Help handed to dog walkers at countryside park

Countryside walkers and their dogs visiting a popular park during half term were provided with helpful guidance and handy accessories for tackling the area’s routes.

Rangers from the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape team based manned a stall at the Penbarras car park, Moel Famau Country Park during the Wales half term holiday.

The stall is part of an information campaign aimed to help inform dog walkers about the need to have their pets on a lead whilst walking through the countryside with lambing season around the corner.

Rangers and volunteer rangers chatted to visitors before they went walking on the Offas Dyke path in the direction of the Jubilee Tower to help them understand the restrictions and guidelines in place to keep themselves, their pets and others safe.

They also offered dog poo bags and holders, slip and clip leads if people had forgotten their own lead for their pet, treats for each animal already on a lead and trail maps to help navigate the area safely.

The team also took time to meet people further on up the Offa’s Dyke to help them understand how to stay safe with their pets on this part of Moel Famau Country Park.

Councillor Alan James, Lead Member for Local Development and Planning said: “The response we have had from dog walkers going up to Moel Famau has been really good and I hope we have been able to help and support them, to give them stronger awareness of countryside restrictions in place in certain areas for when they next go out with their pet.

“If you are bringing your dog to one of our countryside walks, please always plan ahead, know the land you are going to walk through, respect the countryside code and always keep your dog on a lead.”

For more information, visit https://www.clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk/ and follow the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape on Facebook and X.