The 2025 Fete takes place on Saturday 5th July
The village fete is fast approaching! Saturday 5th July 2025, 12 midday to 4pm on the field.
It will be opened by Revd Merry Smith, who will be our Vicar from 10th August.
We have so much going on this year: there’s a Total Wipeout style assault course (minus the mud and water!) that’s suitable for all ages, all the usual stalls including the old favourites of plants, Pimms and Fizz and the coconut shy.
There are craft stalls, games, guess the name of the teddy and number of sweets in the jar, hook a duck and so much more. There’ll be a football tournament on the lower pitch, classic cars and this year we have entertainment including African drummers and performances from a local dance school.
Like last year, we’ll also have street food including Chef In A Box, stone-baked pizzas, coffee and ice cream, as well as tea and homemade cakes in the Village Hall. The raffle and an auction are also back.
Entry is just £2 per person which includes a programme (under 16s go free) and once again, you’ll be able to buy tokens on the gate to spend at the Hook A Duck, Teddy and Sweet Stalls and the Higher/Lower games so no need for pockets full of £1 coins!
The competitions are also running again – best Cauliflower Sheep, best Victoria Sponge, best Vegetable Monster and best Jam or Preserve. Completed entry forms and payment should be dropped off to 12 Hall Close by Saturday 28th June with actual entries being brought on the day. If you’d like an entry form, please email Alix and Keith at or download it here.
It promises to be a wonderful afternoon – fingers crossed for the weather!
The Fete is usually held every year on the first Saturday in July.
The 2024 fete was held on Saturday 6th July
The new format was a great success and we are very grateful for all the hard work put in by Alix and Keith and their army of volunteers. The net proceeds were about £5,700 compared to £3,100 last year.
A big thank you to the various sponsors of the event, notably the Mercers and Berriman Eaton, and everybody who turned up on the day to help, including the ATC.
The raffle and bottle stall were particularly successful from a monetary point of view and the new attractions such as hook a duck, name the teddy and play your cards right were successful. Thanks also to the refreshment people (there were a lot of cakes!) and those who donated raffle prizes. It was a bit hairy setting up in the pouring rain in the morning but it all came together in the afternoon.
More information, including a breakdown of the amount raised by each stall, and photographs can be found here.
The 2023 Fete took place on Saturday 1st July. Details and photographs can be found here.
The 2022 fete took place on Saturday 16th July 2022. It was a fortnight later than usual as the Platimum Jubilee celebrations were taking place in the first weekend of June and it was thought it would be better not to hold the fete only four weeks after that. The report and photographs which were in the August Parish News magazine can be seen here.
The 2020 and 2021 Church Fetes were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
See photos and information about previous years’ fetes: