One Chippenham

diddi dance
2024-10-18 09:30 - 10:30 (Europe/London) | Pewsham Community Centre, Lodge Road, Chippenham, SN5 3SY
Give a love of movement that will last a lifetime. At diddi dance we realise and encourage endless enthusiasm and energy in an action packed, full of fun 45-minute dance class. Classes are suitable for children when they are steady on their feet, so to see if your toddler will enjoy it why not contact your local diddi dance today to book a trial. Parents and carers are encouraged to join in and share the enjoyment with their diddi dancer. Week after week you will soon see their confidence blossom. We do realise that some toddlers are more confident than others and this is why we offer a trial, so you can be confident it’s a class they’ll enjoy. Bookings are then taken in half term blocks instead of having to book for a whole term.

Salvation Army’s Messy Church
2024-10-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Salvation Army, Foghamshire, Foghamshire, Chippenham, Wiltshire, Sn15 1hb, United Kingdom
Join us 11am – 1pm at Salvation Army, Foghamshire:
Let the kids release their inner madness, have fun, get messy and enjoy a lunch on us.
It’s all free and it’s all a little bit crazy 🎉

Rugbytots Chippenham
2024-10-20 08:30 - 12:30, 2024-10-27 08:30 - 12:30, 2024-11-03 08:30 - 12:30, 2024-11-10 08:30 - 12:30, 2024-11-17 08:30 - 12:30, 2024-11-24 08:30 - 12:30 | Sheldon School Dance Studio, Sheldon School, Hardenhuish Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6HJ, United Kingdom
🏉🌟 Rugbytots: Where Little Champions Score Big! 🌟🏉
Calling all mini ruckers! Our action-packed classes blend rugby, fun, and skill-building for kids aged 18 months to 6 years.
From scrums to giggles, we’re all about developing motor skills, fostering teamwork, and creating a love for an active, healthy life. Join the scrum-tastic adventure today!
Sessions last between 30-45 minutes with FREE taster sessions available! Plus, we’re so confident your little one will have a blast that we offer a full money-back guarantee if you don’t enjoy the first two classes. No try, no cry! 😄👍

Discover the Magic of Autumn at Blackland Lakes
2024-10-24 09:00 - 2024-11-30 16:00 | Blackland Lakes, Stockley Lane, Calne, SN11 0NQ
The Autumn Trail at Blackland Lakes in Calne is open from 9am – 4pm every day from now until the end of November, and costs just £4 per child.
Take part in the quizzes, learn some fun facts about nature and the origins of Halloween, collect leaves for crafts, play in the park and feed the resident pigmy goats too. Halloween costumes are optional, but wellies are recommended for the 1km nature trail.
Drinks and snacks are available to purchase every day. Pizzas will be available from 12-2pm throughout Half Term.
Blackland Lakes, Stockley Lane, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0NQ

Drama Tots Rising Stars (for children age 18 months - 3 years)
2024-10-24 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-10-31 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-11-07 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-11-14 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-11-21 10:00 - 10:40, 2024-11-28 10:00 - 10:40 | Langley Burrell Village Hall, Langley Burrell, Chippenham, SN15 4LL, United Kingdom
Drama Tots provides award-winning drama, music and imaginative play classes for children aged 18 months to 5 Years. We run weekly classes, nursery sessions, parties and events.
We combine music, movement and creative play to allow your child to be imaginative, gain confidence and have fun in a friendly and nurturing environment.
We use a fantastic range of props, puppets and instruments to bring our adventures to life.
Become part of the Drama Tots family today and join us on a trip to the moon, build a sandcastle on the beach and even go for a ride on Santa’s sleigh! There are no limits to our adventures, the possibilities are endless!
The Drama Tots programme has been carefully written using the Early Year Foundations Stage Curriculum.

Special Edition Family Creative Activities
2024-10-24 10:30 - 15:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
To mark the closing of our autumn exhibition, join in our free drop-in activities inspired by the work of artist John Hitchens.

Halloween at Whitehall
2024-10-25 - 2024-11-03 | Whitehall Garden Centre
JOIN US FOR HALLOWEEN AT WHITEHALL! 🎃👻
We have lots of events this half term including: –
– Get creative and make your very own halloween miniature garden to take home!
– Harry Potter Afternoon Tea For Two
– Creepy Critters – get up close to real life creepy critters!
– Halloween Pumpkin Carving
– Spooky Walk
See our website for more information and to book: https://www.whitehallgardencentre.co.uk

The Pop Up Pumpkin Patch
2024-10-25 10:00 | The Buttercross, Market Place, Chippenham
Join us at the Buttercross on Friday 25th October from 10am for our pop-up Pumpkin Patch.
There are 400 free pumpkins available for you to take home and use for your Halloween festivities – we expect them to all go!
22.2 million pumpkins are thrown away every year after Halloween in the UK, so take a look at these pumpkin recipes for ideas to minimise food waste – bit.ly/LOPumpRecipes

