Earth Day Celebrations
2023-04-22 10:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Celebrate Earth Day and the national launch of The Wild Escape collective artwork and create mirror and handprint moths and our free creative drop-in.
The Wild Escape project led by Art Fund, celebrates UK wildlife and creativity. Over the past few months Chippenham Museum has been encouraging its young visitors to discover the amazing story of the colour-changing Peppered Moth and imagine its ‘escape’ back to its natural habitat.
Join us as we catch up with the journey of our Peppered Moth and reveal some of the some of the stories and artwork produced over the past few months. Take part in crafty activities making mirror and hand print moths.
Free, drop-in 10.30-3.30

Chippenham Folk Festival - 50th Celebration
2023-05-26 - 2023-05-29
Join us in marking 50 years of Chippenham Folk Festival – an amazing community celebration of folk music, song, dance and arts. Bringing Chippenham and Wiltshire alive!
Visit our website to see the current line-up with lots more to follow – BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Chippenham Folk Festival Family & Community Events
2023-05-26 - 2023-05-29 | Chippenham Town Centre
Island Park will be the centre of the family and community programme. There’s something for the whole family including performances from choirs, singer-songwriters, musicians, bands, learn to play Ukulele, dancing, storytelling, crafting, puppetry, face painters, play and sensory sessions for the under 5’s and more!
The full family and community programme is now available on the Chippenham Folk Festival website here.
There will also be music and storytelling found in pubs and various other venues around the town.
Don’t miss the return of the popular Buttercross Ceilidhs on Sunday and Monday.
Check out the dance displays, two dance stages and many dancers around the town all weekend. Don’t miss the parades on Saturday and Monday.
Free entry to the Craft Marquee with many other traders around Island Park and the town and of course don’t miss the festival bar!
Festival Street Market on Bank Holiday Monday.
Don’t forget you can also purchase individual Day, Event and Concert tickets! Ticket numbers are limited though, so don’t miss out. Buy Now.

Autism Friendly Quiet Time Activities
2023-05-30 09:00 - 10:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Experience the museums free drop-in activities in a quieter way before the museum is open to the public.
Limited to four accompanied children our Autism Friendly Quiet Time sessions offer children, who find our busy drop-in sessions uncomfortable, an opportunity to enjoy our half term craft activities in a relaxed way, before we open to the public.
These sessions are free, with booking essential.
Activity:
Get creative this half term at our free family drop in’s, celebrating 100 years of John Coles Park. Make a fun pinwheel with a John Coles Park twist to celebrate the centenary of the parks opening.
Please note that activities on Tuesday 30 May and Thursday 1 June will be the same and you are advised to book for only one day.
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-friendly-quiet-time-may-half-term-tickets-631483984597

May Half Term: Family Creative Activities
2023-05-30 10:30 - 15:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Get creative this half term at our free family drop in’s, celebrating 100 years of John Coles Park. Make a fun pinwheel with a John Coles Park twist to celebrate the centenary of the parks opening.
Free, drop-in 10.30-3.30

Relax and Create with Katerina
2023-05-31 13:30 | Platinum House, Chippenham, 35 Market Place, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3HT, United Kingdom
MINDFULNESS AND CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS in Chippenham
Inviting you to unique workshops designed to bring mindfulness to children and families, providing an opportunity to relax, unwind, de-stress and create through mindful art.
These workshops are perfect for children who may need a little mental health and emotional well-being support, have a lot going on in their lives, are sensitive, or just want to try something different and fun.
The parent & child workshop is ideal for parents who wish to learn about mindfulness and incorporate it into their family lives, would like to bring more calm and peace into their lives, would like spend time with their child in a different way would like to connect with their child on a deeper level are in need of relaxation but don’t have childcare in place.
There will be 3 workshops running at Half-Term.
On Wednesday 31st May there will be 2 sessions for children:

1.30 – 3pm for children aged 9 – 10
3.30 – 5pm for children aged 11-12

On Friday 2nd June there will be a special workshop for parents and children (aged 9 – 12) from 10am to 12pm.
For more information and to book please click on the link below.
https://www.mindcraftkids.com/mindfulness-and-creativity-workshops/

