A: Craswall Village Hall
Ceramics, copper-foiled glass, local history day
B: Longtown Village Hall
The big launch, printmaking, local history day
C: Skirrid Studio
Gallery visits (23/03/2025)
D: Jamie’s Farm
Green woodworking open day
E: Ewyas Harold Craft Centre
Celebrating wool, demos and workshops
F: Black Barn Arts
Tintype photography workshops
Longtown
Perched beneath Hatterrall Ridge and Offa’s Dyke Path, which marks the Welsh border, historic Longtown is home to two castles and numerous old farmsteads and historic buildings.
Here you will find Skirrid Studio & Gallery where course tutor & events director Helen Arthur makes paintings and original prints. Tutor Tif Hunter runs Black Barn Arts, his tintype & photography studio, in Longtown too and is running courses over the weekend, 15–16 March.
The village hall will host the BIG launch event with food, live music, cider and makers’ information stalls. This will take place on Friday 14 March from 5pm til late. On Saturday you can find out all about printmaking.
Don’t miss the local history day, 16 March from 10am in the Village Hall.
FOOD & ACCOMMODATION
Hopes of Longtown our outstanding village shop
AirBnBs including Skirrid Studio Stay
Olchon Valley Campsite glamping
Offa’s Dyke Retreat glamping
The Crown Inn, our friendly local with rooms
The Cornewall Arms, another friendly local in nearby Cloddock
Craswall
Craswall is very remote, at the end of the Olchon Valley, right below the Black Hill (Crib y Garth).
The village hall will host pottery classes for kids and adults, copper foil and stained class drop-in sessions - both on Saturday - and a local history day on Sunday.
Don’t miss the local history day, 23 March from 10am in the Village Hall.
FOOD & ACCOMMODATION
Chapel House Farm glamping and pop-up catering 14/03/25
Olchon Valley Campsite glamping
Kaya at Black Hill Farm glamping
The Bull’s Head – own-grown food, real ale and cabins
Cabalva Estate – accommodation and the site of Corisande Albert’s pottery studio and courses
Ewyas Harold Craft Centre
"A lovely craft centre. I wish every village had one!"
Ewyas Harold Craft Centre (charity 1191455) is based in the aptly named Golden Valley. Run entirely by volunteers, the centre offers craft courses, a gallery selling handcrafted work, a cosy coffee shop and an exhibition space.
The centre will host a weekend celebrating wool, ‘From fleece to fashion’, inspired by the traditional sheep-farming location.
They offer year-round courses in a wide variety of crafts, available to everyone. Previous courses have included printmaking, chain-weaving, needle-felting, macrame, eco-dyeing, copper repoussé, rag rug making and spinning.
Opening hours are 10am-4pm, Wednesday to Sunday, February to December.
FOOD & ACCOMMODATION
The Temple Bar Inn – excellent pub, with food, accommodation and electric car charging
Ty Gwyn Cider bar and shop – in nearby Rowlestone
A very good local shop and butchers and The Old Stables Fish and Chips are also available in Ewyas Harold
Jamie’s Farm
Jamie’s Farm uniquely blends Farming, Family, Therapy and Legacy into a transformative 5-day residential programme with follow-up support. Our impact is testament to this, revealing that young people leave the farm better equipped to thrive academically, socially and emotionally during their school years and beyond.
Situated in the Golden Valley, within easy reach of the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons, young people who visit Jamie's Farm Hereford benefit from opportunities to hike in the wilds of the Black Mountains, care for farm animals, take part in therapeutic horse work, chop logs to fuel the biomass boiler, and hand carve locally felled wood.
The farm will host morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday 22nd March 2025 for young people to work with their green woodworking specialist, Roger Ings, who will support participants to carve a spatula to take home with them.
