Monlife

New Course - Junior Basketball at Chepstow Leisure Centre
2024-04-24 16:45 - 17:30, 2024-04-17 16:45 - 17:30, 2024-04-10 16:45 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Chepstow Leisure Centre, Welsh St, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5LX, United Kingdom
New Course – Junior Basketball – Starting on the 10th April at Chepstow Leisure Centre.
Mondays 4:45-5:30pm
£21 for 7 weeks
Ages 6-10
Call now to secure your space:01633 644800

Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
2024-04-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-03-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
About
Caldicot Castle Guided Tour
Come and join us at Caldicot Castle for a unique insight into the fascinating and chequered history of one of Wales most beautiful castles.
Please note that due to popularity, tickets must be booked beforehand.
Our tour is led by local expert Pauline Heywood who has spent years studying the castle and its remarkable family history. Pauline will take you on a journey into the past and share with you some of the fascinating facts that are unique to Caldicot Castle. The tour will also point out some of the most interesting features in the castle buildings and may even tell you where you are most likely to see our resident ghost!
Duration: Tour lasts 1 hour
When: The last Wednesday of every month (except May), at 2pm.
Where : Tours start under the marquee within the castle grounds.
Cost: £2 per person
Suitable for: Adults and children of school age (accompanied by adults). Most of the tour is on flat ground, but there are some grass areas and chippings in parts.

Craft Session
2024-04-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Click here to book.
Suitable for 4 – 9 year olds.
Please ensure that all children are accompanied by an adult.

FREE Swim
2024-04-19 - 2024-04-21, 2024-04-12 - 2024-04-14, 2024-04-05 - 2024-04-07, 2024-03-29 - 2024-04-01 | Caldicot Leisure Centre, Mill Lane, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4BN, United Kingdom
Under-16’s can also enjoy a free swim at your local MonLife Active Leisure centre during the following times:

Chepstow Leisure Centre:Fridays from 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Abergavenny Leisure Centre: Fridays between 8.00pm – 9:00pm
Monmouth Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 3:00pm – 4:15pm (Free to 16’s & under with a MonLife card)
Caldicot Leisure Centre: Saturdays between 11.30am – 12.45pm

Find out more: https://www.monlife.co.uk/monactive/swimming/

Little Explorer’s Club Nature Trail
2024-04-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
Let your children become Little Explorer’s with a one hour exploration session around Caldicot Castle Country Park. Tickets are £2 per child (adults don’t need to book).
Start point: Caldicot Castle drawbridge
On the nature trail there’ll be bug hunting, bird & wildlife spotting, exploring and bush tucker talk.
Each child will be provided with a Little Explorer’s Club gilet and hat, and a bag with explorer’s equipment (all returnable at the end of the session)
Each child will receive a printed tick sheet for bugs, birds and wildlife to record what they have seen and for them to take away.
At the end of each session, each child will receive a personalised ‘Summer Of Fun Little Explorer’s Club’ certificate of participation and a 3D bug sticker sheet to take away as mementos.
Times (11am – midday)
Terms & conditions
For ages 3 – 7
One adult required for every two children (adults do not need to book)
The walk will be supervised by one Caldicot Castle staff member
Maximum group size 10 children
Pre-booking required
No refunds available

Spring Story Time & Crafts
2024-04-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Chepstow Community Hub, Manor Way, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HZ, United Kingdom
Join us in Chepstow Hub during the Easter Holidays for a special Spring Story Time & Craft activity.
Book here

'Creativity Garden' Session
2024-04-04 10:30 - 11:00 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Let’s get creative at the Garden Workshop! Create your very own flower garden with easy-to-put-together pieces. Let’s build something beautiful together!
Book here
Suitable for ages 3 – 5.
Please ensure all children are accompanied by an adult.

Welsh and English Story Time
2024-04-03 10:15 - 11:00 | Abergavenny Community Hub/Library, Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Billingual Welsh and English Story Time session with Naomi Keevil and Tamar Eluned Williams: ‘Molly and the Stormy Sea’.
No booking required.

