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BWEA News
10th August 2005
Fancy a fun-filled family day out at your local wind farm this Bank Holiday Weekend?
This August Bank Holiday (27/28 August), on the last weekend before schools go back, families across the UK will be able to visit a working wind farm and touch a turbine as part of the first ever, simultaneous nationwide opening of wind farms – and all for FREE.
From Orkney to Aberystwyth, Cumbria to Great Yarmouth, wind farms across the UK will be opening their 'gates' to the public in support of Embrace the Revolution, the national campaign for wind energy.
Windy activities on offer will include kite flying, windmill painting and the opportunity to touch a turbine. A visit to a wind farm promises not only fun for those seeking entertainment during the last weekend of school holidays but also hands on learning about how renewable energy is tackling climate change - the greatest threat facing our planet.
Embrace the Revolution has the support of a number of high profile celebrities including Sian Lloyd, weather presenter, who says:
"Recent dramatic weather events are a stark reminder that nature can only take so much. Climate change is a reality and we must act now if we are to stop the damage we are doing to our fragile planet. Wind is the best of the new renewable energy sources available right now. I for one am backing wind energy and I know I'm not alone."
Wind farms opening on the weekend include:
NORTH EAST
Haverigg II, Haverigg, Cumbria
- Opening: Monday 29th August 10am-4pm
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, kite flying, picnics, Friends of the Earth stall, free energy saving lightbulbs, making windmills
- Address: (nr Morecambe bay), North Lane, next to Milham, Cumbria
- Hotline: 01229 821 028
Winscales, near Askam, Cumbria
- Opening: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Activities: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Address: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Hotline: see www.embracewind.com for details
NORTH WEST
Coal Clough, Lancashire
- Opening: Sunday 28 August 10am-3pm
- Activities: arts and crafts, kids activities and Touch A Turbine
- Address: Long Causeway, West of Todmorden, Lancashire
- Hotline: 01923 299 200
EAST OF ENGLAND
Scroby Sands, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Opening: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Activities: Touch a Turbine – see www.embracewind.com for details
Ecotech Centre, Swaffham, Norfolk
- Opening: Sunday 28th August 10am- 4pm
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, climb a turbine, cafe and eco display, drawing competitions
- Address: Turbine Way, Swaffam, Norfolk, PE37 7HT
- Hotline: 01760 726 100
SOUTH WEST
Delabole, near Tintagel, Cornwall
- Opening: Sunday 28th August 10am – 4pm
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, kids activities
- Address: Off the B3314, approx 1.5 miles north of Delabole, signposted from the A39
- Hotline: 01249 766 098
SCOTLAND
Ardrossan, near Troon, North Ayrshire
- Opening: Saturday 27th August 10am-4pm
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, marquee workshop for windmill and face painting, bouncy castle, area for kite flying and frisbee throwing, vouchers for free food, interactive area with laptop and screens, buses from ferry terminal and train station.
- Address: get to Ardrossan, follow signs for new bypass, take turning for the B780
- Hotline: 01475 732 985
Novar, near Inverness, Scottish Highlands
- Opening: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th August 10am-4pm
- Activities: face and windmill painting workshops will be held at Ardross Community Hall and bus trips will take visitors to the site to Touch a Turbine
Dun Law, near Oxton, Scottish Borders
- Opening: Saturday 27th August 11am-3pm
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, wood craft workshops, Edinburgh Farmers Market, bouncy castle, falconry, energy efficiency and recycling workshops, environmental entertainers
- Address: Located between Fala and Carfraemill, 20 miles southeast of Edinburgh
- The A68 Edinburgh to Jedburgh / Coldstream road runs through the middle of the windfarm
- Hotline: 0141 568 2585
Burgar Hill, Evie, Orkney
- Opening: Saturday 27th August time
- Activities: Activities to coincide with opening of the Orkney Science Festival
- Directions: Main Island Orkney, Evie
- Hotline: 01856 850 054
Burray Community Wind Project, Northfield, Orkney
- Opening: Sunday 28th August time
- Activities: see website for details
- Address: Isle of Burray, drive south over Churchill Barriers
- Hotline: 01856 850 054
WALES
Rheidol, Llawernog near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
- Opening: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Activities: see www.embracewind.com for details
Cefn Croes, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
- Opening: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Activities: Touch a Turbine, buses will be between Rheidol and Cefn Croes
Parc Cynog, Pendine, Carmarthenshire
- Opening: Saturday 27th August
- Activities: Touch a Turbine
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth, Powys
- Opening: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Activities: see www.embracewind.com for details
NORTHERN IRELAND
Tappaghan, Co Fermanagh
- Opening: Saturday 27th August 11am-3pm
- Activities: see www.embracewind.com for details
- Address: Glenarn, Lack, Co. Fermanagh
- Hotline: 00 353 121 30421
To join the Revolution and find out what is happening in your area, log on to www.embracewind.com/weekend. Check out the website at regular intervals for updates on more participating wind farms, directions and exciting activities!
Press contact
For further information and photos please call Vicky Argles or Sasha Chisholm at The Forster Company on 020 7403 2230 or
vicky@forster.co.uk or sasha@forster.co.uk
A full list of participating wind farms with addresses and directions will be available at www.embracewind.com/weekend from mid-August.
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