Return to 'Enjoying your Stay' page Enjoying your stay Here are just a few suggestions, please see our holidays page for more detailed information. At OGM • Swimming • Basketball • Tennis • Table football • Snooker • Barbeques and picnicking in the gardens • Walking, running and cycling on surrounding roads and footpaths (we have a few kids bikes of various sizes at the house). • Stargazing! Locally • Cinemas and theatres in both Hereford and Abergavenny • 10 pin bowling and paintballing in Hereford and the surrounding area • Hereford Racecourse • Fruit picking at Pepe’s farm, just outside Abergavenny • Welsh castles in Crickhowell, Grosmont, Abergavenny and Raglan • Fishing on the river Wye (please contact us upon booking for details) • Farmers’ markets in Hereford and Abergavenny • Charming towns of Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye • Outdoor activities in the surrounding countryside include canoeing, mountaineering, rock climbing, mountain biking and mountain boarding, please see ‘making your stay easier’ for further information Further afield • Welsh market towns of Brecon and Hay-on-Wye • Cardiff – 1 ¼ hours – multiplex cinemas, huge brand new shopping centre and a personal family favourite, ‘Techniquest’ followed by fish and chips on the waterfront! • Cheltenham – 1 ½ hours – regency town, famous Cheltenham racecourse • Ludlow – 1 hour – antiques, excellent restaurants and a sausage festival! Outdoor Activities in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire Life Changing Activities offers climbing, abseiling and canoeing in the Wye Valley, gorge walking in Herefordshire and survival training in Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean. Life Changing Activities can tailor all their outdoor activities to suit your party so if you want to have a day of climbing and survival training or gorge walking and abseiling then it is no problem. Life Changing Activities are more than just outdoor activities, they use life coaching and NLP during their activities to make a real difference.  Please visit www.lifechangingactivities.com for further details. Should you wish to book an activity during your stay at Old Great Marlborough, please contact: Life Changing Activities: 01989 566672, michael@lifechangingactivities.com .