The Museum of Marvellous Things
2023-06-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Neeld Community & Arts Centre, The Neeld, High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3ER, United Kingdom
Welcome to The Museum of Marvellous Things, where the impossible can happen!
Make stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages, sing with Noo-Nahs on stages. Because this is a museum like no other – it’s made from the magic of YOUR imagination – and you get to bring it alive.
With giant puppets, songs, interactive storytelling, LIVE music and a chance to make your own special puppet, this is a fun-filled family show based on the picture book by Kristina Stephenson, bestselling author and illustrator of Sir Charlie Stinky Socks. Meet Norbert Norris and Tilly T. Pott, as they give you a sneak peek inside their amazing museum and ask YOU to fill it with MAGIC!
So…come on in, let the MAGIC BEGIN!
Running time: 50 minutes to 1 hour
Suitable for ages 3 years – 8 years
Tickets: Standard £9.50
Please contact the venue for any access requirements.
Tickets are also available through our Box Office on 01249 446699, in the Neeld foyer or at the Town Hall.
Tickets are non-refundable unless this event is cancelled or postponed

Pop Up Play Village Bath in Chippenham
2023-06-13 10:30 - 11:45 | Pewsham Community Centre, Lodge Road, Chippenham, SN5 3SY
Our engaging role play village provides opportunities for children to learn through their play in a safe and welcoming environment. With 13 different play areas and themed challenges in each one, no two sessions are ever the same!
During June we are getting busy in the role play village and outdoor explorer area with activities inspired by The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 Days Wild 2023 Challenge!
Activities will vary depending on the ages of children attending.
For booking enquiries and celebration hire please email bath@popupplayvillage.co.uk

BYO Picnic
2023-07-02 13:00 - 16:00 | Monkton Park School
Following our fantastic scarecrow trail, FOMPS are now hosting a BYO Picnic on Sunday 2 July at Monkton Park school field.
This is a community event, so grandparents, uncles, aunties, neighbours – everyone is welcome!
Please note Dogs are not allowed on the school field.

Chippenham Food & Drink Festival
2023-07-08 10:00 - 19:00 | Monkton Park Estate
Two day Food and Drink Festival at Monkton Park, Chippenham, bringing some of the best chefs, wine, live music and so much more over one summer weekend. Gather your friends and enjoy good food, good wine, & great times.

Celebrity chefs
Wine tasting & talks
Children’s entertainment
Cheese masterclasses
Live music
Craft beer & cider

For more information visit our website and follow us on social media.
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
www.chippenhamfooddrinkfestival.co.uk

Pop Up Play Village Bath in Chippenham
2023-07-11 10:30 - 11:45 | Pewsham Community Centre, Lodge Road, Chippenham, SN5 3SY
Our engaging role play village provides opportunities for children to learn through their play in a safe and welcoming environment. With 13 different play areas and themed challenges in each one, no two sessions are ever the same!
During July villagers will be diving deep into the ocean. Our role play village and art studio will be bursting with STEM activities inspired by the ocean and the creatures who live there!
Activities will vary depending on the ages of children attending.
For booking enquiries and celebration hire please email bath@popupplayvillage.co.uk

Baby and Children’s Nearly New Sale
2023-07-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Sheldon School Dance Studio, Sheldon School, Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ, United Kingdom
This baby and children’s nearly new sale will be jam-packed with preloved toys, clothes, books and equipment. To refill your baby’s and toddler’s wardrobes or prepare for your autumn/winter arrivals. Mums, dads, carers, grandparents – you can’t afford to miss this!

School's Out Summer Pool Party
2023-07-26 - 2023-07-28 | Starfish Hydrotherapy Pool, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1QF, United Kingdom
Schools out and it’s time to have some fun! Join us at our small and friendly pool here on the Malmesbury Road to celebrate the end of the school year.
With a Summer Party play-list, our big floats, pool toys and sensory lighting, these sessions are sure to be great fun, plus every child will take away a free gift. We also have a limited number of SEN parties for those with additional needs who would prefer a quieter session.
Sessions are available from Wednesday 26th – Friday 28th July. All tickets are just £5. Book online at neptuneaquatics.co.uk.

Chippenham Children’s Centre Open Day
2023-07-28 10:00 - 12:00
Are you from Chippenham or surrounding villages with children aged 0-5 years? Why don’t you come along to our RISE Children’s Centre open day on Friday 28th July between 10am and 12.00pm?
Meet the animals from Chloe’s Farm, join in with activities and why not bring a picnic to enjoy in our garden? (weather permitting) 🐑 🐴 🐔🐐🐮
#northwiltshirefamilies #Chippenham #openday

