Welcome to the 13th Wylye Valley Art Trail, a 9-day festival of visual art and craft in southwest Wiltshire. Help us celebrate 25 years since our wonderful art trail was founded. Visit open studios and workplaces, group exhibitions and galleries. Meet and talk to artists & craftspeople, maybe purchase a piece of original art!
Following the Trail
All listings in this website have directions from a main road. Go to the map for an approximate location of each venue. Look out for the yellow trail marker signs as you get close to each venue. Also, each listing has a what3words location code
Venues are open daily from 10.30am – 5.30pm from 3 – 11 May, unless otherwise stated as ‘OPENING VARIATIONS…’
Evening Openings Where you see the moon symbol, the venue is open until 8.00pm on the stated date/s. And look out for neighbouring venues also open late!
You can pick up an Art Trail guide (available from late March) from Visitor centres, Libraries, Arts centres and many other places in and around Wiltshire. You can get one from the first art trail event that you visit. Or send a stamped (£2.10), self-addressed standard C5 size envelope (to take A5 brochure) to: Wylye Valley Art Trail, Bull Mill Cottage, Crockerton, Warminster. BA12 8AY and we’ll put one in the post. To view a flipbook of the guide click here.
You can download the WVAT25 App from the Apple Store and Google Play (search Wylye Valley Art Trail 2025)
Buying Art Much of the art is for sale and many artists and craftspeople will work to commission. However, not all of the venues take credit cards, so if you’re planning to purchase, be prepared to pay by BACS, or bring a cheque book or cash.
If you’d like to follow the trail by bike, much of it coincides with, or is close to, the Wiltshire Cycleway. Details from Tourist Information Centres and online.
Venues showing this symbol are accessible by wheelchair.
Details are included if there are any access difficulties.
Venues showing these symbols offer refreshments.
Look out for this symbol for demonstrations, talks, workshops and hands on activities. NB you may need to book and pay a fee for some activities.
Enquire about classes, workshops & courses taking place beyond the Art Trail period where you see this symbol.
After the Art Trail
Many of the artists and craftspeople welcome visitors beyond the Art Trail dates (please phone beforehand to check).
The next Wylye Valley Art Trail is planned for May 2027. If you are an artist, maker, craftsperson, gallery or art group interested in taking part, please contact us.
Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
We are hugely proud that, in early 2022, Queen Elizabeth II approved the QAVS National Assessment Committee’s recommendation that the volunteers of The Wylye Valley Art Trail should receive the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). It was one of the final awards made by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth before she died.
This is a fabulous honour and reflects profoundly on everyone involved with WVAT over the past 23 years, from the organising teams through to the participants.
Disclaimer
All information on this website is correct at the time of launch and is based on details provided by each venue. The organisers of the Wylye Valley Art Trail, participating venues and artists cannot accept liability for any loss, damage or injury sustained by any member of the public while visiting any venue. The public do so entirely at their own risk.
About the Wylye Valley Art Trail
The Wylye Valley Art Trail was founded in 2000. It is a non-profit organisation, funded entirely by the participating artists, groups and galleries. It is organised by a team of volunteers:
Co-ordinator / guide design: Nick Andrew
Listings: Celia Burt
Publicity: Rose Eva
Image formatting: Chris Lock
Secretary / Research: Jennie Gilling
Social Media: Steve Hawkins
Acknowledgements
The organising team and participants of the Wylye Valley Art Trail would like to thank:
Mike Palmer at Warminster Web for his hard work in designing and building this website (Warminster Web)
Kevin Harrison for creating the WVAT app (contact: appsupport@macrotech.uk)
Will Everett at Acoustic Distribution for working so hard in getting the WVAT guide out there! (acousticdistribution.co.uk)
And thanks to everyone who has helped with distribution and publicity and who have contributed to the success of the Wylye Valley Art Trail 2025.