{"id":15386,"date":"2025-11-17T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/?post_type=events&#038;p=15386"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:46:29","slug":"risca-elf-trail","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/events\/risca-elf-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Risca Elf Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" single-featured-image\">\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Risca-Elf-Trail-2025-e1763383583722.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"video-tagline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block text-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Santa&#8217;s Elves have escaped from the North Pole and are hiding in Risca town centre!<\/p>\n<p>Can you find all the elves hiding in the shops?<\/p>\n<p>Pick up your FREE activity form and map from Risca Library, NP11 6BW.<\/p>\n<p>This event takes place between Friday 21st November and Saturday 13th December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This activity runs during normal shop trading hours, so please check opening times \/ days when planning your journey.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caerphilly.gov.uk\/contact-us\/general-enquiries\/business\/town-centre-management\"><strong>CCBC Town Centre Management Team<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\n\t\t<section id=\"\" class=\"block featured-content-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-title-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-stars\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Discover More<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-content-wrap\">\t\t\n                \n                    <article 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\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-location-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                                     \tWatford Road, Caerphilly CF83 1BJ\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <\/div>\n                        <\/a>\n                    <\/article>\n                \n                    <article class=\"featured-content-card\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/en\/listings\/rock-uk-the-summit-centre-cafe-on-the-rock\/\">\n                            <div class=\"featured-content-image\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitcaerphilly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/P1033556.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                                            <\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"post-feed-feature-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n                            <div class=\"featured-content-content\">\n\n                    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