Shaldon Hub

26/10/2026

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23/10/2026

Bravo everyone involved. The village looked fab, so a well earned win

Some brilliant news - Shaldon and Ringmore won Gold in the Britain in Bloom - South West Awards today. Our wonderful village also won the Cox Cup for the Best Large Village in the South West and the Vic Verrier Trophy for the Best New Entry in South West in Bloom!
The Friends of Homeyards Botanical Gardens were also awarded Outstanding in the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ class - very very well done to you fantastic volunteers in the beautiful Botanical Gardens!

The judges particularly singled out our village’s amazing community engagement as being a key reason behind our success in the competition, so here’s a huge shout out to all our village community groups and volunteers - this is real validation and recognition of just how brilliant you all are! On the judging route in July the judges met the representatives of the St Nicholas’ Churchyard Group, the Friends of Homeyards Botanical Gardens, Shaldon Zoo, Harry and Jo of the Zoo Food Project, the Allotments, the bowls club, the playpark, rowing, Regatta & Water Carnival representatives, the Bargain Box and Cancer Research Open Gardens volunteers, and many of those wonderful people who plant and maintain the lovely community displays throughout the village. Thank you too to all our village businesses and householders who made such a fantastic effort to showcase our blooming beautiful village!
Boyces and Barton Landscapes also deserve special mention for all their hard work in our village.

The Britain in Bloom - South West Gold Flag will fly high over The Green in Shaldon from this weekend - hurrah!!! 🥳

13/10/2026

French conversation coffee morning at the hub, Saturday mornings 10.30.

11/10/2026

11/10/2026

Film night:

Friday 16th at 7pm our film will be 'The Bridges of Maddison County’. £3.
Come and join us, bring your own drinks & nibbles.

01/10/2026

Oh that is sad, but entirely understandable . Thanks to the bonfire team Shaldon Parish Council for work to date - it’ll make next year’s all the more enjoyable !

Some bad news.
Shaldon Parish Councillors have taken the very difficult decision to cancel the 2026 Bonfire and Fireworks which were due to take place on 31st October.
As we said last month, the event going ahead was always conditional on the road closure in place on Marine Parade being temporarily lifted by Devon County Council for the weekend of the event, as this is the main route to the bonfire from the Ness car parks and is also a key evacuation route in case of emergency. Discussions have continued with DCC, and as a result of these, Parish Councillors now do not believe that there is sufficient certainty that the closure will be lifted on 31st October to allow the necessary preparations for the bonfire to take place. Many days of work are carried out by the volunteer bonfire build team in the weeks leading up to the event, and this, along with the significant expense incurred in storing and moving the large number of pallets required for the bonfire during this time, led Councillors to believe it would be best to cancel the event now, and so ensure that as much notice as possible is given to all in the village, including our hospitality businesses, and to those considering visiting Shaldon.
We are deeply sorry for the disappointment that the cancellation will cause, especially to all those families who were looking forward to our traditional Bonfire Night celebration. This huge disappointment is shared by our volunteer Councillors who have spent many days throughout 2026 preparing for the Shaldon Bonfire and Fireworks – an event we love. However Shaldon Parish Council appreciates that the cliff stabilisation work being carried out by DCC above Marine Parade is important and necessary and, as the safety of everyone in Shaldon is of course our main priority, are glad that this vital work is now being done.

21/09/2026

We’re delighted to be able to host this valuable community resource

17/09/2026

Save the date …

🔥🎆🎇 Shaldon Bonfire and Fireworks - Saturday 31st October 2026 🔥🎆🎇

Shaldon Parish Council are very happy to confirm that the much loved and hugely popular annual community Bonfire and Fireworks Event will be taking place on Saturday 31st October this year, with a spookily spectacular Halloween - themed Bonfire on Shaldon Beach followed by a fabulous Firework display from the Point at Teignmouth. As always the date of this event is decided solely by the tides on Shaldon Beach - we can’t control nature!

This event is organised by volunteers at Shaldon Parish Council and remains free so that all children and families can enjoy a traditional British Bonfire Night. Although Teignmouth Town Council are not involved with the event this year, there will still be a marshalled fireworks viewing area on the Point Car Park - so families in Teignmouth are very welcome to come along and join in the fun.

As some of you may be aware, cliff stabilisation works carried out on behalf of Devon County Council will result in the closure of Marine Parade for 8 weeks from 28th September. Since being informed of this closure, Shaldon Parish Council have been doing lots of talking with DCC and they have kindly agreed to remove the road closure temporarily for this event, so pedestrians will still be able to walk down as normal from the Ness Car Parks into Shaldon along Marine Parade. This is of course subject to DCC not finding any unexpectedly huge problems during the cliff works but opening the road for our Bonfire and Fireworks is, we are told, a priority for them and we are very grateful for this.

More details to follow over the next few weeks but for now - please put 31st October in your diaries! 🔥🎇🎆