United Kingdom 2024 Strawberry Festivals - Where, When and More Details!

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Looking for a strawberry festival in United Kingdom in 2024? (just scroll down the page)There is no other listing as complete and current as this list, just updated! All the strawberry festivals in United Kingdom we can find are listed on this page! If you love strawberries, look for a festival near you below! And I'm always looking for more strawberry festivals! Please write me, if you know of any to add!  I update the dates as soon as the festivals publish their information, but you can always click on the links (usually the name of the festival) to see the current information on the festival's own website. 

I update this list every year, but still click on the links to the festival (the blue, underlined name of the each festival) to confirm this year's dates on the website for each festival. They may change or cancel at the last minute. . If they don't have a website, call the phone number provided, but ALWAYS CONFIRM THIS YEAR'S DATES AND TIMES BY EITHER VIEWING THEIR WEBSITE OR CALLING.

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United Kingdom 2024 Strawberry Festivals - Where, When and More Details!

Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)

There are two general types of strawberry festivals 1) community festivals, usually organized by a church, school, local Council or a town and 2). Strawberry festival held at and by a farm. They are different in what they offer, so they are grouped separately. (of course not all states and areas have both. And following the festival listings are links to our easy to follow directions about making strawberry jam, freezing strawberries, strawberry pies and much more.

Community Strawberry Festivals

  • Binsted Strawberry Fair - Sunday 21st July 2019, from 2pm to 4.30pm.
    Mill Barns (Flint Barn), Binsted Lane West, Binsted, Arundel, West Sussex, BN180LL.  Email: mike@tristram.biz. The Strawberry Fair is held in a beautiful 19th-century threshing barn and the Strawberry Fair fields near Arundel, West Sussex. . It is a great place to meet others who love rural Sussex, to buy donated local produce including herbs and shrubs from Binsted and Walberton and Fleurie Nurseries, and to enjoy a range of farming and local interest and craft stands. There are also Strawberry Teas, ice creams, childrens games, sheep and baby chicks. And some of Sussex's finest folk musicians play traditional tunes in and around the barnyard.  There’s lots for families: face painting and children’s games are regular features. Your children may already love Lucky Dips but have they tried Whack the Rat, Fish the Duck, or Toss the Cone?  Don’t expect any bouncy castles or canned music though, this is a traditional country fair! With a small group of traditional folk musicians playing in the entrance to the lovely old flint threshing barn where cream teas with strawberries are served, cakes and strawberry scones and other local produce are sold, and the raffle prizes are on display till the vicar calls out the winning numbers; then off to celebrate in the strawberry coloured Pimms Tent.  There are village fete standards such as sales of books, bottle tombola, bric-a-brac, and ices. More unusual are the herbs shrubs and perennials on sale, and the Animal Corners with magic pony, donkeys, turkeys, chicks, owls. Craft demonstrations last year included cane chair making and pole lathe turning; new in 2017 were traditional witches’ broom-making, and the chance for children to learn how to make Bird Feeders from natural materials gathered in Tortington Common, part of Binsted Woods Local Wildlife Site.
  • Cambridge Strawberry Fair - Saturday, early June
    Cambridge, England. Contact the fair. Email: enquiries@strawberry-fair.org.uk. Phone: Strawberry Fair Hotline on 01223 560160. A local festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts that takes place in Cambridge on Midsummer Common each year. Over its 30 plus year history, Strawberry Fair has evolved into one of the largest, free, open-air festivals of its kind in the country. And, believe it or not, it is completely free to attend!Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
  • Cradley Library Community Garden Strawberry Fayre - Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 10:30 AM - 3 PM UTC+01
    Maple Tree Lane, B63 2DA Halesowen. Phone: +44 1384 812855. Email: cradley.garden@gmail.com. Come along and find out more about your local community garden, whilst chomping on some strawberries! We'll be hosting a Strawberry Fayre from 10am on Saturday 29th June - all proceeds supporting the running of this community project.
  • Crudwell Strawberry Fayre - July (no date announced yet)
    The Green, Crudwell, Malmesbury SN16 9EW. Phone: 01666 825989. Email: sales@crudwellstrawberryfayre.co.uk. The Crudwell Strawberry Fayre is an event to bring the whole community together. People of all ages descend on the village green to enjoy wonderful juicy strawberries. There will be musical performances throughout the weekend, kicked-off by the Dursley Male Voice Choir on the Friday evening in All Saints church. All proceeds from the event go to the village church.  The Strawberry Fayre will be in full swing. Strawberries, cream and prosecco will be available on the village green with musical performances while you eat and drink. Workshops will be run in the church and there will be market stalls selling local products and produce. On the Saturday evening the popular Sizzle and Swing will be returning, a time for all to come and enjoy live music with a tasty barbeque.
  • Draycott Strawberry Fayre - Saturday Evening And Sunday afternoon, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June
    Draycott Playing fields adjacent to the new Memorial Hall, Draycott, Derbyshire, UK. Phone: 07788 260885. Email: enquiiries@draycottstrawberryfayre.co.uk. The Strawberry Fayre this year will still have the traditional Draycott strawberries and cream as a main feature along with other stalls, sideshows, amusements and entertainment, children’s sports, refreshments, licensed bar and music. The committee are currently sourcing other forms of entertainment to put on for the afternoon entertainment and we hope that the weather shines for us and we get a good crowd which will raise valuable funds for both organisations and enable the committee to make donations to other village organisations. Sunday Grand Opening 1pm with  Strawberry Queen and Princesses, The Great Strawberry Bake off, Kids Strawberry Colouring Display, Strawberry Trail Auction, Cream Teas in the Hall, 25+ Stalls including Food Van, Ice Cream van, Craft Stalls, Bric a Brac, Stationary Engines, Tractor Pullers, Glider, Fire Engine, Fat Cat, Slide, Bouncy Castle and Mini Big Wheel, Karate Demonstration and
    Rocky Magic Show (children’s entertainer)
  • Oddington Village Fete and Strawberry Fayre - Sunday 28th June from 1pm -4pm
    In the field behind the Village Hall, Oddington, Gloucestershire GL54 3JH. Phone: 01451 862000. Email: info@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk. Come along for an afternoon of traditional fun and entertainment. The ‘Everything Strawberry’ stand will be offering freshly picked Oddington strawberries and cream teas with strawberry themed arts and crafts.Stalls will include the ever popular Cakes and Bakes, Collectables, Plants and Books, the Oddington ‘Bee Keeper’, a Raffle,Tombola and a whole lot more. Entertainment will include the North Cotswolds Wind Band ‘jamming’ throughout the fete, activities and stalls just for the kids, races for all the family and Mr Merry, the children’s favourite entertainer and last but not least the Grand Dog Show.Admission free. Dog Show entry £1 per class
  • Pickhill Strawberry Fete - Saturday, 29 July 2019 from 12 pm until late
    Pickhill CE Primary School, The Green, Pickhill, Thirsk  YO7 4JL. Email: Please use our Contact Form. They will have bar, stalls, BBQ, lots of games, crafts, a water slide, a strawberry bake-off, a bouncey castle, a fish & chip van (from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm) and a DJ in the evening.  
  • Warsash Strawberry Festival - Saturday 6th July 2019 (then the next will be in July 2021)
    109 Church Road, Warsash, SO31 9GF. Email: aandmford@sky.com. In July, every two years, The Strawberry Field is transformed into a wonderful village fete. Over 60 organisations provide some 80+ stalls and activities, creating a festival village around arenas which host various displays and entertainment. 6,000 people attended the festival in 2017 and raised money which will be invested back in to the life of the charities and local organisations which were represented. This is not a Church Fete, although the Church does have a large stand there. It is organised by an organising committee as a community group on behalf of the whole Village.
  • Yelden Strawberry Fayre - Sunday, 30th June 2019, 2-5pm
    Yeldon, Bedfordshire, UK.  It's near the borders with Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire. The Yelden Strawberry Fayre is a highlight of the village calendar, attracting over a thousand visitors to sample champagne and oysters, strawberry teas, live jazz, classic cars, bikes, tractors and traditional summer fete activities - all to raise much needed funds for the activities of St Mary’s Church.

