Ditchling Fair

07/06/2026

In-Crowd wristbands are now on sale, and they are selling FAST!!

Pop into the village post office to buy your wristband to be able to enter Ditchling's most popular quiz, held, of course, as part of Ditchling Fair day.

Good luck, you Legends!

For your copy of the Programme listing all the events, how to enter, timings and what is new for this year, get down to the Post Office now and buy a Programme.

Kindly sponsored by Chatt Estates

07/06/2026

Calling All Tea Makers & Cake Bakers!

Ditchling Fair Saturday 20th June.

In the tea barn, we’d love your homemade cakes to help raise money and feed the hungry fair goers!

You can bring your cakes to the barn from 9am on the day or between 2 & 4pm to the church the day before. We’re raising money 50:50 for Ditchling Village Association and the Parish.

If you can help, please email [email protected]

For your copy of the Programme listing all the events, how to enter, timings and what is new for this year get down to the Post Office now and buy a Programme.

Kindly sponsored by Chatt Estates

06/06/2026

2 weeks to go until Fair day!
Scarecrow Competition is still open!
(sponsored by John Broomfield Removals).

What better to do on a wet soggy weekend than get everyone away from their screens and build a scarecrow?

This year's fair theme, ‘Larks, Laughter and Legends’, is the brief for your scarecrow.

Let your imagination soar. Whether characters, stories, or events, anything reflecting the theme counts as one entry, even if it’s a group like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Separate entries needed for different topics.

The coveted Scarecrow Trophy awaits the most voted scarecrow, but participation is the real prize.

Get creative with upcycled items or start from scratch - just sign up and enjoy!

Entry forms are available here:
https://ditchlingfair.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Scarecrow-entry-form-1.pdf

Good Luck!

01/06/2026

In - Crowd wristbands are now on sale!
Pop into the village post office to buy your wristband to be able to enter Ditchling's most popular quiz, held of course, as part of Ditchling Fair day.
Good luck you legends!

27/05/2026

Are you looking for a fun and challenging craft activity for half term?!

Why not get your kids to enter the scarecrow competition?

Open to children as well as adults. Applications by 11 June (you have a couple more days after that to finish your scarecrows)

Details, theme, and inspiration from previous years on the website. Application forms are also available at the Post Office. We'd love to have you enter! 🥳

The Ditchling Fair Scarecrow Competition began in 2004 and it has become a major part of the Ditchling Fair. Every Ditchling Fair has a 'theme' and this is used as the creative brief towards creating your scarecrow. It is open to all age groups, and it is an opportunity to be truly creative and let....

26/05/2026

Programmes NOW ON SALE!

Available for a very reasonable £3 from the Post Office, White horse and many other village retailers.
Not only read what the exciting programme of events will be , but also read about this year's Village gems, and place your vote for the village scarecrow competition.

20/05/2026

1 MONTH TILL FAIR DAY! 😁

And 2 more days till half-term.🙃

The weather looks great, so why not get outside with the kids and make a scarecrow!

Entry forms are available here, or collect one from the post office for those without working printers.

11/05/2026

The Scarecrow Competition is Open! (We already have entries!)

Now the evenings are brighter, (and with half-term approaching fast), gather your thoughts and ideas together, and build a scarecrow to display by your house!

A reminder of the theme 'Larks, Laughter & Legends'

Entry forms are downloadable from our website, link also below
Or can be collected from the post office (for those of you who may not have a printer)

Looking forward to seeing your creativity!

https://ditchlingfair.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Scarecrow-entry-form-1.pdf

07/05/2026

As well as being a fantastic local community, we should never forget are part of a global community too.

We're always trying to find ways to balance a fun fair day, and minimising the impact the fair has on the environment.

New for this year we're going 100% reuseable souvenir cups, and they look great!

Pay just £1 for your first cup, then refill to your heart's content, and take it home as a keepsake at the end!

23/04/2026

A SPECIAL THROWBACK THURSDAY!

The year is 1950.
The Prime Minister was Clement Attlee.
A Pint was one shilling and 10.
And, somewhere in Ditchling, a 10-year-old boy excitedly put paint to paper to enter his design for the Ditchling Village Fair poster.
This image was kindly provided to us by Sean Bell Savage, and the poster's creator was his late father.
Sean grew up in the village, and although no longer a resident, it was wonderful to see that he still has his father's artwork hanging in his home.
Thank you, Sean, and thank you to your father 🙏🏻🙏🏻