Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival
For nine days every August this Wharfedale village fills its gardens, walls and doorways with handmade scarecrows, and half the fun is the treasure hunt of finding them all.
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"Founded in 1871 and held in the Milburn Arms Field in the tranquil valley village of Rosedale Abbey, this long-running show features foxhound and terrier shows, gundog displays, terrier races, hound trails, and a gymkhana."
Rosedale and District Show
"Founded in 1871, this intimate show at Milburn Arms Field in the heart of Rosedale Abbey showcases heavy horses, cattle, goats, vintage tractors and local produce against the backdrop of a former ironstone mining valley."
Rosedale Show
"One of England's most singular calendar customs, this centuries-old West Witton rite sees a chanting crowd carry a glowing-eyed effigy of 'Bartle' through the village at nightfall before stabbing and burning him on the hillside above Wensleydale."
Burning Bartle
"Held in the grounds of Eshton Hall near Skipton, this traditional Dales show blends livestock and horticulture classes with show jumping, sheepdog trials and fell running."
Gargrave Agricultural and Horticultural Show
"Held in the grounds of Eshton Hall in a Dales village near Skipton, the Gargrave Show has cattle, sheep, showjumping and a fell race, a cornerstone of local tradition since the Victorian era."
Gargrave Show
"An effigy is carried through the Wensleydale village to a rhyme before being burned, origins long lost."
Burning of Old Bartle
✦ Weird and Wonderful"More than 70 scarecrows on a single themed trail wind through a Pendle Hill village each August Bank Holiday, with hot food, children's quizzes and a raffle raising funds for the local hall and church."
Higham Scarecrow Festival
"A tiny Northumberland hamlet between Alnwick and Craster springs to life each August Bank Holiday with a scarecrow trail quiz, tombola, sausage sizzle and refreshments raising funds for the village hall and church."
Rennington Scarecrow Festival
"A Lune valley village fills its lanes with themed scarecrows for two weeks, ending in a fair on the green."
Wray Scarecrow Festival
"The largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe, where 10,000 Roma and Traveller families bring hundreds of horse-drawn caravans and 1,000 horses to the Eden Valley town of Appleby for a week of trading, washing horses in the river and living traditions unchanged for centuries."
Appleby Horse Fair
"One of Cheshire's best-preserved black-and-white timber-framed villages runs an annual scarecrow trail through its lanes and cottage gardens, where the handmade figures compete for prizes and the village itself, looking entirely unchanged since the Elizabethan period, provides a backdrop that no other scarecrow trail in England can match."
Great Budworth Scarecrow Trail
"The world's first Fairtrade town fills its independent high street with fairy-tale scarecrows placed by residents themselves, finishing with a funfair finale at the sports club."
Garstang Summer Festival and Scarecrow Trail