One Chippenham

Yelde Hall Summer Morning Opening
2025-08-25 10:30 - 13:30, 2025-09-06 10:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | The Yelde Hall
Visit the historic Yelde Hall on select dates in August and September, where you can meet characters from the town’s past in the council chamber and pirates from 1709 in the lock-up!

Summer Holidays: Autism Friendly Quiet Time
2025-08-26 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-08-28 09:00 - 10:00 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Experience our fashion-themed drop-in activities in a quieter way before the museum opens to the public. Sessions run from 9am-10am (last entry 9.45am) and are limited to four accompanied children.
Ideal for those who would find the busy nature of our drop-in sessions uncomfortable, these sessions offer a relaxed environment. Please book a space for each accompanied child attending.
Please note, activities on Tuesday and Thursday will be the same each week.
Week 5: Finishing Touches
Explore a range of accessories and make your own plaited belt and paper buckle to finish off your look.

Acting improvisation and creating scenes (14-18's) with Deepraj Singh
2025-08-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Central Methodist Church, Monkton Hill, Chippenham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1EP, United Kingdom
Come along and work with: Deepraj Singh – creative industry professional, improvisor and movement specialist.
Session 1 runs from 10 – 12pm
Pizza lunch (provided) from 12 – 1pm
Session 2: 1-3pm
We will spend the morning warming up through a range of movement based games and learning a bit more about scenes through physicality. After lunch we’ll look at how to create our own short scenes and stories from what we learnt in the morning.

Instruments and DJ'ing - (11-14's) with Mark Lodge
2025-08-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Central Methodist Church, Monkton Hill, Chippenham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1EP, United Kingdom
Come along and work with: Mark Lodge – Musician and DJ
Do you like listening to or playing music? Come and have a go at a new or old instrument and find out what it takes to be a DJ.
In this session you can pick up a new instrument, or one you are already experienced with, and learn to play at what ever level you are at. You will also find out the details on DJ’ing and how it is much more that just pressing a button.
Session 1: 10 – 12pm
Pizza (provided) 12 – 1pm
Session 2: 1-3pm
Mark Lodge is a seasoned musician and producer with a rich history in the music industry. His expertise spans across various genres, from hip-hop and R&B to electronic music, and he’s adept at weaving live instruments into his compositions.

Summer Holidays: Creative Activities
2025-08-26 10:00 - 15:30, 2025-08-28 10:00 - 15:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Get creative in style! Join us every Tuesday and Thursday during the summer holidays for free ‘fashionable’ activities inspired by our summer exhibition Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity.
Activities are suitable for all ages. Under 10s must be accompanied by an adult. Please note, activities on Tuesdays and Thursdays will be the same each week.
Week 5: Finishing Touches
Explore a range of accessories and make your own plaited belt and paper buckle to finish off your look.

Arts Award Workshops
2025-08-26 10:00 - 16:00 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
We’re excited this Summer to be able to offer young people the opportunity to achieve their Arts Award while exploring the art we have on display around the museum.
These sessions are led by our Education Officer and Education Assistant and must be pre-booked due to limited space.
Arts Award sessions cost £5 per family group, which covers the cost of the certificate you will receive and the materials used throughout the session. Simply book your admission tickets on a workshop date, then add the workshop ticket onto your booking.

Rocket Powered Workshops
2025-08-26 10:00 - 16:00 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
If you like a challenge, you’ll love our STEM Workshops designed to get young people using the principles of engineering while having fun!
Design and launch your own bottle rocket or air powered car, using the same principles of engineering in rocket science!
Check our website for other workshop/activities during the Summer Holidays.
STEM workshops included in museum entry fee, simply drop-in to these sessions.

