Pattingham Scarecrow Festival
The Staffordshire village of Pattingham mounts scarecrows through its streets and gardens for three late September days, running alongside fairground rides and food stalls at the village club in a festival that has quietly become one of the best attended scarecrow events in the Midlands.
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"Founded in 1980 to unite parishes bordering the River Manifold, this strictly local-entry show is beloved for its Slow Tractor Race and genuine community spirit set against the spectacular scenery of the Staffordshire moorland valley."
Manifold Valley Show
"Longnor's cobbled market square hosts one of the last well dressings of the season in the Staffordshire Moorlands, a rare continuation of the Derbyshire tradition just over the county border."
Longnor Well Dressing
"Six dancers carry ancient reindeer antlers, some carbon dated to the eleventh century, twelve miles around a Staffordshire village on Wakes Monday, joined by a hobby horse, a Fool and Maid Marian."
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Villagly Award · Oldest Dance in the UK ✦ Weird and Wonderful"The Staffordshire County Showground organises district ploughing and hedgelaying matches each autumn, and the Eccleshall round draws competitors from across the county to farmland around one of Staffordshire's quieter market towns for a full day of working countryside skills."
Eccleshall District Ploughing and Hedgelaying Match
"One of Staffordshire's oldest continuous well-dressing traditions, begun in 1843 as an act of thanksgiving after Endon's spring uniquely survived a devastating regional drought, the festival pairs intricately flower-petalled well panels with a May Queen crowning, maypole dancing, and the competitive sheaf-tossing contest."
Endon Well Dressing
"A whole weekend of English and American folk dancing from Playford to the present, with national callers and bands across three halls, marking its 50th year."
Lichfield Folk Festival
"A full week of Derbyshire village carnival life with well dressings, a flower festival, a scarecrow competition and then the spectacular Saturday parade of floats, fancy dress and Carnival Royalty through the village, followed by classic cars, alpacas and children's entertainment on the recreation ground."
Barlow Carnival
"A Leicestershire village fills its gardens, drives and lamp posts with over a hundred themed scarecrows each August Bank Holiday, inviting visitors to walk the trail and vote for their favourite over three days."
Desford Scarecrow Festival
"This tiny Peak District village glows with one of the most famous festive light displays in the country as Santa parades in by tractor."
Castleton Christmas Lights Switch-On
"A revival of Spalding's tulip-country tradition dating to 1959, where volunteer-built floats covered in thousands of fresh tulip heads parade 2.94 miles through the town accompanied by marching bands and entertainers."
Spalding Flower Parade
"A volunteer-run village carnival revived in 2023 that draws over 1,000 people to Fisher Road for a grand procession, live music, and fairground rides celebrating community spirit."
Bishop's Itchington Carnival
"The Derbyshire village of Tansley on the edge of the Peak District invites its residents to place scarecrows in their gardens and on their lanes for a summer Sunday, turning a quiet village walk into a tour of local humour and ingenuity that draws visitors from across the county."
Tansley Village Scarecrows