Pattingham Scarecrow Festival is a 3-day event held in the beautiful village of Pattingham in South Staffs, near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. This extremely popular festival began in 2011 and is a great day out for all the family, especially the children. Until 2017 it was held every other year. It was not held in 2019 and the festival planned for 2020 had to be postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2023 Scarecrow Festival took place between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th September.
As it is a biennial event, the next one will be in September 2025.
Further details can be found on the Scarecrow Festival website.
Photographs and information about previous years’ festivals can be found on the Scarecrow Festival website and the following pages of this website:
Proceeds from the Festival have been dedicated to many local projects benefiting the whole community, including St Chad’s Church, the local School and the Playing Fields.
- 2011 – The total proceeds raised at this first event amounted to £7,000.
This was used to fund the NEW glass doors in the porch of St Chad’s Church in Pattingham. - 2013 – The total proceeds raised this year was £10,500.
This amount was used as a further contribution to the NEW church glass doors, together with £4,200 given to help fund the development of the new play area on the village playing fields, the Pattingham Regeneration Group. - 2015 – This 3rd event raised £12,500.
To date this has been used to fund £5000 worth of educational equipment in St Chad’s C of E First School. The remaining amount will be used to finance another modernisation project in St Chad’s Church. - 2017 – This event raised £13,600.
£5,000 has been given to St Chad’s C of E First School. The remaining amount will be used to finance another modernisation project in St Chad’s Church. - 2021 – This 5th event raised £8,990
The proceeds raised from this 5th event will be used in supporting our local School, St Chad’s C of E (VC) First School, the village Playing Fields Adult Gym project, and St.Chad’s Church West End Door project
There is lots more information on the Scarecrow Festival website.