrade slats crossing a stone-lined culvert on a gravel path, with a stepped path climbing the grassy bank beyond (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/5e549288-9849-4f6a-ac2a-028ec0e79997/penallta-footbridge-culvert.jpg)
- Image: Two workers kneeling on a timber footbridge under construction over a stony ditch, with orange barriers beside a rural path (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/d9cff370-8d4c-4b55-98fb-4b5fb01be441/install-footbridge-workers.jpg)
- Image: Sturdy oak bench with a slatted backrest and dark bolt fixings, standing on a grassy bank in winter sunshine with bare trees behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/4e137293-fa2d-41c5-a549-f61fde84ebc3/penallta-oak-bench.jpg)
- Image: Carved oak sign with shaped uprights reading Main Car Park and Prif Faes Parcio, with a blue bilingual notice about litter, dogs, motorbikes, fires and camping, standing on grass beside a car park (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/842d444e-eadd-4508-81f1-5522c0b1fae2/penallta-car-park-sign.jpg)

03

### Parc Penallta

Welcome signs, bridges, an information board and waymarkers, commissioned by Parc Penallta around ten years ago.

- Image: A long curved timber bench resting on chunky dark stone supports, standing in front of a drystone wall with shrubs behind and brick paving laid in dark grey patterns (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/c5e8da47-4af6-4afe-89fb-44ebc704e0d5/towncentre-bench-stone-wall.jpg)
- Image: A long curved timber bench resting on square dark stone supports, beside a low brick wall with ornate green metal railings, flowering borders and a sunny paved square (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/43d51a25-a4a7-4232-bb18-489ff2bf57dc/towncentre-bench-railings.jpg)
- Image: A curved timber bench resting on dark stone supports beside a walled garden with green metal railings, a red brick boundary wall and a block-paved square with a town street beyond (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/b0184ee0-c491-4a08-8f11-eef76e365162/towncentre-bench-square.jpg)
- Image: Close view across the seat of the curved timber bench, showing carved flowing outline shapes and an animal motif cut into the oak planks (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/08d14dd3-a1aa-4e7f-9f61-235e6ed5378e/towncentre-bench-carved-close.jpg)

04

### Ystrad Mynach Town Centre

Refurbished bench tops in European green oak, with sunk and capped fixings.

- Image: Green timber gate lettered Nature Nook with a painted butterfly and bee, hung in a timber fence beside a stump seat topped with artificial grass (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/335f26aa-22c2-407c-aa78-0dd1b7cc43f8/little-einsteins-nature-nook-gate.jpg)
- Image: Timber-framed sandpit beside a tree with its green lids propped open, the lids lettered Sandpit and Pwll tywod in yellow (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/cacc099f-6fc8-422c-8f99-51d1c7e3d98a/little-einsteins-sandpit.jpg)
- Image: Timber climb and slide with a blue climbing wall, coloured hand holds and a green slide, beside a wire fence and a school car park (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/3c6aefff-1b4f-42d2-8dba-e9bc973ee1b8/little-einsteins-climb-and-slide.jpg)
- Image: Timber outdoor classroom with a pitched roof, slatted walls and bench seating inside, standing on wood chippings under trees (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/22f3ffbf-10e6-4c1d-9093-a44306ebe8bf/little-einsteins-outdoor-classroom.jpg)

05

### Little Einsteins Academy, Aberbargoed

Ian at Little Einsteins has commissioned several pieces of work from us over the past few years, including The Barn as an outdoor classroom, an early years play area with a slide and swings, a children's workshop, a slide and climbing area, a sandpit, and various plastic fencing and gate areas.

> “I have used Craft Wales for projects ranging from outdoor school classrooms, woodworking workshops and decking areas through to simple products like benches and tables. Their vision of what I needed was spot on, and their use of top quality materials and execution of installation was second to none.”
>
> Ian Bray, Director, Little Einsteins Academy

- Image: The assembled timber Chair of the Bard standing on a trolley in the workshop, with carving along its edge (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/ff4e17c9-9e44-4b6b-a849-6bd0b2b48f49/chair-of-bard-workshop.jpg)
- Image: Curved plywood sections of the Chair of the Bard being laminated together with metal spacers in the workshop (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/eaea3724-bfd7-45f2-a912-a246327aeef9/chair-of-bard-laminating.jpg)
- Image: A Craft Wales craftsman hand-finishing the Chair of the Bard inside the Eisteddfod venue (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/7558869b-1f74-4618-b46d-5e23060a39c9/chair-of-bard-finishing.jpg)
- Image: The winning bard seated in the Chair of the Bard on the Eisteddfod stage (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/ed7ed69d-132f-4e15-b3c7-5e8451c51a6f/chair-of-bard-ceremony.jpg)

06

### Chair of the Bard

Craft Wales designed and made the Chair of the Bard for the 2015 Urdd Eisteddfod.

- Image: Large timber welcome sign at the entrance to Sirhowy Valley Country Park, with carved bilingual lettering and a Caerphilly Countryside and Landscape Service panel (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/54791cb7-454a-48be-bb34-5dfc8edec29a/sirhowy-welcome-sign.jpg)
- Image: Timber entrance sign at Nine Mile Point with carved bilingual lettering, a locking-time panel and park rules, beside a wooded bank (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/87fc123d-1bd4-4982-8741-ba6d48633a0f/sirhowy-nine-mile-point.jpg)
- Image: Close view of the carved timber Main Car Park and Prif Faes Parcio sign with a bilingual park rules plaque (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/55c2c2f3-ca72-4534-82a4-a6009a7b205e/sirhowy-car-park-close.jpg)
- Image: Close view of the round carved and painted Sirhowy Valley Country Park badge on a timber entrance sign (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/2e792508-1694-4100-85f7-2e715eebbb8f/sirhowy-badge-close.jpg)

07

### Sirhowy Valley Country Park

Carved timber signage throughout the country park.

- Image: Grass-covered play mound with timber steps and sleeper-edged planting, beside a large carved timber dragon head sculpture, while workmen on ladders fit a shade sail above (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/c8a025cf-2488-4d90-9115-fb5e931e42f1/blaina-play-mound.jpg)
- Image: Timber climbing frame with blue traverse ropes, a climbing wall with mountain carvings and a second frame with coloured gymnastic rings, set on bark chip beside raised timber growing beds (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/19d3f6bb-a988-4801-bafc-0b4c65c2c1e6/blaina-climbing-frame.jpg)
- Image: Close view of the timber climbing wall with coloured hand grips, mountain carvings and blue traverse ropes stretched between its posts, standing on bark chip (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/d354a7b4-3781-4b1e-a9c7-2462966853f3/blaina-climbing-wall.jpg)
- Image: Carved timber dragon sculpture with an open jagged mouth and a circular eye, photographed side on from its raised wooden base, with a grassy bank and terraced houses behind (https://craft-wales.co.uk/__l5e/assets-v1/d246bc74-67a3-4fe4-9a24-63d11a24c302/blaina-dragon-close.jpg)

08

### Blaina School

A play and planting area at Blaina, with a climbing wall and rope traverses set between raised timber beds. The ground around them was shaped and turfed, with bark and gravel laid around the planting, and a carved timber dragon sits on the grass at one end.

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[ What we made them ]

## What we build

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