Gower Society Youth

We run monthly activities for 4-16 year olds around the Gower Lordship. These activities aim to introduce new ways for children to explore and engage with the Gower countryside. All activities are free, funded by The Gower Society, and based at a different location each month. They range from river dipping and butterfly hunts to woodland adventures and pirate days.

The list of Gower Society Youth activities below is updated regularly so please check for changes. All activities will also be published in the Gower Society programme and on the Gower Society web site. http://www.gowersociety.org.uk

We have started a Gower Society Youth Facebook page. It is a members only page so to see photos of the activities and what is going on so find us on Facebook and like our page. Gower Society Youth has also started an older section for 11+ called Gower Adventurers These sessions will involve children being left with a leader. The aim is then to teach the young people skills to help them become better explorers and discerning users of the countryside.

Contact Nature Days if you would like to become a member of GSY's Gower Adventurers.

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Latest Gower Society Youth Activities

Exploring Cartersford and tree planting - 14/03/2026

Saturday 14th March 2026 – Exploring Cartersford – Gower society Youth activity.

MEET: 10am – 12pm, Cartersford, Lower Fairwood, SA2 7LE ///tripled.spellings.conga at Cartersford The road approach (B4271) to the entrance is dangerous and just on the bend at Cartersford Bridge; there is no provision for queuing on the road, so make your approach slowly and carefully, being prepared to turn left (if coming from Fairwood Common) through 2 gates. Limited parking so please share cars.

Join Gower Society Youth to explore and help reforest the new Gower Society site at Cartersford on the north Gower Road. We will take a walk around the site and explore signs of animals that are living there. Do you know your animal footprints and other signs? Find out how to track animals using the fox walk and look for the signs such as owl pellets, feeding signs and poo. We may also be planting young trees on the site and turning the area back into a woodland. Suitable for families. Tickets free funded by the Gower Society available on Eventbrite.

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Explore Clyne garden’s spring flowers - 11/04/2026

Saturday 11th April 2026 Explore Clyne garden’s spring flowers – Gower society Youth activity.

MEET 10am – 12pm at the car park by the Woodman for Clyne gardens SA3 5BS What three words///across.switch.sports

Contact Dawn Thomas 01792392919 Gower Society Youth dawn.thomas@reynoldston.com

DETAILS: We will be walking up through the park looking for spring flowers and the beautiful plants of Clyne gardens waking up after the winter. We will aim to get to the bluebell wood at the top of the park and have a story beside the story telling tree all about the coming of spring. Suitable for families. Tickets free funded by the Gower Society available on Eventbrite.

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Virtual rock pooling -

Virtual rock pooling 

The Virtual Rock pooling event is now available on You tube here.

Our next virtual event will be rock pooling. I will be sharing with you the wonders of the littoral zone, the area between low and high tide. Find out about the different zones, life cycles of the many animals and plants. How to identify different types of crabs and where to find them. Take a look at the amazing adaptations the animals have to the extreme environment that is the rocky shore.
The video will be available on the Gower Society Youth facebook page and then on the #Naturedays You tube channel.
Hope you join me online and if you have any questions on rock pool animals before them PM them to me and I will try and answer them on the video.

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Virtual mini-beast hunt -

Virtual Mini Beast Hunt

The virtual mini beast hunt is available on You tube here.

Ever wondered what mini beasts live in your garden?

Even though we are in lockdown we can still get outside,  so join us live on the Gower Society facebook page.  The video will also be available on the Nature Days you tube channel along with the Spring stroll if you missed it last month.

If you have any questions about mini beast you would like answering then email them to me or post on the Gower Society Youth Facebook page and I will endeavour to answer them live.

Also I know it was disappointing that we did not have our annual May Day fete so I have a treat for you which I will announce on Saturday at the live event.  Or tune into the GSY facebook page and your email for a treat.

 

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