Farm and Private Estate Strawberry Festivals

In addition to community and church festivals, some private farms, businesses and other estates have their own strawberry festivals in June.  See each farm for this year's dates (they often do not announce them until the end of May). They may have PYO strawberries then, too.  Also, scroll down to see the links to recipes, freezing, preserving and jam making directions at the bottom of the page.

  • Brogdale Collections Strawberry Fair - 16 June 2019 from 10 am to 4 pm
    Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8XZ. Celebrate some of the first fruits of the season at Brogdale with entertainment, music, local producers and some delicious local strawberries at a real English Country Fair! Enjoy Brogdale with a day of summer strawberry fun for all the family. The whole family can join in a tug of war, sack races and more traditional fair games, crafts and storytelling, hunt for all the hidden fairy doors and have a bounce on the bouncy castle. Meet the animals, take a ride on the miniature railway and have a go at archery. Learn and discover with FREE talks, demonstrations and cooking demos.
    Tickets: Child - £4.00, Concession - £7.00, Adult - £8.00, Family - £20.00.
  • Galley Hill Farm Strawberry Fayre - 7 July 2019
    Saleby, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 ODY. Phone: 01507450399. Email: info@galleyhillfarm.co.uk. Join us raising money for Lincolnshire Marie Curie. There will be homemade cream teas, hog roast, bouncy castle, face painting, chainsaw carving, craft stalls and of course Banjo Bob. Fresh fruit available to pick and homemade jams to buy. Free parking and admission. Dogs, on leads, welcome. This is a family run PYO soft fruit farm & orchard. They also have a 5 van caravan site. British apples in season! Varieties include Bramleys, Fiesta, Falstaff, James Grieve, Jonogold Red, Katy, Russet Meridian, Sunset and Pears  (Conference and Comice) Apples and pears start in September. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
  • Tolhurst Organics Strawberry Vintage Fayre - Sunday, 9 June 2019 from 12 pm to 4PM
    Hardwick Estate Walled Gardens, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7RA. The VINTAGE theme returns at this family oriented popular event. We will be offering all things strawberry at the farm, for all customers, local community and beyond. Visitors are encouraged to dress accordingly. Somebody will be there to do your hair "vintage style".. And get ready for a day of sumptuous strawberry sweets, strawberry ice cream, salads, soups and wood fired pizza. Children's entertainment with lovely Lori of Bardica Theatre. Vintage-decorated stalls, licensed bar and free workshops for everyone. We also have a vintage book for sale "Growing Strawberries Organically", written by Iain Tolhurst in 1986. Short talk on growing strawberries, varieties and pest control by Iain Tolhurst at 2PM. Entry is £4.00 per adult, children under 12 come free. Information for stall holders: if you wish to sell your goods at the Fayre, please send us the Application Form.

 

 

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