About History

Caerphilly is famed both for its tasty cheese and for its castle ruins, and both feature in the annual Big Cheese festival. Expect dozens of gourmet food stalls featuring local and international delicacies (naturally with an emphasis on dairy products!), plenty of music and entertainment, living history encampments, a large funfair and the renowned Great Cheese Race which is one of the opening events of the weekend. During the race, entrants must carry traditional truckles of cheese on stretchers in a relay on a course through the castle and event site.