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1 week left to enter the Scarecrow Festival

7th of September, 2023

Clayton-le-Woods Scarecrow Festival 2023 - Sunday 24th September-Sunday 1st October 2023.

CASH PRIZES - TOP PRIZE £100!!

Enter via the Scarecrow Festival tab on our website www.claytonlewoodsparishcouncil.org.uk

What is a Scarecrow Festival?

Scarecrow Festivals are held in many towns and villages across the U.K. and are a fun way to bring together the community. Scarecrows have been used since ancient times to protect farmers' crops from feeding birds.

In recent years, many communities have begun to hold Scarecrow Festivals as a way of bringing different groups, businesses, schools and residents together and bring back the “community feel” that seems to have been lost in an era of technology and busy working families.

Ideas and Inspiration

There are all sorts of shapes and sizes of Scarecrow, ranging from window displays to large groups of individual Scarecrows, depending on the space and time that you have and your imagination. Google “Scarecrow Festivals” for inspiration.

If your home is directly on to the street you could display your Scarecrow in your window, or in a plant pot.