Urchfont Scarecrow Festival

URCHFONT SCARECROW FESTIVAL

 3 – 5 MAY 2025

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Wiltshire's first, biggest, and most strawsome scarecrow festival. 

The 2025 Urchfont Scarecrow Festival promises a family-friendly day out filled with fun, creativity, and community spirit from Saturday the 3rd to Monday the 5th of May.


Purchase a programme by the pond and embark on the scarecrow trail. Crack the clues and match them to the 54 themed scarecrows lovingly crafted by local residents. Kids can join in the fun with a special quiz featuring picture clues at each stop. Prizes await the sharpest sleuths.


Dogs with responsible owners are also invited, so please do bring Fido along for an enjoyable walk.

URCHFONT SCARECROW FESTIVAL 2025

Key information for the 2025 festival

OPENING HOURS

Saturday 3 May

9:30 am –  6:00 pm

Sunday 4 May 

9:30 am –  6:00 pm

Monday 5 May

9:30 am –  5:00 pm

TRAIL TICKETS

Purchase at the event

Programme with Trail Map

£4 each or 2 for £7

Children's Quiz

£2 each or 2 for £3

FREE PARKING

Donations welcomed


Follow signs in the village to the car parks. Marshals will help direct you.

No on-street parking.
Blue Badge parking at the village hall, and school.

FOOD & DRINK

Festival tents


Barbecue tent with meat and veggie options.

Tea tent with cakes.

Bar tent

Ice cream tent.
Coffee and crafts.

DIRECTIONS


Follow the signs and directions from our official marshals to the free car parks (postcode SN10 4QH for Urchfont on Sat Nav). Blue Badge parking is at the Village Hall and the school.


Please do not park within the village.

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Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Map Directions

A great day out for all the family

The Urchfont Scarecrow Festival has been running since the 1990s and attracts thousands of visitors every year.


Here are some of the reasons why:

THERE'S LOTS TO DO AND SEE

Embark on the scarecrow trail through the charming Urchfont village as you unravel clues. Your little ones can join in the fun with a children's quiz featuring picture clues to decode at each scarecrow spot.

A FUN, LIVELY ATMOSPHERE

Enjoy mouthwatering, locally crafted burgers and sausages, indulge in delectable homemade cakes and a refreshing cup of tea; or satisfy your thirst with locally brewed real ales and ciders at the village pond.

IT'S COMMUNITY RUN

The Festival committee and the Urchfont Parish community work together to create scarecrows, bake cakes, oversee parking, cook on the barbecue, serve drinks, and more.

IT SUPPORTS LOCAL CAUSES.

Profits are dedicated to supporting good causes in the Parish, and a substantial annual contribution is also made to Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance and Devizes Opendoors.

SCARECROW FESTIVAL URCHFONT NEWS

LATEST NEWS 

By Mandy McDougall March 19, 2025
Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Charity initially committed to supporting Opendoors in 2024 with a donation of £2,000. We are thrilled to extend this partnership into 2025.
28 January
By Mandy McDougall January 5, 2025
There will be a USFC public meeting for Urchfont Parish residents on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
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SCARECROW FESTIVAL URCHFONT NEWS

LATEST NEWS 

By Mandy McDougall March 19, 2025
Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Charity initially committed to supporting Opendoors in 2024 with a donation of £2,000. We are thrilled to extend this partnership into 2025.
28 January
By Mandy McDougall January 5, 2025
There will be a USFC public meeting for Urchfont Parish residents on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
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By Mandy McDougall March 19, 2025
Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Charity initially committed to supporting Opendoors in 2024 with a donation of £2,000. We are thrilled to extend this partnership into 2025.
28 January
By Mandy McDougall January 5, 2025
There will be a USFC public meeting for Urchfont Parish residents on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
Urchfont Grant application form
By Mandy McDougall January 1, 2025
Do you have an Urchfont Parish community project that would benefit from Scarecrow Festival funding?
By Mandy McDougall March 19, 2025
Urchfont Scarecrow Festival Charity initially committed to supporting Opendoors in 2024 with a donation of £2,000. We are thrilled to extend this partnership into 2025.
28 January
By Mandy McDougall January 5, 2025
There will be a USFC public meeting for Urchfont Parish residents on Tuesday 28 January 2025.
Urchfont Grant application form
By Mandy McDougall January 1, 2025
Do you have an Urchfont Parish community project that would benefit from Scarecrow Festival funding?

OUR 2025 SPONSORS

Find out about sponsorship packages here.

Vale Oils Heating Oil Supplies Wiltshire

2025 PLATINUM SPONSOR

Vale Oils Heating Oil Supplies Wiltshire
Grist environmental
Green Farm Events Urchfont

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