About

The Tregaron Heritage Centre is situated in the old Victorian church school, and includes a reconstructed Victorian era classroom with pupils' desks, a teacher's desk, blackboard, slates and slate pencils, a Welsh Not, and a cane. You'll find a fantastic collection of items relating to Tregaron and the surrounding area, video exhibits, tea room and information about the nearby Cors Caron Nature Reserve.

The centre introduces the rich history, customs and heritage of Tregaron and surrounding area and its a great place to find about local family history from the resources held and to pick up tips on local knowledge as the volunteers are all from the locality. 

Local volunteers are available to talk to visitors in Welsh or English and the center can provide for pre-booked group visits. The Heritage Centre's tea room serves freshly homemade Welsh cakes, as well as tea and coffee.

RED KITES & ARTWORK
Red kites continued to survive in Tregaron for decades after they had become nearly extinct in the rest of the UK.  The local community played a major role in restoring them to the huge population we are able to see here nearly any time we look to the skies. Look out for the artwork on the end wall of The Old School shows silhouettes of swooping Red Kites that form the shape of The Dove of St David. The legend tells of a dove being sent by God to appear alongside Wales’s patron saint as he preached at Llanddewi Brefi, four miles from Tregaron. Within the artwork, the Red Dragon of Wales is picked out in the copper colour. The artwork, by Ted Harrison, celebrates the survival and renaissance of Welsh Culture and Language

CORS CARON NATURE RESERVE
The Heritage Centre also serves as an information centre for nearby Cors Caron Nature Reserve, with exhibits on its history, environment, and restoration projects.

TREGARON HISTORY
Tregaron is one the oldest market towns in Wales, having received a royal charter in 1292.  It continues to be a farming community, and livestock markets are held in town twice a week.  It served  for hundreds of years as the beginning of a drovers' road across the Cambrian Mountains to markets in England, and has produced many interesting and important people over the course of its history.