Lego Workshop
2024-04-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-03-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Get creative with us this Easter by coming down to Caldicot Hub for a morning of fun at the Lego Workshop!
Book here!
Suitable for ages 5 – 9.
Please ensure that all children are accompanied by an adult.

Sold out: Easter Egg hunt at Caldicot Castle
2024-03-29 10:00 - 2024-04-01 15:00 | Caldicot Castle & Country Park, Church Rd,, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU, United Kingdom
Head to Caldicot Castle this Easter for a great children’s egg hunt.
Click here to book your tickets
Dates: From Good Friday to Easter Monday (March 29th, 30th, 31st and April 1st)
Times: Two sessions available (arrive any time within these sessions): 10am – midday or 1pm – 3pm.
Cost: £3.50 per child (includes Easter treat)
Head to Caldicot Castle this Easter for a great children’s egg hunt. There’ll be two activity sheets available, one for children 5 and under and a more challenging one for children aged 6 and up. Please let us know when booking which sheets you would like. Each hunt is self-guided around the courtyard, with an Easter treat upon completion at the tea room. There’s two sessions (morning and afternoon) that you can arrive anytime within to complete the egg hunt.
There’ll also be arts and crafts activities around the castle to enjoy. These are free and do not require booking.
T&Cs
No refunds possible (unless event cancelled), and parents must accompany their own child. Bookings are non-transferable. ID / proof of booking may be required upon arrival.
Adults do not have to book a ticket.

Bunny Stories & Crafts
2024-03-28 10:30 - 11:30 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Come down to Usk Hub during Easter Half-Term and join us for a morning of Bunny Stories & Crafts!
Book here!
Suitable for ages 2 – 5.
Please ensure that all children are accompanied by an adult.

Easter Stories & Crafts
2024-03-27 14:15 - 14:45, 2024-03-27 10:15 - 10:45 | Abergavenny Community Hub/Library, Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
Join us in Abergavenny Library during the Easter Holidays for a special Easter Story Time & Craft activity.
No booking required.

Wind Chime Craft
2024-03-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Usk Community Hub, 35 Maryport St, Usk, Monmouthshire, NP15 1AE, United Kingdom
Join us in Usk Hub during the Easter Holidays for a Wind Chime Craft session where you’ll be making your very own wind chime!
Book here!
Suitable for ages 6+
Please ensure that all children are accompanied by an adult.

Easter Stories & Crafts
2024-03-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Monmouth Community Hub, Rolls Hall, Whitecross St, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3BY, United Kingdom
Join us in Monmouth Hub during the Easter Holidays for a special Easter Story Time & Craft activity!
No booking required.
Suitable for ages 4 – 8.
Please ensure all children all accompanied by an adult.

Easter Story Time & Crafts
2024-03-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Caldicot Community Hub, Woodstock Way, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 5DB, United Kingdom
Join us in Caldicot Hub during the Easter Holidays for a special Easter Story Time & Craft activity!
Book here!
Suitable for ages 4 – 8.
Please ensure all children are accompanied by an adult.

6 A SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
2024-03-26 11:00 - 15:00 | Caldicot Leisure Centre, Mill Lane, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4BN, United Kingdom
Easter Holiday Activity! Free 6 a side football Tournament, at Caldicot Leisure Centre on the 26/03/2024. Ages 11 (*year 7*) to 16. Please use the link (https://forms.office.com/e/jM74VJh7nH) to sign up! The deadline for this event is the 22/03/2024. **Consent forms need to be filled out by an adult with parental responsibility.**

Easter Trail - Old Station, Tintern
2024-03-26 10:00 - 2024-04-01 16:00 | Old Station Tintern, Tintern Heights, Catbrook, Brockweir,, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 7NX, United Kingdom
We need your help this Easter to find all the chicks hidden around Old Station, Tintern!
Unscramble the letters found on the chicks to crack the code and get a Easter treat!
Trail sheet’s are available from the Tearooms and cost £3.50 – no need to book, available during opening hours between the 26th March – 1st April!

