Offa’s Dyke Centre makeover!

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a real struggle for all of us, not least the Offa’s Dyke Centre staff and committee members because just as membership was rising and we had more Outreach and other events planned, it struck and we had to close down.

The old, familiar Offa’s Dyke centre display

The good news is that the executive committee membership has increased, the number of trustees has increased and thanks to a successful funding bid, we are re-opening on St. David’s day 2021 with a facelift on the inside!

With the incredible artist Dan Llewelyn Hall putting on an art exhibition, the Offas Dyke YAC and Outreach contacts supplying some creative works and the whole exhibition area being refurbished with new lights and multi-media installed, the centre will be a far more attractive space.

The beautiful throne has been moved
The Anglo-Welsh bridge (very popular with our Outreach visitors)

The committee has met several times now in person (we have had lots of meetings online), so it was good to see that other committee members were safe and well.
Here you see a couple of us discussing the new layout for the display space.
I’d love to tell you more now but I don’t want to spoil the surprise!

An empty centre
An empty Offa’s Dyke Centre during the refurbishment

Wilderness Expertise visiting Offa’s Dyke

We have a great visit planned next year where folks from http://wilderness-expertise.co.uk will be traversing part of Offa’s Dyke with their #developingpotential mantra and we will be doing at least some of the journey with them (The Offa’s Dyke Outreach youngsters walking group).

Planned for the summer of 2021, the group will be met and accompanied by the Outreach officer on a 4/5 day trek along the dyke talking of the archaeology, heritage, personal histories of those living along the dyke over time as well as the impact on the Welsh and the Mercians as ‘borders’ become ever more relevant nowadays.

Offa’s Dyke Association Outreach

Welcome to this Offa’s Dyke Association WordPress site dedicated to Outreach.

Generically this site is dedicated to our Outreach for schools, clubs and groups, etc. however we also carry out outreach to local groups and clubs as well as local communities if necessary with resources and talks including oral histories, local photography and “History Pins”, stories, anecdotes, history, heritage and guidance on how folks can monitor and protect Offa’s Dyke and Wat’s Dyke all of which feeds into projects in and around the Offa’s Dyke Association and Centre.
These include the Offa’s Dyke Collaboratory (with the incredible Prof. Howard Williams), CoSMM (Community Stewardship of Mercian Monuments thanks to the Offa’s Dyke YAC leaders) and liaising strongly with local community groups, Universities, and our colleagues in Offa’s Dyke Association North and Offa’s Dyke Association South.

With this, we are also co-founders of the Offa’s Dyke YAC (Young Archaeologists Club) which meets (aside from Covid-19) at the Offa’s Dyke Centre, Powys, Knighton, once a month.
For more information please just contact us …

Tel: 01547 528753
Email: oda@offasdyke.org.uk
Email: odaoutreach@gmail.com (Ian Mackey)
Email: offasdykeyac@gmail.com

Post: Information Officer
Offa’s Dyke Association
West Street
Knighton
Powys. LD7 1EN.


The Offa’s Dyke Association (2017) Welcome to the Offa’s Dyke Association, Offa’s Dyke Association. Available at: http://offasdyke.org.uk/ (Accessed: 11 April 2017).

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