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Introducing Cadw

Tintern Abbey

Image: Tintern Abbey

Cadw is the Welsh Government’s historic environment service working for an accessible and well-protected historic environment for Wales.

Our objectives:

  • We conserve Wales’s heritage to the best possible standard. We have responsibility for some of the most significant sites in the world.
  • We help sustain the distinctive character of Wales’s landscapes and towns.
  • We help people understand and care about their place and history - and the place of Wales in the world.
  • We make a real difference to people’s wellbeing in Wales.

Cadw is a Welsh word meaning ‘to keep’ or ‘to protect’

Cadw is part of the Welsh Government’s Culture and Sport Department and is answerable to the Minister, John Griffith AM.

To learn more about Cadw's objectives, guiding principles and values, and priorities for 2011-16, please download Introducing Cadw and our priorities statement.

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