Grayhill Living History Camp

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GREAT BRITAIN Culture Festival Renovation Culture Festival +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The Grayhill project is based in a recreated medieval village near Chepstow in Monmouthsire. The village has been in the process of being restored and rebuilt by the host project (Grayhill Conservation and Interpretation Group) since the mid-1980s. Renovation of the entire 15.5 acre site to its late 16th early 17th century condition began in 1987. There are 30 fields in the 15 acres which have been returned to their historical land uses, hay meadows, pasture, woodland, arable, gardens and orchards.

💼 What the programme involves

The camp covers three weeks and involves in the first two weeks the restoration of an early 17th century agricultural landscape as an educational resource. This year the main tasks will be completing the construction of a wood store and repairing gates (mostly carpentry work) plus preparation work for the Living History event such as path clearance. In the third and last week the site will be holding its annual Living History display for schools. Around 40 volunteer experts in period costume will demonstrate life in the English countryside in 1599. A variety of skills from dyeing to cooking, haymaking to charcoal burning will be shown. Volunteers taking part in this week will be supplied with period costumes and work with a small group of English experts at one of the activities.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Facilities are very basic – there are no showers on site, you will be living in tents, and cooking will be done over open fires. Composting toilets are on site. Visits will be organised to the local swimming pool where there is a shower option. There is no piped water or modern facilities on the site and hot water is limited.

📍 About the location

LOCATION: The camp is located 5 miles from Chepstow (Monmouthshire) in Wales. LEISURE: Swimming trips will be organised, and volunteers can play bowls in the garden.

⚠️ Requirements

HOSTING FEE: For IVS/VAP to run a programme of voluntary work projects in Britain we need to ask all volunteers participating in our projects to pay a hosting fee of £95 GBP. The fee should be paid in advance at this link in our website: https://ivsgb.org/fee-for-short-term-uk/ IMPORTANT: Please note that volunteers will only receive a final confirmation of their placement after we have received notice of the payment of this fee.

ℹ️ Additional information

All foreign nationals travelling to the UK need to apply online for an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA). You cannot enter the UK without it. Please check the following link on how to apply for it: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

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📅 Available sessions

GB-IVS 12.2

01/06/2026 → 19/06/2026

Closed

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

95.00 GBP ≈ 114 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Chepstow NP16, UK

GREAT BRITAIN

🌍 Location info

Local currency

United Kingdom Pound (GBP / £)

Exchange rate

1 GBP = 1.195652 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 21:35 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English