Autism Friendly Quiet Time Activities
2023-08-01 09:00 - 10:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Experience the museum’s free summer drop-in activities in a quieter way before the museum is open to the public.
Limited to four accompanied children our Autism friendly Quiet Time sessions offer children, who find our busy drop-in sessions uncomfortable, an opportunity to enjoy our summer craft activities in a relaxed way.
Each week in August there will be a new activity to enjoy inspired by the 1920s & 30s, including design your own chocolate bar wrapper, create Chippenham Monopoly & more!
These sessions are free, with booking essential.
Tuesday’s & Thursday’s in August
9:00-10:00
Workshop details and booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/autism-friendly-quiet-time-summer-activities-tickets-662230738967

Summer Fun with Clare’s Circus
2023-08-02 10:00 - 13:00 | The Neeld
Roll up! Roll up! The fantastic Clare’s Circus is coming to the Neeld.
Learn how to spin plates, juggle and even walk a tight-wire! Many other activities will be available including hula hoops, stilts, poi and fun games such as giant Jenga. For those under 4 there will be a special area with tents, tunnels, scuttle bugs and suitable games to keep them entertained. A great family activity for the summer holidays suitable for ages 18 months +
Drop-in session: 10am-1pm
Please note: All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times.
To book and for more information the Neeld Community & Arts Centre website.

Cepen Park South Emoji Trail
2023-08-05 - 2023-08-13
Join us from the 5th to 13th of August for this year’s Cepen Park South trail – an emoji themed one.
At each stop there will be an emoji clue, solve the clue to find a book or a film. For example, 🦁👑 = Lion King.
This year’s charity of choice is Dorothy House, a fantastic local charity. We hope we can raise lot of money for them.
Our fundraising page can be found here… https://www.justgiving.com/page/cps-emoji-trail-2023

Clogettes Summer School
2023-08-14 - 2023-08-18 | St Paul’s Church, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1PW, United Kingdom
Join us this summer for a magical journey into the world of Musical Theatre!
Hot on the heels of their successful Performance of Peter Pan, The Clogettes have their annual Summer School in August. Booking Now Open!!!
Date: August 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th 2023
Location: St Peter’s Church Chippenham
Time: 9:30AM – 4.30 PM
What to expect:
Daily classes in singing, dancing, and acting, led by experienced teachers.
Fun and interactive sessions to enhance performance skills, stage presence, and confidence.
Exciting rehearsals for a musical production at the end of the week.
Opportunities to make new friends who share the same love for musical theatre.
For registration and further information, please contact us at: debiatmilliecatarts@gmail.com

Turn up and Play
2023-08-21 13:30 - 16:00 | Stanley Park
Turn Up & Play is not an organised match. It is for groups of friends to Turn Up, pay £3 per person, then play football with their friends during the allocated time slot.
⚠️ ⚠️⚠️ If any girls have been inspired by the English Lionesses fantastic World Cup tournament, we will be running a girls only Turn Up & Play on Monday 21st August from 1:30 – 4:00pm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁

Doorway's Supermarket Sweep
2023-09-24 | Chippenham
Sign up to Doorways Supermarket Sweep cycling fundraising event – taking place on Sunday 24th September, there are a few routes for all abilities, including a gentle family friendly route starting in John Coles Park cycling to Morrisons, and routes of 25 miles and 45 miles for those wanting to get the miles in and challenge themselves, why not get your family, friends and work colleagues to sponsor you!?
All the routes incorporate stops at Supermarkets where you can buy some items off our shopping list to restock our food bank and then cycle to the finish point at Cousin Norman’s to continue the fundraising with a delicious BBQ (included in the ticket price) and a fantastic silent auction to help raise even more for Doorway.
If this is sounding like it could be fun and you want to take part but its missing a little something…….here is what the final little surprise might be….you don’t have to worry if you don’t have any lycra cycling shorts…we encourage you to dress up, wear something fun, bright and colourful and you could win a prize for the best dressed.
It’s going to be a fun day for all with plenty of entertainment after the hard work of cycling and raising money for Doorway.

FOQC Pumpkin Trail
2023-10-21 - 2023-10-28
We are pleased to announce the return of the FOQC Pumpkin Trail.
Visit https://linktr.ee/foqc to download the trail map, make a donation, find your entry form & vote on your favourite!
Keep up with updates throughout the event on our Facebook page and the 🎃 Pumpkin Trail 2023 event page .

🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃 🎃

Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour
2023-10-23 10:00 - 2023-10-28 16:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Join us this half term as we take part in Kids In Museums Eerie-on-Sea Monster Museum Tour.
Can you spot all the monsters of the mysterious seaside town of Eerie-on-Sea at our museum? Complete the trail and get a free Eerie-on-Sea bookmark and sticker!
Draw your own mythical monster or magical creature and share it on social media for a chance to win a bundle of all five books in the Eerie-on-Sea series.
More information here
Don’t forget we’ll be holding additional craft activities for families on Tuesday 24 and Thursday 26 October with a spooky Halloween theme.
Free, drop in 10.30-3.30.

