Sat 20 October - Wed 31 October
10am to 3.30pm | Spooky Halloween Maize Maze
SPOOKY HALLOWEEN MAIZE MAZE AT THE TOY BARN IN SHERBORNE…
Come for a spooky Halloween outing and explore our giant Maize Maze. Choose your path wisely to reach the creepy turret at the centre of the maze, or face re-tracing your steps to find the correct route. Getting lost has never been so SCARY!
Once you’ve explored the huge maze, your children can have fun on our play equipment or try their luck around the track on our famous pedal-powered go karts.
*Please note that there is NO cafe on site so please bring a picnic and refreshments*
SPOOKY HALLOWEEN MAIZE MAZE OPENING TIMES
The Maize Maze is open Saturday 20th October to Wednesday 31st October from 10am to 5pm. We are closed on Sundays. Last entry to the maze is at 3.30pm.
ADMISSION PRICES
Halloween Maize Maze Day Ticket:
£6 per person (under 3s free)
£20 for a 4 person Family group ticket – must include 1 adult
£4.80 for an extra person on the group ticket
For larger group bookings please contact us.
Please Note:
As a working farm, we may occasionally have to close the attraction. Please check our Facebook or Twitter pages before planning your visit to confirm opening days/times.
Some walkways in the maze are narrow therefore wheelchairs and pushchairs are not recommended due to the uneven and soft ground.
It is advisable to wear stout footwear. If it is wet conditions wellingtons are advised.
Dogs are welcome and must be kept on a lead at all time.
| Blackmarsh Farm, Sherborne, DT9 4JX | Contact: Mimi Prideaux-Brune
Telephone: 01935815040
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Sat 20 October - Sun 21 October
10am-5pm | Autumn Colours Weekend
Reduced price entry to the gardens. Castle £4pp. Under 16s free.
| Sherborne (New) Castle, New Road, DT9 5NR | Go to website |
Sun 21 October
15:00 | Jazz in the Village
Ian Miller (saxaphone) and Dominic Spencer (piano)
| Caryford Community Hall, Maggs Lane, Castle Cary BA7 7JJ | Contact: Helen Leary
Telephone: 01963 350 980
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Wed 24 October
7.00 for 7.30pm | Papusza - Film
Sherborne Chojna Committee presents the beautifuly filmed - Papusza.
The Story of Poland’s Gypsy Poetess Bronislawa Wajs (1908-87).
Tickets £7.00 (Students £2.00)a vailable from Winstone’s Bookshop (Cheap St.) and TIC (Digby Road)
Light Refreshments and Bar
In aid of Educational Programmes with Chojna, Poland
| Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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Wed 24 October
7.30pm | Sherborne Science Café - Talk
The First Stars and Supernovae in the Universe. Talk by Dr Daniel Whalen.
| Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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Wed 24 October
1p.m | Organ Recital
A 40 minute organ recital by Chris Beechey featuring a variety of music. There will be a Retiring collection.
| Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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| Thu 25 October - Sun 28 October | Sherborne International Film Festival
A wide selection of world cinema. Tickets can be bought fromSherborne TIC. Entry costs £6. Reception and opening night screening £10, 10 tickets £40.
| Powell Theatre, Abbey Rd, Sherborne DT9 3AP | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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| Thu 25 October | Artslink Arts Buffet
Session Times are 10-12pm and 1.30-3.30pm.
Family art and craft workshop (U12).Parental supervision required at all times. Donations welcome.
| Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA | Telephone: 01935 815899
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Fri 26 October
7 for 7.30pm | Ralegh 400 - Talk
Talk by Anna Beer about her new book on Sir Walter Ralegh. Tickets from Sherborne TIC.
| Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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Fri 26 October - Fri 16 November
Daily 9.30 till 5.00 | THE JERRAM GALLERY
EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY
CHARLES ANDERSON, MHAIRI MCGREGOR AND JACKIE PHILIP
Open daily from 9.30 - 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday
All Gallery stock can be viewed online
| Half Moon Street Sherborne | Contact: MARK JERRAM
Telephone: 01935 815261
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Sat 27 October
10.00 am to 3.30 pm | Sherborne Handmade Art & Craft Fair
A craft fair celebrating the original handmade items by local artisans from Dorset and Somerset
Free Entry
Charity Tea Room
| Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA | Contact: Gillian Salmons
Telephone: 01458223124
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Sat 27 October
9am-3:30pm | Vintage Market
| Memorial Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
Telephone: 07809 387594
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Sat 27 October
10am to 5pm | Creepy Halloween Fun Sessions
Ticket includes: Reptile Ranch, Pumpkin Carving and free Carving Kit and Spooky Maize Maze
On Saturday 27th October, children and adults alike will be in for a treat at our special Creepy Halloween Fun Sessions.
If you are brave enough, get up close and personal with snakes, iguanas, lizards and other creepy crawlies presented by The Reptile Ranch. There will be three demonstrations during the day at 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm which last about 30 to 40 minutes. Please specify which session you will take part in when booking your tickets.
