The Canolfan Ucheldre Centre is a community endeavour to provide those who live in and visit Holyhead, Anglesey and nearby parts of north-west Wales, with a centre for arts events, exhibitions, and other community activities of an educational and cultural kind.
The heart of the Canolfan Ucheldre Centre is a former Convent chapel belonging to a French Roman Catholic order of nuns, the sisters of the Bon Sauveur (Good Saviour). This became available following the demolition in 1988 of their Convent School - a castle-like structure which had dominated the skyline of Holyhead since the beginning of the century. The Convent had closed in 1982 (its history is told in the book, Convent, on sale from the Centre priced at £5), and several sheltered housing units were then built in its grounds. The chapel would have been pulled down too, if the Ucheldre project had not been devised. |