Easter Egg Hunt
2024-03-26 - 2024-03-28 | Abergavenny Community Hub/Library, Town Hall, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5HD, United Kingdom
All day.
No booking required.

Introduction to Art Series: The 19th Century - ONLINE
2024-03-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Monmouthshire
This broad ranging and absorbing course needs no background in art history, just a desire to look harder at art and understand its developments more clearly.
From Romanticism to the revolution of Impressionism, this series of ten online lectures moves from the early 19th century to the 1880s, covering some of the most radical developments in art since the Renaissance.
Join MonLife Heritage Museums online art history course with popular Monmouthshire lecturer Eleanor Bird
10 weeks, of one hour evening lectures online via Zoom
Starts Monday 15 January 7-8pm, (break on February 12 ends on March 25)
Course fee: £50
Book: www.visitmonmouthshire.com/arthistory
The course covers the peak of British landscape painting with Turner and Constable leading the way, and the influence that those painters had on French artists. The series goes on to explore dramatic changes in French art – with Realism changing the subject matter artists chose to explore and the Barbizon painters finding beauty in everyday landscapes. While the British Pre-Raphaelites became fascinated with the medieval and William Morris began the Arts & Crafts movement, in France a few radical painters developed the brilliant colours and instant impact of Impressionism.
Image: Turner, The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 1834, 1834 (Cleveland)

THE ART OF SPAIN at Drill Hall Chepstow
2024-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 | The Drill Hall, The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5HJ, United Kingdom
Join MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course.
Spain can boast some of the greatest names in art history: Velasquez, Picasso, El Greco, Goya… yet much of its art is little known outside the country. Explore the Art of Spain from medieval to 20th century with our popular Monmouthshire lecturer Eleanor Bird.
2 hour lectures, 10 sessions
Live in person Mondays 2-4pm at the Drill Hall Chepstow,
beginning Monday 15 January, (break on February 12 ends March 25)
Book: www.visitmonmouthshire.com/arthistory
OR
Online via zoom on Wednesday mornings 10.30am – 12.30pm,
begins Wed 17 January ( break on February 14 ends March 27) www.visitmonmouthshire.com/arthistory
Fee for the course kept at £100
(the option to catch up on any missed sessions available to all with recorded online lectures available for a limited period)

This series of ten lectures takes us through the Art of Spain from the late medieval period to the early 20th century, beginning with the influence of Islamic design from the Muslim south on art in the northern Christian kingdoms of what is now Spain. Highlights include the dramatic narratives and powerful portraits of Spain’s Golden Age in the 17th Century; Goya’s art with its contrasting images of royalty and the darker side of war and superstition, and the influence that Spain’s Modernists had on every aspect of painting in the 20th century.

Image: Diego Velasquez, Las Meninas, detail, 1656 (Prado),

Rolls Family Trail
2024-03-25 11:00 - 2024-04-06 16:00 | Shire Hall Museum, Shire Hall, Agincourt Square,, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3DY, United Kingdom
Embark on a fun journey through the historic Shire Hall as we uncover the secrets of the famous Rolls family. With our FREE trail, your little ones will become detectives, hunting for hidden treasures and solving clues in each room. For Children aged 5-11

Easter Holiday Theatre Workshops
2024-03-25 10:00 - 2024-03-28 15:00 | The Melville Centre, 4 Pen-Y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 5UD, United Kingdom
The Creative Futures Project allows time and space to develop creative work and creative practice with young people. It is a collaborative programme that supports local arts activity and importantly gives young people a voice in its development.
This Easter we have four intensive theatre workshops for 11 to 19 year old based at the historic Borough Theatre in Abergavenny.
For more information and to sign up, click here.
