Welcome to the Rising Sun in Woodcroft, a village pub set in the countryside on the outskirts of Chepstow. Nestled between the Rivers Wye and Severn. The pub is less than 100 yards from Offa’s Dyke path and the climbing area of Wintour’s Leap. Across the fields is the Wye Valley Greenway cycle path and not far from the Devils Pulpit looking over Tintern.
We are a local, community owned pub and winner of the CAMRA Pub Saving Award for 2023. We serve delicious locally sourced food, a superb selection of alcoholic, non-alcohol drinks and coffees in a beautifully restored pub with a fabulous garden.
We hope to see you soon with a warm welcome.
Upcoming events
Monthly Coffee Morning
Hi everyone, our next coffee morning will be on Thursday 24th April 2025 at 11am. We are looking forward to welcoming back old and new friends for a get together over coffee & cakes and we’ll also have our very much loved raffle…. See you all there!
Join our 100 Club lottery and help raise funds for the pub
Would you like to support our Community pub, the local community and have the chance to win big ? Sign up for our 100 Club, a lottery designed to raise funds while giving you a shot at some fantastic cash prizes.
Membership is £30 per number per year joining in March, which covers 13 draws - as we’ll have two in December. It is open to all. If you missed joining in March, you can still join in April for £27.50, for 12 draws, May for £25 for 11 draws, June for £22.50 for 10 draws and so on.
The first draw took place during the Coffee Morning at the pub on Thursday, March 27th, at 12pm. There will be three cash prizes won every month!
The more people that buy a ball, the higher the cash prizes—and the more funds we raise to help the community and improve the pub.
We would like to raise some money to improve soundproofing at the pub, enhance the back parking area, and continue supporting local causes in the community.
Interested? Download the attached form and email it to vjhenson@aol.com and pay by BACS online with your name as reference.
Funds in aid of The Rising Sun Woodcroft Community Pub Community Benefit Society, Responsible persons for promoting the small lotteries are Michelle Hayes, Geraldine Weir and Vicki Henson c/o The Rising Sun Woodcroft, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP167HY. Small society Lottery Registration Number F/25/00086/GASSP
All payments in by March 26th,2025 will be able to participate in the March 27th, 2025 draw.
Latest News
New Menu Alert Wednesday 12th March
Our new menu’s are now available, please check them out… From new sandwiches, light bites, pub classics, tasty mains, Sunday lunches, children’s food to yummy deserts…
Congratulations to Tim Edwards who collected £106 as winner of our “Guess the score 6 Nations Sweep” .
Spend it well Tim back behind the bar please.
We’ve recently had our 5 star rating renewed… February 2025
Our Quiz Centenary!
We have now completed our 100th Rising Sun Community Pub Quiz night.
Since 2023, our weekly Tuesday quizzes and our art wall have raised a spectacular £3,459.14 for the small charities below that have local links.
A huge thank and all who support us here at our community pub, enabling us to give something back to local causes.
January 2023 - Chepstow Food Bank - £223.90
February 2023 - Forest Pulse - £139
March / April 2023 - Forest Opportunities Centre -£221.40
May / June 2023 - Sunflower Suicide Support - £238
July 2023 - Bathurst Pool - Lydney - £170.81
August 2023 - Age Concern- Cinderford - £221.40
September 2023 - The Rewild Project - £111.20
October / November 2023 - Cruse Bereavement Support - £234
December 2023 - Sedbury Space £90
Jan 2024 - Family in Crisis - £209.40
Feb & March 2024 -Cyffanol women’s aid £255.90
April& May 2024 SARA - £299.22
May / June 2024 - Chepstow food bank - £192.83
July 2024 - Brody’s Trust -£214.56
August 2024 - Tutshill Pre-School - £200
September 2024 - Great Oaks Hospice - £143.40
October 2024 - To Kenya with love - £94
November 2024 - Friends of Tidenham Church - £165.90
Dec 2024 - Chepstow Community Fridge -£124.22
If you would like to suggest a local charity that we have not supported for next year please email us on admin@therisingsunwoodcroft.co.uk
We are so proud of our Community,
Thanks again for all your support,
The Rising Sun Team
Dog Friendly
Our four legged friends are welcome in the garden and inside the bar.
Please ask our bar staff for complimentary doggy treats
Parking Request
We are delighted to welcome you to our Community pub and ask you, when visiting us if you could be mindful to park with consideration to the local residents. Please take care not to block any access, park on pavements, or narrow any entrances for emergency vehicle access. Thank you so much, in advance, for your kindness towards our neighbours.
The Rising Sun Management Committee
Cribbage
If you would like a game of Crib but haven’t played in a while, ease yourself in gently, cutting and shuffling on a Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 4pm.
Darts
Our Darts team play on Wednesdays in the local Darts league.
Come along and get “on the oche” from 8:30pm.