The 2025 Scarecrow Festival was held in the village on September 26th, 27th and 28th. It made proceeds of £18,920.
There were 123 scarecrows registered which were in the Trail Guide and were on three different routes.
After the Festival the Chairman of the Steering Committee issued the following message.
A message from the Chairman of the Steering Committee
We have seen Pattingham at its best over the Scarecrow weekend and whether you have been part of the organising committee, helping with the many months of planning and publicising the event, whether you made the car park available to us (many thanks to the Evans family!), whether you helped to man it, decorated the Church, sold raffle tickets or helped to supervise the various activities, provided sponsorship or donations, you deserve our untold thanks because your contribution has been inestimable.
I do though want to reserve special thanks to all those who created and displayed the Scarecrows. Every one has been a joy to behold, whilst you should all be proud of the level of creativity and ingenuity on display. Bear in mind that without the Scarecrows we have no Festival and therefore, on behalf of everyone involved in the Festival, I want to offer our massive and sincere thanks to you for making the weekend so memorable.
Finally, it is my delight to confirm the financial outcome of the Festival. Together, we have achieved a profit of £18,920, all of which will go to worthwhile causes in our Village. This surely represents a wonderful outcome and, once again, I want to thank everyone for their amazing contribution to this total.
Philip Sims
Festival Chairman
More information about the 2025 Scarecrow Festival can be found here.
Photographs of all the registered scarecrows can be seen on the Scarecrow Festival website.
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 2025 Scarecrow Festival took place between Friday 26th and Sunday 28th September.
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 were 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.