Annual Events, Activities and Attractions
Annual Events
Wassail and Marie Llywd Chepstow
Chepstow Annual Walking Festival
The Winter’s End Progressive Rock Festival
Hay Festival (books and literature)
VW Vehicle Show at Caldicot Castle
Green Gathering Festival Chepstow Racecourse
Green Man Festival: Brecon Beacons
Chepstow Castle: Events through the summer
Castell Roc: The friendly music festival within Chepstow Castle
Chepstow (Local Arts) Festival
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)
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).
Kayaking, Gorge Walking plus Canoeing & SUP hire Coleford (28 minutes drive)
Chepstow Racecourse Racing and Events (10 minutes drive)
Severnvale Equestrian Centre (12 minutes on A48)
The David Broome Event Centre (8 Minutes drive)
Puzzle Tree Alpacas (43 Minutes drive)
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).
Gardens
The Japanese Garden at Moynes Court, located outside of The Welsh Gatehouse
Wye Valley Sculpture Garden, Tintern
Dyffryn Gardens, Vale of Glamorgan
The National Botanic Garden of Wales
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
Gyms
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.
Theatres
The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny
The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre, Newport
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff