AN ELECTRIC vehicle (EV) charging public network has reached its first anniversary by providing thousands of green miles for motorists to travel around Denbighshire.

Since launching officially last summer, Denbighshire County Council’s network of public EV chargers located at all towns have provided 239,146kWh of charging for motorists using the facilities.

That is the equivalent of 837,000 miles of greener lower carbon travelling delivered by the network - nearly 34 times travelling the circumference of the earth.

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Closer to home, the miles delivered tots up around 1,000 trips from Land’s End to John O’Groats and 9,300 journeys travelling from Holyhead to Wrexham.

For those using EV greener miles to travel around Denbighshire, the annual amount is roughly equivalent to 19,420 car trips from the coast of Prestatyn down to the sights of the River Dee at Llangollen.

There are EV facilities in Corwen’s Green Lane car park, Llangollen’s Market Street and Pavilion car parks, Ruthin’s Cae Ddol car park, Rhyl’s West Kinmel car park charging hub, and Kings Avenue car park in Prestatyn.

Other EV public network locations are at Denbigh’s Post Office Lane car park, St Asaph’s Bowling Green car park, Morley Road car park in Rhyl, and Fern Avenue car park in Prestatyn.

This project has been carried out to also support people with transitioning to an electric vehicle where they might not have previously had access to a charging facility.

The EV public network is part of the council’s overall action to tackle climate change, following the declaration of a climate and ecological emergency in 2019, by reducing the county’s carbon footprint.

Cllr Barry Mellor, lead member for environment and transport, said: “It's great to see the EV public network helping support many greener miles driven during its first official year.

“We want to reduce carbon emissions around the county and the network is helping drive towards this by supporting this greener way of travelling.

“The EV public network is also ideal for anyone local to the county or visiting from a far this summer who has ownership of an electric vehicle as it provides an ideal support for coming to our towns to visit attractions and charge up whilst doing so.

“EV drivers can plan routes all around the county using the network to enjoy what Denbighshire has to offer, also supporting our local businesses as well when they stop off to plug in and find out what the towns have to offer them while they wait.

“These facilities are also important to help those wanting to move over to electric vehicles but don’t have the facility or off-road parking to do so.”