Chippenham's secret tunnels - fact or fiction?
2025-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Wine Monkey, 20 Borough Parade, Chippenham, SN15 3WL, United Kingdom
The opening taster meeting for History Portal Club.
Together we’ll explore myths and truths about various tunnels believed to exist under the town.
Where are they?
Who built them?
Where do they go?
Why do we love the idea of a secret tunnel?
This fun opening session will look at the subject from all angles, and also help to establish the direction of the History Portal Club going forward.
History Portal Club aims to be a different sort of history club. No lectures, no stuffy rooms, just walking, talking, pub chats and stories you won’t find in the guidebooks. It’s about finding value in ordinary lives and heritage, and connecting with places. A meet-up for curious locals who love stories from the past, hidden landmarks, and great company. Taking on topics we see around us every day.
A club that isn’t afraid to ask “what is history anyway”? One that values and encourages ordinary experiences, doesn’t subscribe to the way history was traditionally taught, and values nostalgia and memory as well as books and facts.
It’s a meet-up for curious locals who love stories from the past, hidden landmarks, and great company.
There’s no obligation to become a member, just come along and give it a try. And, after this, there’ll be a programme of topics (walks and static) as we go into the autumn.

LEGO® Engineering Workshops
2025-08-27 10:00 | REME Museum, Calne Road, MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 4XX, United Kingdom
If you like a challenge, you’ll love our STEM Workshops designed to get young people using the principles of engineering while having fun!
Unleash your inner engineer and build a vehicle from genuine LEGO® parts 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.
STEM workshops included in museum entry fee. LEGO® Engineering Workshops must be booked in advance online – simply book your admission tickets on a workshop date, then add a workshop ticket onto your booking.

CAP Cafe
2025-08-27 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Station Hill Baptist Church, SN15 1EG
A cafe with a warm welcome, chance to chat, free tea/coffee and cake, craft activities, children’s toys.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt coaches will also be available to talk if you feel you might need a free, professional debt advice service.
CAP’s debt counselling helps thousands of people become debt free every year. They are committed to providing a service that takes into account the client’s wider circumstances and emotional needs as well as their financial situation, which means it is particularly suitable for those who are more vulnerable and in need of additional support. Their service is completely free and available to everyone.
CAP Money courses also available here (money management and budgeting).

Community Lunch & Pop-up Pantry - every Wednesday in August!
2025-08-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Kingsley Road Community Hall, Kingsley Road, Chippenham, SN14 0AS
Join us at Kingsley Road Community Hall (SN14 0AS) for a warm welcome and chance to connect with neighbours. Enjoy a cuppa &/or a light lunch and friendly chat.
Weekly Schedule:

11.30am–12pm – Tea, coffee and access to pantry
12pm–1pm – Help yourself cold lunch

Pop-up Pantry: If you have any spare fruit or vegetables, produce from your garden or in-date tins from your cupboard you won’t use, feel free to bring them along to swap and share – someone else might really appreciate them!
Why come?

Meet new people & catch up with neighbours
Enjoy a friendly, relaxed lunch
Share and discover fresh food from the community

Everyone is welcome – come along, bring a friend, and enjoy some good food and good company.

Summer Drag Bingo
2025-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | The Rivo Lounge, 2-4 The Bridge, Chippenham, SN151EX
Sheila Tackya returns to grace Rivo Lounge’s first floor – and this time, she’s bringing the summer heat with her!
Join us for round after round of bingo, with high stakes and high entertainment value! Bingo cards are cash only, and booking is advised.
7pm, Thursday 28th August
18+ only
Cash prizes for the winners
Bingo dabbers available for a £2 charity donation

ORANGE WINE TASTING - The Cellar by Wine Monkey
2025-08-28 19:00 - 23:00 | The Cellar by Wine Monkey, 20 Borough Parade, Chippenham, SN15 3WL, United Kingdom
DELVE IN TO THE WORLD OF ORANGE WINE WITH US, AND LEARN WHY THIS TYPE OF WINE HAS SUDDENLY TAKEN OFF! WE’LL BE SHARING OUR FAVOURITES WITH DELICIOUS PAIRED CANAPES. AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN ENJOY 10% OFF PURCHASES IN THE BOTTLE SHOP!
Thursday, 28 August @ 7:00pm
£35 per person
6 wines with paired canapés from The Kitchen
Come excite your palate and learn more about wine right here in Chippenham! Whether you’re a wine enthusiast or just looking for a fun evening out, this event promises a memorable experience of exceptional wine tasting, sharing interesting facts and stories about the producers and enhancing your knowledge of wine.

