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  • Book Club: Our Book for October

    The book we will be reading is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Read more

  • Gilfest 2026

    A very successful day. Follow the link and click on the images to enlarge them. Read more

  • Art Group and Crafts4All Exhibition 2026

    Art & Crafts Exhibition & Sale Saturday November 28th 2026 Gilwern Community Centre 11am to 4pm Read more

  • Singing for Fun - UPDATED

    This group will meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, 10.00-12.00 in the Committee Room at the Community Centre.  The next meeting, subject to confirmation from Community Centre, will therefore be on 28th October. Read more

  • October Headstone - John Jayne & Family

    Discover the fascinating story of the Jayne family, whose lives were closely connected with the coal and iron industries of Clydach and Llanelly. From industrial enterprise and railway development to philanthropy and public service, their story offers a remarkable glimpse into nineteenth-century local life. Read more

  • Art Group visit to Court Robert

    On Sat Sept 12th, members of the art group visited Court Robert Art studio and gallery as well as the sculpture workshop and courtyard. Read more

  • Book Club: Book for September

    The book we are reading in September is: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles. Read more

  • September Headstone - Emily & William Ellis

    Discover the remarkable story of William and Emily Ellis, whose grave connects the ironworks of South Wales with the growth of New Swindon. After more than thirty years away, William's final journey brought him back by rail to St Elli, where he was laid to rest beside the beloved wife he had lost thirty-five years… Read more

  • August Headstone - Elias & Elias James Griffiths

    The grave of Elias Griffiths and his thirteen-year-old son Elias James tells the heartbreaking story of a family devastated by the Milfraen Colliery disaster of 1902. Their memorial is a powerful reminder of the dangers faced daily by South Wales mining communities. Read more

  • July Headstone - Arthur & Elizabeth Arkell

    From a miller's son in rural Herefordshire to Managing Director of Gilwern's Silvatone Gramophone Works, Arthur Arkell's life reflects the remarkable industrial changes of the early twentieth century. Together with his first wife, Elizabeth "Bessie" Samuel, whose family were well known in Gilwern, their story offers a fascinating glimpse into local family life, commerce, and… Read more

Gilwern, Monmouthshire