£2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund grant for heritage projects

Aberglasney House and Gardens in Carmarthenshire will provide horticultural traineeships

Places of worship, wildlife and wells are among ten projects in Wales to have been awarded a share of £2.6m.

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant has been invested in sites of natural, industrial, maritime and sporting heritage.

It includes opening up the historic pilgrimage site at St Dyfnog's Well, Denbighshire, and documenting Connah's Quay's maritime history in Flintshire.

The HLF grant aims to celebrate Wales' "rich and diverse past".

Grant awards include:

• Exploring the impact of Catholic migration on Merthyr Tydfil - £47,000 to Merthyr Migration, Zoom Cymru

• Protecting the remaining parts of the Glynneath Gunpowder Works - £58,000 to Explosive Times: Restoration and Celebration of the Glynneath Gunpowder Works, BBNPA, Neath Port Talbot

• Documenting the history of Newport Cricket Club and Rodney Parade sports ground - £18,000 to Newport Cricket Club

• Documenting the heritage of Connah's Quay Docks - £5,300 to Quay Watermen's Association, Flintshire

• Restoring the basin of St Dyfnog's Well and improving visitor access - £292,000 to Cymdeithas Cadwraeth Llanrhaeadr yng Nghinmeirch, Denbighshire

• Restoring historic buildings at Aberglasney to provide a base for trainees developing traditional horticultural skills - £949,500 to Aberglasney Restoration Trust, Carmarthenshire

• Repairs to the tower of the Grade I listed medieval church - £59,400 to St James' Church in Manorbier, Pembrokeshire

• Urgent repairs to the roof, fascias and chimney stack of the Grade II* listed building - £99,400 to Capel Cildwrn in Llangefni, Anglesey