Music Cafe
2025-08-29 19:00 - 21:30 | The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42 The Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3DD, United Kingdom
A monthly live music cafe with a variety of musical lineup

As-We-See-It-Saturday
2025-08-30 10:30 - 15:30 | Chippenham Museum, 9-10 Market Pl, Chippenham, SN15 3HF, United Kingdom
Join us for As-We-See-It-Saturday, a celebration of all things photography at Chippenham Museum.
This special event marks 25 years since the original ‘As We See It’ project, in which three young people created a photographic record of Chippenham through over 500 black-and-white film images. Now, a new generation from the museum’s Photo Club is recreating the project, this time using both film and digital photography to reflect how much the town, and photography itself, has changed.
Come and view a selection of then-and-now images from the museum’s collection, discover how today’s young photographers are progressing with their project, and get involved in creating a collective photo artwork. Whether you’re a photography enthusiast, local history fan, or just curious, As-We-See-It-Saturday is a chance to celebrate creativity, community, and the evolving everyday.
Bring your own photos to share and contribute to a growing visual archive of the town!

Chippenham Queen's East Community Fun Day
2025-08-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Kingsley Road Community Hall, Kingsley Road, Chippenham, SN14 0AS
Join us for an afternoon of fun in and outside Kingsley Road Community Hall.

Clare’s Circus
Wild Science (12.30-1.30)
Live Music from Seren, Harmony, Kane Pollstrone and The Vivas
A selection of games and children’s activities
Plant yourself a pot of spring bulbs to take home
Westcroft seed swap
Refreshments.

We hope to see you and your family there!
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Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity
2025-09-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-08 10:00 - 16:00
Celebrate all things fashion in our summer exhibition and explore ideas
of memory and identity through the clothes we wear.

Sparkly Lite singing group
2025-09-01 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Pewsham Community Centre, Lodge Road, Chippenham, SN5 3SY
Sparkly Singers is the award-winning Wiltshire-based choir experience, founded with the simple aim of bringing the joy and benefits of group singing to everyone, regardless of age, experience or ability.
Our ‘lighter’ daytime sessions are perfect for anyone who just fancies popping out for an hour or so each week to meet new people and sing a selection of fabulous feel-good songs. No part-singing, no practising, no performing in public – just turn up each week and sing!
So if you love the idea of simply singing for the fun of it, why not enquire about one of our FREE taster sessions and come and see what we’re all about.

Trio Paradis Café Concert: The Music of Trees
2025-09-02 11:00 - 12:00 | St Andrew’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Chippenham, SN15 3JN, United Kingdom
Trio Paradis (Jacquelyn Bevan – piano, Ruth O’Shea – violin & Linda Stocks – cello) play a Café Concert at St Andrew’s Church on the first Tuesday of each month at 11am: informal music events with a pop-up café from c10.30 where you can meet friends and make new ones over tea/coffee and home-made cakes.
September’s music is inspired by trees and forests, with music by Sibelius (Birch and Fir trees, among others), Massenet (Lime Trees) and a forest scene from a Rimsky-Korsakov opera.
Concerts last c45m and entrance – or rather, exit! – is by donation, with a retiring collection. An RSVP via our website, www.trioparadis.com, is much appreciated but not essential.
More information at www.trioparadis.com.

The Village Singers
2025-09-02 19:15 - 21:15 | St Andrew’s Church, St Mary’s Street, Chippenham, SN15 3JN, United Kingdom
Love to sing?
The Village Singers are a community choir with members of all ages coming from the villages and towns around Chippenham. We have no auditions and we always welcome new members. We have been making music together since 2011.
We are united by our love of music and our love of fun but also through many shared emotional experiences. As well as performing in local churches we have had several wonderful tours including singing in Bruges, Paris, New York and Amsterdam.
We meet at St Andrew’s Church Chippenham every Tuesday during term time from 7.15pm-9.15pm.
Why not come along and have a free taster?
If you would like to try us, please email info@villagesingers.co.uk
Find out more by visiting our website: villagesingers.co.uk
2025 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

