Established on a former RAF base in North Wales after WWII, Penrhos Polish Village was one of the first Polish housing estates in the UK. Now, 78 years later, the village is disappearing, and with it, a piece of history.

A dimly lit church with a cross on top, surrounded by trees, set against a twilight sky.
View of the calm, dark blue surface of the Irish Sea at dusk. In the distance, a low coastal settlement and a mountain range in northern Wales can be seen, shrouded in a gentle mist.
White, low residential buildings in the Penrhos estate in northern Wales, photographed at dusk. Warm light shines in the windows, and the surroundings are quiet and green.
Metal cross in Penrhos among green trees and bushes, a symbol of remembrance of Polish soldiers.

TEAM:

DIRECTOR – MICHAL KRZYCZKOWSKI
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – JERZY PONIATOWSKI
EDITING – JULIA POLKOWSKA
PRODUCTION MANAGER – JAKUB BRYLSKI
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT – GABRIELA TOKARSKA

A monument with the inscription “In the way to free Poland,” dated May 3, 1947, surrounded by greenery and red flowers.