Shock cost-cutting proposals: closing visitor centres in mid-Wales

After months of denying it would be closing Ynyslas Visitor Centre, National Resources Wales (NRW) announced its intention to close, not just one, but three of the successful and much-visited mid-Wales visitor centres it manages – Ynyslas, Coed y Brenin, and Bwylch Nant y Arian.

This area of Wales relies heavily on the visitors from all over the world it hosts each year, bringing much-needed money and employment to the area. These three visitor centres provide for over 750,000 people annually.