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Anglezarke Dixon Associates

Based near Brecon in Wales, we work throughout the UK, and beyond.

We are a small design and interpretation consultancy specialising in signage, exhibitions, publications and other material for countryside and heritage projects.

17/09/2026

Time for another Throwback Thursday. This time it's another little local project. Gilestone combines a working farm with luxury accommodation and local community projects. A few years ago we were asked to produce a range of signage, including this panel welcoming visitors to the farm. In many ways it is typical of our work – with easy to use maps, attractive images and informative text.

We're actually just about to redo the signage at Gilestone for the farm's new owners and to reflect changes since we completed the original work (back then nobody would've guessed that a pair of Ospreys would soon be setting up home here!)

10/09/2026

This week's Throwback Thursday is a follow on from last week's. After finishing the exhibition graphics at Twyford Waterworks, we were asked to produce a souvenir guidebook. It explains the complex history and processes of the waterworks in an attractive and easy to understand format, making maximum use of high quality images and simple diagrams and illustrations. It has proved popular with visitors – working as both a guide to the site and a souvenir to take home. It has also proved to be a useful source of income.

03/09/2026

Time for another Throwback Thursday to celebrate 20 years of Anglezarke Dixon Associates.

Twyford Waterworks

We worked with our long-time collaborators Red Kite Environment to produce interpretation for this Edwardian waterworks near Wi******er. The site includes restored steam pumping engines and the old water softening plant, as well as a mix of other features including a narrow gauge railway and nature reserve. This challenging project involved interpreting a number of highly complex processes and bringing them together into a coherent story about water extraction, processing and distribution. The displays were carefully designed and written to ensure that they are understandable and appealing to everyone, from families with kids to serious industrial history enthusiasts. The interpretation also had to be designed around the special requirements of the site – it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, but also still operates as a waterworks supplying millions of litres of water every day. The graphics included watery backgrounds and a bespoke typeface to enhance the themes of the interpretation. Many of the graphics were also designed to incorporate interactives, audio, touchscreens and other media.

01/09/2026

September Calendar photo. From the southern end of Mynydd Llangors there are lovely views across to the Black Mountains.

27/08/2026

Another Throwback Thursday!

I've done a lot of work for the Yorkshire Dales National Park over the years. This project involved creating a series of interpretation panels for some of the barns (known locally as cowhouses or cow'uses) that are a classic feature of the Yorkshire Dales landscape. We designed about 10 panels in total and also produced a postcard with my cut-away illustration of a barn. One of the things I love about my job is learning about so many fascinating parts of our natural, cultural and built heritage (although there are times when I wish I could delete some of the knowledge I've acquired - do I really need to be able to identify forking holes in Yorkshire barns?! - and use those braincells to remember something useful, like my phone number!)

20/08/2026

Throwback Thursday!

Something a bit different this week. I love drawing cartoons for projects (I used to get told off for doodling cartoon characters in the back of my school books - now I get paid to do it!). These were just a small part of a small project - but they're a good example of my work and they still make me smile. Cartoons can be a fun way to communicate information, especially when engaging with kids. A sign for a recreational space could have been pretty unwelcoming with a long list of 'No dogs, No skateboarding, No loud music etc, etc.' So I drew these characters to convey the messages in a much more fun way. Kids who saw them loved them and really got the messages (an unexpected twist was that some of their mums and grans quietly admitted they thought the Bad Boy would be more fun to hang out with!)

13/08/2026

Another Throwback Thursday. Dolwyddelan Castle was built in the 1220s by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth (better known these days as Llywelyn the Great - greatest of all the native Welsh princes). It stands in a spectacular location in North Wales. We designed these interpretation panels for the site for Cadw, telling the story of Llywelyn's rise to power and the construction of his mighty stronghold.

06/08/2026

Throwback Thursday!

This was a fantastic project, writing and designing a series of 6 leaflets promoting the heritage of Anglesey/Ynys Môn. One leaflet covered the whole island, 4 more looked in more detail at the North, South, East and West and the final leaflet was aimed at children. The leaflets were all A5 size, folding out to A2. Each had a brief overview of the island's history, detailed maps and featured places to visit. The leaflets were aimed at the average visitor looking for interesting things to do, rather than dedicated history enthusiasts. So individual sites were all promoted in terms of their experience with headings like 'biggest wow factor', 'most spectacular location' and 'most spectacular hole!'. We also produced a leaflet for kids featuring Sid Rat and his time travelling ty bach (look at the picture backwards!). Written in a fun but informative way, it encourages children to award points to the places they visit and decide which has biggest Stink Factor!

03/08/2026

August calendar photo. It was looking pretty parched up on Mynydd Llangors last August. So much so that I almost didn't use this photo - I thought it looked a bit too arid for a typical Welsh summer. Little did I know that it would be even drier this year! Last year it seemed like a novelty to see my 'assistant' kicking up dust clouds. Now I almost feel nostalgic about having to hose the mud off him after a walk!

30/07/2026

Thursday already? Must be time for another Throwback Thursday post to celebrate 20 years of Anglezarke Dixon Associates. For this project we were commissioned to produce a set of panels promoting walking routes around Lake Vyrnwy and Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall. They include brief details of each walk together with photos of the scenery and a large illustrated map. Maps are a key part of many of the projects we work on. We can produce them in a range of styles, but illustrated aerial views, such as the ones we created for this project, have proved to be very popular. They are attractive to look at, give a strong sense of place and are easy to understand, especially for people who are not total map nerds like me!

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2 Griffin Terrace, Talyllyn
Brecon
LD37TD

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https://www.anglezarke-dixon.co.uk/

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