We run a variety of courses and events at Strata Florida, please see a list of upcoming events below.

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If you would like more information about our Strata Florida Archaeology Field School (SFAFS) please click here

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​​Saturday 28th- Sunday 29th September
Strata Florida Walking Festival
**BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED**

Welcome to the first Strata Florida Walking Festival!  The introduction of the walking festival at Strata Florida in September 2024 will combine walks in the historic landscapes with the annual pilgrimage to the iconic sculpture of the Pilgrim  above the medieval site. 

The festival is a collaborative event organized by the Strata Florida Trust and the Strata Florida community group, with walk leaders from local rambler groups.

PLACES PER WALK ARE LIMITED SO BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL! 

​A walks outline can be viewed and printed as a pdf, below.​​

Cost per day: adults £7.50; under 18s £5; under 5s free​.​​
Click here to download the brochure
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​Saturday 5th October ​
10am-1pm
​Autumn Foragaing with Lucas Harley-Edwards 
**NOW FULLY BOOKED**

Join Lucas for some autumn foraging along the lanes and in the fields surrounding Strata Florida. 

Cost £30
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​Wednesday 16th October
10am - 4pm
Printing with Packaging with Marian Haf
This workshop, led by local artist Marian Haf, will be a relaxed introduction to relief and intaglio printmaking using household packaging. All materials and equipment will be provided, but feel free to bring along any images for inspiration, or be inspired on the day by the landscape , objects and wildlife of Strata Florida!

​Refreshments provided throughout the day but please bring  your own lunch.

​Cost: £80 all materials included
Click here to download the brochure
Saturday 26th October
​10am-4pm
Barddoniaeth Ystrad Fflur, with Professor Dafydd Johnston

This course will be delivered in Welsh. 

We will be discussing some of the famous poetry connected to Strata Florida Abbey, starting in the Middle Ages with Gruffudd Gryg’s cywydd to the yew above the grave of Dafydd ap Gwilym, Guto Glyn’s praise poem to Abbot Rhys and Dafydd Nanmor’s description of the abbey church.  Among the modern poems we’ll be looking at will be an ode by Hedd Wynn, a lyric by T. Gwynn Jones and some of the works of the Ffair Rhos poets.  There will be an opportunity to visit the site and see the ruins of the abbey, the yew and the cemetery and some of the englynion on the gravestones. 

The day will be suitable for Welsh speakers and for higher level learners.  Refreshments provided throughout the day but please bring  your own lunch.
​Cost: £50
Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November
7-10pm
Night Photography Workshop, with Dafydd Wyn Morgan
** NOW FULLY BOOKED **
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Set in the Cambrian Mountains, renowned for its low light pollution, Strata Florida has astounding dark skies. It is on the Cambrian Mountains Astro Trail and is less than a mile from a Dark Skies Discovery Site. Join us over two evenings in November. Two evenings of instruction by Dafydd Wyn Morgan, and the chance to take your own photographs of the night sky against the iconic landscape of Strata Florida.

​Cost: £60 for two evenings
Saturday 23rd November 
10am-4pm
Writing the Dark: darkness as inspiration for creative writing, with Jacqueline Yallop
​With the concept of literal darkness becoming rarer on a planet dominated by illumination, Jacqueline Yallop creates a world of exploration and the pulling of creativity out of the darkness.  Strata Florida is  renowned for its low light pollution and is less than a mile from a Dark Skies Discovery Site, so is the ideal location to find inspiration.  Darkness evokes so much within us; fear, mystery,  curiosity, danger and safety - all of which will be harnessed into emotive writing during this course, under Jacqueline's very capable guidance.
​Cost: £40