Annual Events, What’s On & Activities
(including information on Golf, Fishing and Cycling routes)
Annual Events
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- Wassail and Marie Llywd Chepstow www.thewidders.co.uk/wassail-and-mari-lwyd/ and chepstowwassailmari.co.uk/about/ January
- Chepstow Annual Walking Festival
- The Winter’s End Progressive Rock Festival April
- Wye Valley River Festival May
- Welsh Perry and Cider Festival Caldicot Castle May
- Balter Festival Chepstow Racecourse June
- Monmouthshire Food Festival June
- Hay Festival (books and literature) End May/ Beginning of June
- VW Vehicle Show at Caldicot Castle July
- Green Gathering Festival Chepstow Racecourse August
- Green Man Festival: Brecon Beacons August
- Chepstow Castle: Events through the summer
- Castell Roc: The friendly music festival within Chepstow Castle (Organised by CADW)
- Abergavenny Food Festival
- Raglan Music Festival, Raglan
- Two Rivers Folk Festival Chepstow
- Devauden Music Festival
- Chepstow (Local Arts) Festival
- Fear-Fest Halloween Festival
- Monmouth Women’s Festival
- Cheltenham Festival
- Welsh Grand National
Activities
National Diving School: It also has a Wire Zip Slide, Giant 3G swing, Drive in Cinema, Fly Boards, SUP paddle boards, Kayaking, Bungee Jump and Live Music (10 minutes away off the A48)
Canoeing is available from Monmouth Canoe (30 minutes drive), Canoe the Wye and Wye Canoes are both based at Symonds Yat West (45 minutes) and Hay on Wye (1 hour).
Chepstow Racecourse Racing and Events (10 minutes drive)
Severnvale Equestrian Centre (12 minutes on A48)
Cardiff International White Water Centre Activities include Canoeing, Kayaking, Air Trail, Bike Hire, Climbing Wall, Rafting, Indoor Wave bodyboarding and Stand Up Paddle Boarding (50 mins to 1 hr drive)
The Royal Mint Experience One of the top-rated tourist attractions in South Wales. You will be able to see special coins and rare historical memorabilia and strike your own coin (extra charge).
Golf courses:
- St Pierre (2 courses, 4 minutes drive),
- Celtic Manor (previously hosted Ryder Cup 15 minutes drive),
- Rolls of Monmouth (45 mins drive).
Fishing
- Fishing on the Wye and the Usk
- MATHERN MILL FISHERY is within a few hundred yards: open every day 8am – dusk. Guests have to bring their own equipment ie rods etc. Contact: 07801 513943, Permit: From Fishery
click here for article Angling: Anglers pulling in the carp at Mathern
Gym:
- Local leisure centre in Chepstow and Caldicot
- St Pierre
- Celtic Manor
Cycling
We are part of Sustrans route 4 cycle route https://www.sustrans.
Also we are very close to routes 32 and 41
National Route 4 – Bristol to Chepstow
National Route 4 climbs out of Bristol via Clifton Down, Westbury-on-Trym and Aust. A highlight of this section is crossing the River Severn high on the Severn Road Bridge. Bristol to Fishguard also forms part of EuroVelo 1.
National Route 4 – Chepstow to Swansea
In Wales, National Route 4 forms the main option of the Celtic Trail East cycle route passing through Newport, Caerphilly, Pontypridd and Port Talbot, on the way to Swansea. Large parts of the Celtic Trail East are traffic-free.
What’s On
What’s on in Monmouthshire
Information about special events in Monmouthshire
http://www.festivalsinmonmouthshire.co.uk/events/index.html
What’s on in Bristol
Information about special events in Bristol
http://www.whatsonbristol.co.uk/Default.aspx
What’s on in Newport
Information about special events in Newport
http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=whatson.month
What’s on in Cardiff
Information about special events in Cardiff
http://www.visitcardiff.com/Whats-on-events-in-Cardiff.html
Chepstow Town Website
Information about Chepstow
http://www.chepstowtowncrier.org.uk/
Mathern Village Website
Information about Mathern
http://www.matherncc.co.uk/village-societies
Wye Valley & Forest of Dean Website
Information on things to do
http://www.wyevalleytourism.co.uk/thingstodo
Visit the Vale
Information on things to do
Vale of Glamorgan Council, Events and Activities