Upcoming Social Events in Brading 2025

What’s On at Brading Roman Villa this March

Art & Craft Workshops

An Introduction to hand-rolled beeswax candle-making

In March join Island-based chandler Kathy ChilliWinter at Brading Roman Villa, and discover how Beeswax has been used in candle-making over the centuries. Make 6 candles to take home.

Date: March 8th
Location: Brading Roman Villa
Time : Morning Session 11.00 to 12.00 & Afternoon 13.30 to 14.30
Cost: £24 per person
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Sketching Workshop with Lucy Bell

In this two hour workshop we will be sketching soft toys. You will learn some of the benefits of sketching from real life and the joy of being creative without expectation.

Date: March 13th
Location: Brading Roman Villa
Time : 10.30 to 12.30
Cost: £15 per person
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Walks

Spring Nature Walk with Dave Fairlamb

Join Dave Fairlamb of Natural Links on a Nature Walk around the meadows, hedgerows, woodlands and downland of Brading Roman Villa and the surrounding area.

Spring is a wonderful season around the Villa, resident birds are in full song, migrant birds are arriving and setting up territories, butterflies, and other insects are on the wing and spring wildflowers are in colourful bloom. Binoculars recommended

Date: March 15th
Location: Brading Roman Villa
Time : 10.30 to 12.30
Cost: £15 per person
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Walk : The walk is 1.5 miles over the 2 hours – around the Villa land and nearby public footpaths.

Talks

How Romans Kept Bees to Modern Day

The bees you see at Brading Roman Villa are owned and managed by Christine McClellan of Isle of Wight Bees.Come and meet Christine, Terri and Carol and learn how the Romans looked after bees up to modern times of today

Date: March 22nd
Location: Brading Roman Villa
Time : 14.00 to 15.00
Cost: £8 per person – £6.50 for Brading Roman Villa Friends
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For more information on all events please email events@bradingromanvilla.org.uk

For more information on Walks, Talks and Events please go the What’s On at Brading Roman Villa

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IOW Biosphere Talk with Martha Henson 26th of April

Did you know that the Isle of Wight is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, part of the same UNESCO family as World Heritage Sites and Geoparks? We won this prestigious status in 2019, and become one of only 7 Biosphere Reserves in the UK. Book Online

A wonderful initiative. When we first moved to the island in November 2016 of course we came down at weekends to view properties. One Saturday I visited St. Mary-the-Virgin, Brading, as I had been doing my homework about the local churches too. I remember meeting Jonathan who was very warm and welcoming and gave me a lot of information. As I was leaving, he smiled and said he hoped that we would indeed move to the area and I would join the congregation. He added, with a wink: “Of course, if you want a decent Evensong you need to go to All Saints, Ryde!” Sadly, those days of long gone. The choir was disbanded over various iterations of incumbents and members have moved to different choirs around the island. Now we have the benefit of a wonderful new initiative offering full choral Evensong at St John the Baptist, Yaverland, every two months throughout the year. I attended the first one on Sunday February 23rd. Rev. Barry Downer lead the service with a wonderful choral performance arranged by Andrew Cooper, organist at St. John’s Yaverland. The choir was mainly from St. Blasius, Shanklin, and All Saints, Ryde, with Margaret Downer and our own organist, Les Snow.