Events
There is an annual Tredegar House vintage car rally in the grounds to raise funds for Leukaemia Research. The first rally was held in October 1980 and raised £635. In 2007 the event raised nearly £45,000 bringing the total amount raised by the Rally since 1979 to nearly £576,000.
Other events happen throughout the year, including children's fun days, period dance workshops, Easter, Pirates Day, Halloween and Christmas. There are also special tours held in addition to the normal house tours, including ones on the servants.
Thousands of children visit the house with schools for one of three workshops - 'The Stuarts', 'The Victorians' and 'Houses and Homes'.
The House is approved for marriages and civil ceremonies, and is used by Newport City Council for Mayoral Functions. The Morgan Room, The Orangery and the Servants hall are all hired out for private functions.
The House is a popular location for filming. Being Human and The Hairy Bikers have both been flimed there recently. Many episodes of Doctor Who, since the programme was revived in 2005, have used Tredegar House for location filming, including the 2008 Christmas special "The Next Doctor" and the 2009/2010 Christmas/New Year special The End of Time.
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