Development Project

Dim Pen y Daith

Dim Pen y Daith (Not the End of the Line) was the name of the project that developed CRAFT’s premises at the station and transferred its operations there.

The buildings were designed to be as environmentally sustainable as possible and incorporate many ‘green’ features. These include:

thick insulation, made from newspaper
underfloor heating
biomass boiler burning local wood chip fuel
lime and recycled glass render
reused materials: slates, paving slabs, steel
recyclable & low environmental impact materials
FSC timber
triple & double glazing with solar reflective glass
natural ventilation
no PVC: there’s linoleum, non-PVC electrics and metal plumbing instead
solar water heating
photovoltaic panels
locally made components
reuse of a derelict building
reuse of a contaminated brown field site

. . . and there are more!

The project cost £2.8m and was funded as follows:

European Regional Development Fund	1,461,918
Ceredigion County Council Local Regeneration Fund	550,000
Welsh Development Agency Regional Investment Grant	105,694
Big Lottery Fund: Cleanstream	100,000
Big Lottery Fund: Transforming Your Space	100,000
WAG: Community Facilities and Activities Programme	100,000
Big Lottery Fund: Enfys	80,000
Railway Heritage Trust	60,660
Energy Saving Trust	27,284
Landfill Tax Legacy Fund	20,000
Welsh Assembly Government: Rural Transport Grant	20,000
Welsh Assembly Government: Growing Communities	18,000
In-kind contributions	1,350
CRAFT's own resources	51,862
Total capital	2,696,768

Big Lottery Fund: Cleanstream also helped with around £100,000 towards revenue costs as CRAFT prepared for the move.

Apart from providing purpose-built premises to facilitate CRAFT's expansion, the project also completed the restoration and redevelopment of the previously derelict listed railway station in the centre of Aberystwyth.

The ultra-modern workshop building a little way down the railway track provides a contrasting architectural feature, and removed an unsightly piece if waste ground along the side of the retail park.

The whole project used as far as possible local consultants, contractors and materials, and demonstrates very clearly that public opinion now sees reuse and recycling as integral to town centre retail activity.

The newly-designed CRAFT flag was raised over the new premises on 28 July 2007.