Events Around Presteigne

Presteigne Local Food Market takes place from 9am to 1pm usually on the first Saturday each month at the Memorial Hall, Station Road, Presteigne LD8 2DU. With over 20 stalls displaying a wonderful range of artisan produce from this area.

Presteigne Carnival is a lively annual family & friends event held in the town on the second Saturday in July. It brings together both townsfolk and visitors from neighbouring communities and tourists to enjoy a traditional Carnival with modern twists.

Open from 19 April - 23 June. An exhibition of paintings from Sir Sidney Nolan’s extensive body of innovative art work produced whilst living at The Rodd (1983 - 92). The paintings are united by their modernity, vibrancy and energy.

Open from 19 April - 23 June. An exhibition of paintings from Sir Sidney Nolan’s extensive body of innovative art work produced whilst living at The Rodd (1983 - 92). The paintings are united by their modernity, vibrancy and energy.

Every Saturday and Sunday until 14th July Bleddfa Centre has an underlying theme of the Ritualisation of Time over 2019, and nowhere are the passages of the seasons more marked than in the garden.

Created by the owner, a professional garden designer, the garden contains an extensive range of interesting plants. Formal garden leads to dovecote and through to mixed borders with interest throughout the year.

The garden is part of a 5 acre site on the lower slopes of Wapley Hill in the beautiful Lugg Valley. The highlight in mid summer is the romantic Rose Walk, combining sixty roses with mixed herbaceous planting set in an old cider apple orchard.

5 acre south facing garden developed over 50 years, set in magnificent hilly countryside. Some herbaceous and extensive lawns around the house. Mown paths lead through shrubs, roses and specimen trees down to the half acre Oak Pool 200ft below.

The talk is the second in the series, ‘Themes in the Ritualisation of Time’ taking place at Bleddfa at each of the cardinal points (equinoxes and solstices) of the four seasons this year.

Mindfulness has been taught within different spiritual traditions for centuries and the benefits have become well recognised. Jon Kabat Zinn devised the original eight-week secular mindfulness course for stress reduction in the US and now versions of this are taught all around the world.

Catherine Wynne-Paton lives in Monmouthshire, and makes prints both from life and photographs, having a particular interest in the poetic nature of plants. You’ll be introduced to the principles of printmaking through the spontaneous process of mono print.

A one day course looking at this ever popular medium with acrylics expert Stuart Roper. Learn how to look at the landscape with a fresh eye and be inspired to create landscapes that excite and delight. Course fees £45 early bird booking by June 21st £40. Lunch can be provided for an additional £8.

This year marks 25 years of Storytelling at Bleddfa.Come and discover your own unique voice as a storyteller and immerse yourself in the ancient art of storytelling in a converted barn among the rolling Welsh hills.

Festival of Archaeology 2019: Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust and the Offa’s Dyke Association present a weekend of Anglo Saxon and early Medieval excitement! Immerse yourself in Medieval life with our camp of reenactors from Cwmwd Ial, who will be on hand to demonstrate crafts, foods - and battle drills!

The second of a series of talks exploring the history of the landscape around Mortimer’s Cross and how it evolved from the medieval through the early modern (1066-1850) led by Dr Tracey Partida and Dr Glenn Foard.

Timothy Walker is a renowned British botanist who has worked and studied at our most important and best-known gardens, becoming the Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden which won 4 gold, 2 silver-gilt and one silver medal at the Chelsea Flower Show during his time there.

Leintwardine is 20 minutes west of Ludlow, Herefordshire. We have very different gardens opening this year, varying in style and size. There will be plants to buy and take home and refreshments available including tea and cakes (to take home) throughout both afternoons.

Why not come and volunteer as part of your visit to Croft' Have a go at cleaning items from the collection in the castle, find out what our house team get up to behind the scenes and participate in our vital conservation work.

Join our countryside ranger for a wander through Fishpool Valley and learn all about our ambitious restoration project to revive and conserve this Picturesque landscape. Find out all about our work in Fishpool Valley, including vital repair work to the dams, archaeological investigations and woodland management plans.

Step back in time to the 1940s and sing along to music from the Home Front. Discover what life was like at Croft when it was a school during the war and find out more about Henry Page Crofts role as Undersecretary of State for War and Edward Croft Murrays vital contribution to the war effort as one of the Monuments...

Lost in the back lanes of Herefordshire, 4 gardens looking to celebrate art and our gardens, which vary from traditional to more zany as does our art! Come and explore, sit awhile and enjoy yummy cakes! Aulden Farm art will be on display in our barn - canvases inspired by walks, stitchery by Nature.

Making their first appearance in Hay-on-Wye following their 2019 production of “The Mikado” in March, Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society change gear to bring you a little nostalgia on their Summer Concert Tour.

Funk, Soul, Ska, Reggae, Collective, Breaks; these guys know their music! After the success of last year we’re bringing back The Beatroot Collective organisation, bringing you a night of great quality reggae once again!

Originally from Scotland, Duncan McCorkindale grew up in Manchester, immersed in music since before he can remember. He’s taken time to learn and respect a wide range of genres, collecting more instruments than he can count along the way.

British/American duo – A Different Thread, deliver an intoxicating mix of Beatlesque folk-rock meets Gillian Welch dark country. It’s not every day that you meet someone in the street and decide to tour the world with them, yet, ‘A Different Thread’ has done just that.