07/09/2026
🌾 Draycott Scarecrow Festival 2026 – The Results Are In! 🌾
What a weekend! Despite Saturday's grim weather, so many of you came out to enjoy the brilliant scarecrow displays around the village.
Thank you for all your creativity and effort – it really does make the festival what it is! 🧡
🏆 AND THE WINNERS ARE...
Residential
🥇 61 Cleveland Avenue – "Shed-Zepplin"
🥈 (joint) 5 Victoria Avenue – "Spiderman" & Plumtree House – "Small Prophets"
Business
🥇 Altered Images
🥈 Villa Street Motors (only 1 vote in it! 😲)
Charity
🥇 55 Sawley Road – Friends of St Chad's Church
🥈 57 Sawley Road – Prostate Cancer UK
Under 16s
🥇 1 Lodge Street – "The Rainbow Fish" (ages 4, 8 & 10)
🥈 37 Derby Road – "The Wizard of Oz" (ages 4 & 7)
Certificates & rosettes will be delivered over the next couple of days! 📬
By the numbers:
💷 £1,650 taken in map sales (~330 maps – with groups of up to 8, that's a LOT of people out enjoying the village!)
🎗️ £165 (10%) shared between our 8 amazing local charities – £20.62 each, donations in progress
🌻 Sunflower Trail winner Natalie from Chellaston has won a £50 Smyths Toy Store voucher 🎁
🎟️ Prize draw winners from entry fees:
1st = 72 Lime Grove (£100) 🥇
2nd = Pumpkinz & Rose's Styles (£75) 🥈
💰 Roughly £1,200 raised for the Village Fund – supporting our village planting displays and local projects. Final figure coming in our winter newsletter!
Thank you to EVERYONE who took part, voted, and supported local businesses & charities this year 🧡
