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Discover
The Landscape
The Seascape
Nature & Wildlife
A Unique History
Timeline
Archaeology
Built Heritage
The Historic Drainage System
Unique Levels Lingo
Orchards on the Levels
Explore
Interactive Map
Places to visit
Historic Map Viewer
Online talks
Walking the Levels
Life on the Levels
Sculpture Trail
Stories from The Levels
Time and Tide
Lost Landscapes
Learning Resources
Poetry & prose
Beyond the seawall
Galleries
Living Levels gallery
Levels from the air
Levels through a lens
Video gallery
Audio gallery
Coleg Gwent Exhibition
Illustrated stories
Get Involved
What's on
Nature & Wellbeing
Wild Watch
Sense of Place Toolkit
Invasive Non-native Species
Maintaining traditional orchards
History RATS
Tenders & Quotes
Farming
Farming on the Levels
Farming with nature
Support for farming
Land Management Advice
Traditional orchards
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Sustaining the Gwent Levels
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About
The Partnership
Our funder
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Rick Turner
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View fullsize Celebrating #BonfireNight?🎇 
 
Before lighting your bonfire, don’t forget to check thoroughly for mammals, such as #hedgehogs, who may have decided your bonfire pile is the perfect hibernation spot! 🦔🍂 

📸- Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)
View fullsize 🍂The Autumn edition of the Living the Levels newsletter is here🍂

Curious what we've been up to? Download a copy to dive into...

🗣 Updates from the Living Levels team 
📖Fresh stories from across the Levels 
🔮 A sneak peek at what’s (hopef
View fullsize Curious about nature finance & well-being economics?

Join a FREE webinar hosted by CyFAN Cymru & Dyfi Biosphereon to explore how funding nature recovery can reshape farming & landscapes... especially on the Gwent Levels!

🎙 Speakers fro
View fullsize Halloween’s eight legged icons 🕷️ 

They skitter through haunted houses, dangle from witches’ hats, and lurk in the shadows... spiders are the ultimate spooky stars of the season! 👻⭐

But behind the cobwebs, these eight-legged engineers
View fullsize Looking for fun, free ways to keep the family entertained this half term? The #GwentLevels have got you covered! 🌾🌊

Explore seven magical locations with our Memory Treasure Maps - packed with fun facts and activities to spark curiosity and discove
View fullsize Experience Caldicot Castle in colour for this weeks #LevelsLocation 

Surrounded by deciduous trees, its grounds glow with golden leaves, perfect for leaf-spotting, peaceful strolls, or pinecone collecting with the family 🍂🌰 

📸- @casparticus (Vol
View fullsize It’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay 🌍 

Each autumn, the Gwent Levels and Severn Estuary become a vital pit-stop for migratory ducks and waders flying in from Scandinavia and Northern Europe🦆🪿🦢 
Teal, wigeon, curlew and lapwing touch down to feast
View fullsize Experience wide open skies, salty air, and the last blooms of sea lavender for this weeks #LevelsLocation down on the Peterstone Wentlooge Marshes🌊🪻

Find out more about saltmarshes and how specialist species survive in this harsh habitat - https:/
View fullsize It’s apple season! 🍏 

For this weeks #LevelsLocation we think you should head to Magor & Undy Community Orchard🌳... it's bursting with native apple varieties, perfect for picking, foraging, or perhaps even your own cider-making adventure
View fullsize Its #WorldRiversDay and we're celebrating not one, not two, but three rivers that run through the #GwentLevels 🌾🌊

The River Wye boarders the East, the Rhymney the West and the Usk meanders through the middle, separating the Caldicot and Wentloog L
View fullsize The seasons are shifting fast across the Gwent Levels, and summer’s lush greens are transforming into a spectacular palette of ambers and crimsons🍂 

We’re bringing #LevelsLocations back for autumn to highlight the sites across the #Gwen
View fullsize Happy Autumn Equinox 🍂🍁 

Looking for some autumn walk inspiration? 🥾🍂🍁
Why not try one of our Loops & Links walks across the #GwentLevels 

Download the routes below and follow the ‘Discover the Gwent Levels’ way markers⬅️⬆️➡️
View fullsize This summer, PhD student Kurotamunoye Amadi-Rapheal from @cardiffuni teamed up with the Living Levels Partnership to study carbon storage in restored saltmarshes across the Gwent Levels🌊🌾🐚🦀

 🧪 98 soil samples. 4 habitats. 1 big question: Can re
View fullsize The Severn Estuary Beach Clean is back between the 19–28 Sept 2025🧹🗑🌊💙 

Join the movement as part of the @mcs_uk  #GreatBritishBeachClean and take part in an existing event or organise your own! 

Whether it's along the estuary, sea wall,
View fullsize At Living Levels, we love #CitizenScience, and @theriverstrust  needs your help for #BigRiverWatch from 19th-21st September! 

It’s easy: download the app📱 head to your local river 💧and spend 15 minutes logging what you see👀 

https://theriv
View fullsize 🏛️ Discover hidden gems across the #GwentLevels this September with @cadwcymruwales #OpenDoors event, an annual festival that invites people to explore Wales’ most extraordinary, unusual, and treasured historical locations, for free! 

📍Trede
View fullsize We’re finishing our Levels Location series with a true gem - Magor & Undy Community Orchard, home to a rich collection of native Welsh apple varieties 🍎🍏

Orchards were once an integral part of the agriculture and heritage of the Gwent Le
View fullsize 📍We’re heading to the very edge of the #GwentLevels to Parc Tredelerch (also known as Lamby Lake) for this weeks Levels Location! 

Keep your eyes peeled for mute swans, great crested grebes, herons and tufted ducks gliding across the water at
View fullsize It’s that time again! 

For our #LevelsLocation spotlight this week we’re heading to Black Rock Picnic Site, which offers spectacular panoramic views of the Severn Estuary and both bridges🌊🌉 

🎣🐟 At low tide, keep an eye out for the l
View fullsize Are you looking for ways to entertain the family this summer? 🌞... Then look no further than the Gwent Levels 

Visit and explore seven locations on the Gwent Levels, using our memory treasure maps! These include information about what to look for a

 

 
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The Living Levels Partnership was formed in 2014 to promote and protect the Gwent Levels. We are a cross-organisational partnership, spanning administrative boundaries, working closely with communities and other stakeholders towards the sustainable management of this landscape.

 

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