Y Ffridd

Tir Pontypridd is bringing people together to secure land in and around where we live for the benefit of the community, nature and biodiversity. 

One of the reasons for doing this is to protect the areas of open space around our town. Spaces we value for health and well-being, and which are important for biodiversity too.

We think of this land as our towns Ffridd.

Areas too close to town for grazing, or too challenging for building on. Areas that have been accessed by local residents for a variety of purposes for decades.

Areas we tend to think of as a public commons where we are free to walk and explore but which are usually privately owned. Areas we can suddenly find ourselves excluded from. 

Traditionally commons were managed by our communities through shared responsibility for health and wellbeing, where humans were resourceful and innovative and biodiversity thrived.

At Tir Pontypridd we are setting up a way of working that will allows the communities of Pontypridd to access the land in around where we live to meet our local needs. 

Our ‘Tir Y Ffridd’ blog as an open commons where people who enjoy accessing land in and around Pontypridd can submit their own writing about their experiences. 

This might be about walks in nature, local access issues, community gardening and growing, community energy woodlands or community led housing. 

If you would like to submit a piece please contact us. 

We may not know what the future holds for our local Ffridd, but we do know that our communities are key to our future sustainability.

Croeso Y Ffridd