FOQC Half Term Pumpkin Trail
2024-10-26 - 2024-11-03
Our seasonal trail returns for 2024 with a local walking trail.
Friends of Queens Crescent Present the 2024 Pumpkin Trail!
Organised by members of FOQC and hosted by the school families and members of the local community.
Buy your Trail sheet at Co-op On Conway Road, just £3 for the whole family.
Once you buy the sheet there is a link to the online map and the voting for your favourite display (shhh, the answers are on here too!). All voters get entered into a lucky dip to win a prize.
Drop us an email to foqc.charity@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Quiet Time: October Half Term, Halloween Special
2024-10-29 09:00 - 10:00, 2024-10-31 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. The sessions run from 9am-10am, with last entry at 9.45am.
Limited to four accompanied children our Quiet Time sessions offer children, who would find the busy nature of our drop-in sessions uncomfortable an opportunity to enjoy our activities in a relaxed way.
These sessions are free, with booking essential. Please book a space for each accompanied children attending.

October Half Term Activities
2024-10-29 10:00 - 2024-11-01 16:00 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
A range of family-friendly activities suitable for all ages and abilities!
LEGO® Engineering Workshops
Pre-bookable sessions
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
Please note: This activity is weather dependent
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!
All activities included in entry fee.

October Half Term, Halloween Special
2024-10-29 10:30 - 15:30, 2024-10-31 10:30 - 15:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Join us for some spooky fun with our free Halloween inspired drop-in craft activities.
Please note that activities on Tuesday and Thursday will be the same.

Christmas Fair
2024-11-16 10:00 - 16:00 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
The REME Museum’s Annual Christmas Fair is back this year with festive stalls full of gifts, arts and crafts, food and drink, and more! Get in the holiday spirit and purchase gifts for loved ones, find that perfect Secret Santa gift or simply buy a treat for yourself.
The Christmas Fair will be taking place throughout our Conference Room and Education Suite, with clear directions between the two so you can make sure you get to see all the stalls! No need to book, simply turn up!
Details on stallholders will be released nearer to the event but we’ll have plenty of different local businesses selling all kinds of wonderful goodies!
Donations to the REME Charity on the door are encouraged. Entry to the Museum is not included with entry to the Christmas Fair (general entry fee will apply).

Open Day - meet the Team
2024-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Central Methodist Church, Monkton Hill, Chippenham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1EP, United Kingdom
Did someone say free cake? 🧁🥰
Seen us around? Not sure what we do? Here’s your chance to find out!
Our lovely Trustees and teaching team will be hanging out for the afternoon (with some cakes) to chat to you about what we do and find out what you’d like us to deliver. We need to know what you think is missing in Chippenham and what you’d like to see here. We’re doing our best – but we can’t do it without your input.
If you have always thought you’d like to act, but are not quite sure if it’s right for you – come and meet us and find out what to expect.
Think you would like to work with us? Come and talk to one of our Directors and see if we’re a good match.
Fancy drawing but think our work looks too good? Meet some of our attendees and talk to them about what it’s like to take one of our sessions.
Nothing is off the table – come and meet us and have a chat.
Did we mention the cake? 🧁🍰🥰

Cousin Norman’s Indoor Christmas Market
2024-11-23 | Cousin Norman’s, 5 Union Road, Chippenham, SN15 1HW
Our epic Christmas market is back! Mulled wine, great food, lots of kids activities and more…

Chippenham Christmas Island & Festive Fringe
2024-11-28 | Island Park, Chippenham
For the fourth year running, come and experience the banks of the River Avon spectacularly lit up, bringing some wonderful Christmas cheer into the heart of Chippenham. Situated within it’s usual spot of The Island in Monkton Park, the event will once more feature a full roster of live, festive entertainment.
The trail will be open Thursday 28th November – Sunday 1st December (inclusive).
With family friendly activities, workshops and performances throughout the afternoon, leading on to more adult based evening entertainment. Showcasing live Music and Comedy from some excellent musicians and comedians, to Film Screenings, Festive Workshops, Artisan Market stall traders and even a live Brass Band playing Christmas Carols by Candlelight!
The event is funded by Chippenham Town Council in collaboration with Melt Productions and is a completely free experience for the local community and surrounding areas to enjoy.
All seating will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis, so please ensure you arrive nice and early if you are keen to watch any of the live shows and entertainment.
This years’ focal point will once again be the beautiful wooden Roundhouse, a cosy, heated wooden structure serving up delicious hot and cold drinks and tasty food from local vendors. A perfect spot to enjoy the entertainment as well as some much needed ‘Hygee’.
View the full programme on the Chippenham Town Council website here.
A huge thank you to our generous sponsors who have kindly sponsored the event now for several years:-
Hale Veterinary Clinic, Scott Windle – the local property guy, Nightingale Emergency Vets, Propercorn and Wiltshire Print Group.

Chippenham Christmas Island & Festive Fringe
2024-11-29
