The next Sheep Fair takes place at Nepcote Green in Findon Village on
Saturday 12th September 2020
Festivities commence on Friday Night with a funfair on the green and Barn Dance in the marquee
Saturday is the fair itself with…
FREE ADMISSION
(Car Parking £5)
The next Sheep Fair takes place at Nepcote Green in Findon Village on Saturday 12th September 2020
Festivities commence on Friday Night with a funfair on the green and Barn Dance in the marquee
Saturday is the fair itself with…
FREE ADMISSION (Car Parking £5)
Click here for Parking details
PHOTOS
A selection of photographs from the 2019 Sheep Fair are now available to view on the website.
Go to the Gallery page, or simply click here
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LATEST NEWS
Sheep Fair 2021 Cancelled
With great regret, we must announce that the 2021 Findon Sheep Fair will not be taking place.
Firstly, we want to say thank you to everyone who gave their feedback and ideas on what our beloved Sheep Fair should do this summer. We read every message posted on our website and all the comments from the Findon News and took all your thoughts and opinions into account. It is remarkable to see how passionate the village is about our event, which we truly appreciate, and felt that we had to listen to the most concerned or worried about our Sheep Fair and Village Festival.
After careful consideration and countless chats between the committee, the council, and all involved, we unfortunately cannot find a way to make this year’s event a possibility. The safety of everyone attending is of the utmost importance, and with fast changing rules and guidelines from the government, planning an event of this magnitude in a short time is just not feasible, and keeping everybody safe and healthy both in the village and further afield is our biggest priority.
We are confident the Findon Sheep Fair will be back bigger and better than ever in 2022, and we thank you for your continued support.
Simon Stace (Sheep Fair Committee Chairman)
Sheep Fair 2021 Cancelled
With great regret, we must announce that the 2021 Findon Sheep Fair will not be taking place.
Firstly, we want to say thank you to everyone who gave their feedback and ideas on what our beloved Sheep Fair should do this summer. We read every message posted on our website and all the comments from the Findon News and took all your thoughts and opinions into account. It is remarkable to see how passionate the village is about our event, which we truly appreciate, and felt that we had to listen to the most concerned or worried about our Sheep Fair and Village Festival.
After careful consideration and countless chats between the committee, the council, and all involved, we unfortunately cannot find a way to make this year’s event a possibility. The safety of everyone attending is of the utmost importance, and with fast changing rules and guidelines from the government, planning an event of this magnitude in a short time is just not feasible, and keeping everybody safe and healthy both in the village and further afield is our biggest priority.
We are confident the Findon Sheep Fair will be back bigger and better than ever in 2022, and we thank you for your continued support.
Simon Stace (Sheep Fair Committee Chairman)
Sheep Fair 2021 Cancelled
With great regret, we must announce that the 2021 Findon Sheep Fair will not be taking place.
Firstly, we want to say thank you to everyone who gave their feedback and ideas on what our beloved Sheep Fair should do this summer. We read every message posted on our website and all the comments from the Findon News and took all your thoughts and opinions into account. It is remarkable to see how passionate the village is about our event, which we truly appreciate, and felt that we had to listen to the most concerned or worried about our Sheep Fair and Village Festival.
After careful consideration and countless chats between the committee, the council, and all involved, we unfortunately cannot find a way to make this year’s event a possibility. The safety of everyone attending is of the utmost importance, and with fast changing rules and guidelines from the government, planning an event of this magnitude in a short time is just not feasible, and keeping everybody safe and healthy both in the village and further afield is our biggest priority.
We are confident the Findon Sheep Fair will be back bigger and better than ever in 2022, and we thank you for your continued support.
Simon Stace (Sheep Fair Committee Chairman)
MORE NEWS
2021 Sheep Fair Update
The committee met via a Zoom call on Monday night to discuss the prospect of a Sheep Fair in 2021.
Firstly, it is our hope to operate a show of some form. However, we do have a backdrop of Government and WSCC risk assessment requirements (plus Distancing, Hand Washing, Face Coverings and Track & Trace registration) to conform to. These assessments include the consideration of the local community, use of public transport, impact assessments etc. Event and Shows are only permitted to proceed once these assessments have been formally approved by WSCC. The requirements are unlikely to change or relax. The vaccination programme offers us all hope but it has just started and it will be impossible for everyone to have been vaccinated, twice, by mid August (giving a 3 week immunity development period prior to the show).
Our initial meeting has determined to investigate whether a cut down, open air, show is possible. The shape, format and viability has yet to be formulated. The one thing that is certain is that any show will not be a normal show.
As was the case last year the situation is ever changing, which makes planning difficult, we will ultimately be guided, and only be able to proceed, by Government and local regulations.
Further meetings are occurring prior to the next main meeting in February when we will issue a further update.
Sheep Fair 2021
We are hoping that we will be able to go ahead with the Findon Sheep Fair and Village Festival in 2021, and will do all we can to provide a safe environment for everyone. The Sheep Fair Team will be closely monitoring national and local government guidelines and plan to meet next month. An update on progress will be posted here by the end of January.
Sheep Fair 2020
Social restrictions may have put a stop to this years Findon Sheep Fair in all its glory but the centuries old tradition was maintained in a truncated form on Saturday 12th of September in order to keep open a charter signed in 1261 giving permission for a sheep fair to be held on the second weekend in September on Nepcote Green.
Robert Harris, Harris Bros traditional Fun Fair, and Simon Stace, Chairman of Findon Sheep Fair committee, still had to open and close the event. There were a few sheep on the green from Graham Langford who has supplied some sheep on the green for the last 15 years.
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Thanks also to Margaret Bamford, Abigail Holmes and Sue Biddle
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