Explore our giant Spooky Maize Maze, enjoy getting lost and finding all the ghoulish figures! Please also allow 45 minutes to 1 hour to go around the maize maze.
The ticket also includes a pumpkin sourced from Sherborne Market Fruit and Veg and a free carving kit. We look forward to seeing who can carve the spookiest pumpkin! (Please note that children under 4 years old will not receive a pumpkin or carving kit but will be able to participate in all the other activities. However the adults will be receiving a pumpkin and carving kit so that you can do this will your children!)
Doodles Play Cafe will be serving hot drinks, snacks and treats on Saturday 27th October.
There will also be face painting (additional cost applies) and children can come in fancy dress if they want.
Families will also be able to enjoy play time on our climbing frames, swings, trampolines and Wendy houses. Or race on our famous pedal powered go-kart track!
Recommended Age is 4 years +.
Places are limited so book online today!
| Blackmarsh Farm, Sherborne, DT9 4JX | Contact: Mimi Prideaux-Brune
Telephone: 01935815040
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| Sun 28 October | RAF Centenary Service
| Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ | |
| Sun 28 October | Open Day
Opening Times 10am-4:30pm. Ride a narrow gauge train along part of the old Somerset and Dorset line.
| Gartell Light Railway, Common Lane, Yenston, Templecombe, BA8 0NB | Telephone: 01963 370752
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| Mon 29 October | Cheese and Cider
We're bringing the best of the West Country to the Fleet Air Arm Museum. Join us in Hall 4, underneath Concorde, to celebrate all things Cider and Cheese. Enjoy an evening of tastings and talks from local artisans and explore the museum itself at your leisure.
| Hall 4, Fleet Air Arm Museum RNAS Yeovilton Ilchester BA22 8HT | Go to website |
| Tue 30 October - Sun 23 December | Cards for Good Causes
Charity Christmas Cards sold for at least 25 charities with a variety of designs.
| Sherborne Tourist Information | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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Wed 31 October
1pm | Organ Recital
A 40 minute organ recital by Simon Clarkson. There will be a Retiring collection.
| Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ | |
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Fri 26 October - Fri 16 November
Daily 9.30 till 5.00 | THE JERRAM GALLERY
EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK BY
CHARLES ANDERSON, MHAIRI MCGREGOR AND JACKIE PHILIP
Open daily from 9.30 - 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday
All Gallery stock can be viewed online
| Half Moon Street Sherborne | Contact: MARK JERRAM
Telephone: 01935 815261
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| Tue 30 October - Sun 23 December | Cards for Good Causes
Charity Christmas Cards sold for at least 25 charities with a variety of designs.
| Sherborne Tourist Information | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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| Sun 04 November | Cold War Car For Auction
A rare Tatra Czechoslovakian car, from 1950, has emerged from the cold and is entered into the Charterhouse auction of classic and vintage cars.
To read the full article please click on the attached PDF.
Rare Cold War Car for Auction
| The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset | Contact: Matthew Whitney
Telephone: 01935 812277
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Tue 06 November
7pm | Society, Service & Sacrifice: Sherborne Remembers the First World War
‘We will remember them’ - but remember whom? How can we remember men of a ‘lost generation’ whom we have never met?
This evening commemoration, led by Sherborne Museum, seeks to give a context to the lives and deaths of the 175 men listed on the town’s First World War memorial. Our speakers will also assess the impact of wartime conditions on Sherborne society and explore how the war continued to affect lives after the signing of the armistice on 11th November 1918. Through illustrated talks and readings, we will bring to mind the immense debt of gratitude we owe to some 850 Sherbornians who served for King and Country. Contributions will be made by the descendants of some of these men and women, and also by students from local schools.
Tickets: £8, on sale at Sherborne Tourist Information Centre from Saturday 6th October. Under 18s free of charge. Doors open from 6.30pm, with a glass of wine included in the ticket price.
| Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL | Contact: Sherborne Museum
Telephone: 01935 815341
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Sat 10 November
7.30pm | Remembrance, in words and music
Commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War with an evening of music and words in memory of those who gave their lives. Proceeds will be in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Music includes movments from the Fauré Requiem and Parry’s Songs of Farewell, along with music by David Bednall, Julian Dams, Jonathan Dove, John Ireland, Paul Mealor and John Tavener.
With the choristers of Sherborne Abbey Choir. Readings by Canon Eric Woods, Rector of Sherborne Abbey. Organist Simon Clarkson.
| Sherborne Abbey | Contact: Sherborne Chamber Choir
Telephone: 01935 815341
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| Thu 15 November - Fri 16 November | Bidders Eye up Jewellery
An early 19th century brooch painted with an eye is one of the more unusual lots going under the Charterhouse hammer in their two day 15th & 16th November auction.
To read the full details please click on the attached PDF.