7th January – 11th February rehearsals (7.15pm- 9.15pm)
18th February:- NO REHEARSAL HALF TERM
25th February – 1st April rehearsals (7.15pm- 9.15pm)
8th April & 15th April:- NO REHEARSAL EASTER BREAK
22nd April – 20th May rehearsals (7.15pm- 9.15pm)
May 27th:- NO REHEARSAL HALF TERM
3rd June – 15th July rehearsals (7.15pm – 9.15pm)
SUMMER BREAK
2nd September – 23rd September rehearsals (7.15pm- 9.15pm)
September 30th:- NO REHEARSAL HALF TERM
7th October – 16th December rehearsals (7.15pm- 9.15pm)
CHRISTMAS BREAK.

Allsorts Community Choir Weekly Sessions
2025-09-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, SN14 0DU, Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Audley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0DU, United Kingdom
Allsorts Community Choir meets Tuesday 7.30pm at Sheldon Road Methodist Church, Chippenham.
All sorts of styles from swing to gospel, to folk and pop with a generous helping of everything in between. All sorts of people from 18-108 welcome!
First two sessions FREE, £3 per session once joined (paid termly). Auditions, music reading, & experience NOT necessary! Enthusiasm, commitment, & a good sense of fun essential!
“Such fun having a good sing-song with such lovely happy caring folks.” Choir Member
As of August 2025 the waiting list to join is full, please reach out over the Christmas break to check it’s status.
We’d love to perform at your next event, simply contact us to check availability: allsortschippenham@hotmail.com
Wow! What an evening and thanks to Allsorts for a great performance and showing what a community choir is all about.
Organiser of local charity concert

Sparkly Singers
2025-09-04 20:00 - 21:15 | Lansdowne Hall – Derry Hill
Sparkly Singers is the award-winning Wiltshire-based choir experience, founded with the simple aim of bringing the joy and benefits of group singing to everyone, regardless of age, experience or ability.
Rather than splitting into parts and learning harmonies, we prefer instead to sing in unison, infusing songs with our own rather unique mix of humour, movement and the occasional wacky prop.
Alongside our sessions in Chippenham (Monday lunchtimes) and Royal Wootton Bassett (Tuesday evenings), the Sparkly Singers meet every Thursday evening from 8:00pm at the Lansdowne Hall in Derry Hill.
So if you simply love to sing, but have yet to find the choir that perfectly complements your sense of fun, why not enquire about one of our FREE taster sessions and come and see what we’re all about.

Treasures from the Archives – Explore, Discover, Discuss
2025-09-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Cocklebury Rd, Chippenham, SN15 3QN
Make 2025 your year of discovery and join our new Treasures from the Archives group. This is an opportunity for you to explore some of the amazing documents in the Wiltshire and Swindon Archive collections in a friendly and informal setting.
The group meets every other month on a Saturday, led by Community History Advisor Gianna Torchia. Each hour-long session will focus on an original document that will be explored and discussed to reveal the creative side of archives through the stories of people, places or events. Gianna hopes to inspire members to get creative using information from the original documents. An information pack, including transcriptions and reading lists, will be available at the end of each session.
Each session has a different theme which will provide you with an opportunity to explore not only the original documents, but also to look at recreations made by Gianna especially for the session, such as knitting from historic patterns and tasting products made using original recipes.
Treasures from the Archives is the ideal introduction to exploring Wiltshire’s history and expanding your understanding and knowledge of the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre’s collections.
The sessions are free and will run every other month on a Saturday from 11:00 to 12:00.
For more information contact archives@wiltshire.gov.uk or tel 01249 705500

Chippenham Menopause Cuppa & Chat
2025-09-08 08:00 - 17:00
A quarterly menopause café at Bargammon’s Tavern, right in the middle of Chippenham, with easy on street parking nearby or within a short walk of public carparks.
Come along to chat in a supportive and informative environment. I invite guest speakers to talk about related topics that we might find helpful in this very normal but sometimes tough transition time.
All ticket sales are donated to Olive Branch Counselling.
Remaining 2025 dates:

23rd June 7-9pm
8th September 7-9pm
8th December 7-9pm
