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Chalke Valley History Trust receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund
Chalke Valley History Trust (CVHT) has been awarded £260,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure the Chalke Valley History Festival and its Festival for Schools have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. CVHT, owner of Chalke […]
2020 Festival cancelled
PRESS RELEASE: Announcement from the Festival team Monday 23rd March 2020 It is with very heavy hearts that we have to announce today that, in light of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival will not be taking place this June. Sadly, events have taken such a dramatic turn over the past […]
When possible we like to do our bit and support some special charities or organisations.
CVHF was delighted to support the following charities at the 2019 festival: ABF: The Soldiers’ Charity Combat Stress English Speaking Union Salisbury Hospice Charity Tickets for Troops Walking With the Wounded
REVIEW: Festivals Don’t Come Better Than This – Chalke Valley History Festival 2019
We had a lovely review from the team at Get History who made it out to the 2019 History Festival. https://www.gethistory.co.uk/news/festivals-dont-come-better-than-this-chalke-valley-history-festival-2019
Hawker Typhoon update: QinetiQ apprentices hard at work
Apprentices have bee hard at work building the inner sections of the wings on the Hawker Typhoon model.
Tiffy update: build underway and schools are painting
Excitement is building for this incredible S.T.E.M. project and the teams have been working hard on it. The design team have done a fantastic job of digging out the archives of the original plans to give us the most accurate model ever. Parts are now being built and assembled from these drawings, including two large […]
Festival announces plans to construct the largest model World War II fighter plane ever built
Forget ‘The Angel of the North’. ‘The Tiffy of the South’ will be dominating the hills surrounding the Chalke Valley this summer. [Salisbury, UK 2ndApril 2019] To mark the 75thanniversary of D-Day and the liberation of France this June, The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival is creating a giant scale replica of the Hawker Typhoon […]