Bidders Eye up Jewellery
| Charterhouse Long Street Sherborne Dorset DT9 3BS | Contact: Richard Bromell
Telephone: 01935 812277
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Sat 17 November
10am – 2pm | CHRISTMAS FAIR
All Welcome - Entry £2.50 and Children under 15 are FREE
Christmas Gifts from 20+ Traders
Tombola – Raffle
Name the Bear – No. of Sweets in the Jar - Treasure Hunt
Bacon Butties – Christmas Cake – Mince Pies
Tea – Coffee – Mulled Wine
Special Christmas Gourmet Raffle
Sticklands School Choir
| Leigh Village Hall, DT9 6HL. | Go to website |
| Sun 18 November | Up, Down and Dirty - Aldon, Yeovil
Run, crawl or climb your way around our Fun 5k, Tempting 10k or go all out with the Filthy 15k Up, Down and Dirty event.
Mud, hills and the odd obstacle all in the heart of Yeovil. Come and join St. Margaret's Hospice for your muddy winter challenge!
To book your place, visit: www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk and search ‘up down & dirty’ or call 0845 034 2188.
| Aldon, Yeovil | Contact: St. Margaret's Hospice
Telephone: 0845 034 2188
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Sun 18 November
9.00am start | Sherborne Sports Centre Charity Chase 2018
This year's Charity Chase is raising funds for the Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. Choice of 1K, 2K, 5K, or 10K, with participants invited to don fancy dress in the theme of "Doctors and Nurses". Lots of other fun and games for those not chasing.
Entry forms available at the following locations: Sherborne Sports Centre; Yeatman Hospital Main Reception or Minor Injures Unit; Sainsbury's in-store Community Notice Board. Also available to download at www.friendsoftheyeatman.org.uk
| Sherborne Sports Centre, Abbey Road, DT9 3AP | Contact: Jack White
Telephone: 01935 810548
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Wed 21 November
19.10 for 19.30 | Dorset Wildlife Trust - Sherborne Group
Lesley Gasson is a master beekeeper and has kept honeybees for over 30 years. Tonight she speaks about 'Bees and Beekeeping'. She will be telling us about the life cycle of a colony and what beekeepers must do to look after their bees.
Cost £2.50 at the door. Refreshments available from 7.10 for a small contribution. Non-members of DWT most welcome.
| Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, DT9 3NL | Contact: Gillian Constable
Telephone: 01963 23355
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Fri 30 November - Sat 22 December
Daily 9.30 till 5.00 | THE JERRAM GALLERY
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
NEW WORK BY 15 SELECTED ARTISTS
Open daily from 9.30 - 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday
All Gallery stock can be viewed online
| Half Moon Street Sherborne | Contact: MARK JERRAM
Telephone: 01935 815261
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| Tue 30 October - Sun 23 December | Cards for Good Causes
Charity Christmas Cards sold for at least 25 charities with a variety of designs.
| Sherborne Tourist Information | Contact: Sherborne Tourist Information Centre 01935 815341
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Fri 30 November - Sat 22 December
Daily 9.30 till 5.00 | THE JERRAM GALLERY
CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
NEW WORK BY 15 SELECTED ARTISTS
Open daily from 9.30 - 5.00 Tuesday to Saturday
All Gallery stock can be viewed online
| Half Moon Street Sherborne | Contact: MARK JERRAM
Telephone: 01935 815261
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Sun 02 December
7pm - 9.15pm | Yeovil Concert Band present a Charity Christmas Concert
With special guests Sherborne Community Choir in aid of Yeovil Heartbeat (Cardiac Care Unit at Yeovil Hospital).
Tickets cost £10, under 16's £3 and are available from 01935 321330, or the website or on the door (to include mulled wine, soft drinks and a mince pie)!
This promises to be a great evening, tickets now on sale.
Registered Charity 1160305.
| Holy Trinity Church, Lysander Rd, Yeovil. BA20 2BU | Contact: Sarah Baker
Telephone: 01935 321330
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Sat 15 December
10.00 am to 3.30 pm | Sherborne Handmade Art & Craft Fair
A craft fair celebrating the original handmade items by local artisans from Dorset and Somerset
Free Entry
Charity Tea Room
| Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA | Contact: Gillian Salmons
Telephone: 01458223124
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Mon 27 May
10.00 am - 6.00 pm | Sherborne Castle Country Fair
Sherborne Castle Country Fair is a one-day rural event held in the grounds of Sherborne Castle.
This family day-out is held to raise funds for local children’s charities and youth organisations. It is a traditional country fair with displays and attractions, trade and craft stands and a rare and native breed animal show. The 2019 date is Bank Holiday Monday 27th May.
Tickets on the day cost: adult £12.50, child (5-16) £4.00, family* £30.00. Under 5's free. *Admits 2 adults and 3 fee-paying children.
Save 15% when you purchase your tickets in advance: telephone 01749 813899.
Car parking is free. Dogs are welcome, on a short lead.
Alternatively, click here to go to our internet-based link to buy your tickets.
Find out more by visiting the website
| Sherborne Castle, New Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5NR | Contact: Katie Bradley-Hudson, Show Secretary
Telephone: 01749 814041
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