Autism Friendly Quiet Time: Half Term Creative Activities
2023-10-24 09:30 - 10:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Enjoy our free crafty activities for October half term, with a spooky Halloween theme, in a quieter way before the museum opens to the public. These sessions are free, but booking is required due to limited spaces.
Tuesday 24 & Thursday 26 October
9.30-10.00
Free, booking required

Halloween Half Term Activities
2023-10-24 10:00 - 2023-10-29 16:30 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
A range of spooktacular family-friendly activities suitable for all ages and abilities!
Halloween Trails (Every day from Tuesday 24 October – Sunday 29 October)
Join us for another year of amazing Halloween-themed trails around our galleries! Follow the Pumpkin Trail for a fun quiz around the galleries. Answer the questions right and you might just get a treat at the end! ‘Spot the Bat’ is a simple counting trail – find the bats hidden amongst our collections on display and win a prize if you find them all!
All the family can join in just pick up your chosen trail sheet from Reception.
LEGO® Engineering Workshops (Pre-bookable sessions included in entry fee Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th October)
Unleash your inner engineer and build a vehicle from LEGO® that will actually drive!
Led by our Education Officer Andrew these sessions are limited in capacity to allow for suitable supervision please book your space in advance to avoid disappointment.
Recommended for ages 7 and above.
Assault Course (Drop-in Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th October)
Challenge yourself to our miniature army-style assault course based on our grounds. Supervised by serving REME soldiers you’ll be sure to have fun and surprise yourself!
(Please note: This activity is weather dependent)

Kids Wessex Water & Wildlife Walk
2023-10-25 09:30 | Chippenham Community Hub
Bring your children along for a free walk and talk with a little quiz and enjoy the guided tour at Ivy Wildlife Gardens.

Emery Gate Trick or Treat Trail
2023-10-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Emery Gate shopping centre, Emery Gate shopping centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3JP
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 27th, between 11 am and 3 pm, and come join us for a spooktacular trail throughout the centre! Finish the trail for a ghostly sweet surprise and let the children enjoy getting their face painted as a treat from us!

For additional details, visit our website here.

Spooky Swims
2023-10-28 09:15 | Starfish Hydrotherapy Pool, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1QF, United Kingdom
Join us here at Starfish Hydrotherapy for our Spooky Swim Sessions in our lovely warm water pool.

Spooky decorated pool
Halloween play-list
Free gift for every child
45 minute session
14 sessions to choose from
Choose from Spooky Under 5’s Swim, Spooky Fun Swim or Spook Disability Family Swim

It’s sure to be 𝙎𝙋𝙊𝙊𝙆tacular!

Drama Tots
2023-11-02 10:00 - 11:45 | Sheldon Methodist Church, Audley Road, SN14 0DU
Drama and Imaginery play classes for children aged 18 months – 5 years.
Each week we open up my suitcase and go on a different adventure. We use role play, catchy songs and music, props, costumes, puppets, obstacles and problem solving activities to explore our weekly theme.
Bring your little one along for our fun, engaging and varied classes.
You can book a 3 week trial for £15. Siblings are half price. Siblings under 18 months are free.
Chippenham class times on a Thursday morning are as follows:

Rising Stars (children age 18 months – 3 years) 10am-10:40am.
Bright Stars (children age 3 or 4) 11-11:45am.

I also run classes in Malmesbury on Wednesday mornings and Tetbury on
Friday mornings.
Book a space or join our waiting list here: https://dramatotschippenhammalmesburyandcirencester.classforkids.io/

Adventure Babies
2023-11-02 11:15 - 13:00 | St Paul’s Church, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1PW, United Kingdom
Adventure Babies is a brilliant sensory storytelling class for children ages 0-4 years.
Come and join us to explore some super stories with props, messy play and lights!
11:15am-12.00pm for Adventure Tots
12.15-1.00pm for Tiny and Mini Adventurers
Visit our website or email tamsin@adventurebabies.co.uk to find out more!
Looking forward to adventuring with you! 🚀

Sparks Good As New Sale
2023-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 | St Paul’s Church, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1PW, United Kingdom
A perfect way to raise some money before Christmas. Book a table so you can sell your baby, toddler and children’s clothes, toys and equipment. Or why not pop along and see what you can buy! First come for the table spaces, so don’t miss out and book soon!
Email greenways@stpaulsweb.org.uk
