Forget the miserable English winter, it's nearly time for this year's Kington Langley Scarecrow Festival.

What is it?

Every year in June the village of Kington Langley in Wiltshire is host to up to 100 scarecrows displayed around a trail in the centre of the village. Thousands of visitors come over the weekend to guess the titles of the scarecrows, assisted (or maybe hindered) by clues found in the programme.

We aim to make this an affordable family day out, but rest assured that proceeds are donated to local charities and projects suggested by our volunteers and scarecrow builders.

Our theme for 2012 is "Best of British" to celebrate both the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year and the fantastic successes we are hoping for in the London Olympics.

£100 is up for grabs for the visitor that can guess the most Scarecrow titles!

Scarecrow Builders

 the registration form is now OPEN for scarecrow builders and we're already seeing a wide range of titles. Royalty and sports stars are obvious choices, but what about inventors, pop stars, politicians, film stars, soap stars and of course British military heroes.

Registration closes on May 20th 2012

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• Scarecrows Ceilidh Tickets on sale now This is always a popular event, and a great party atmosphere.We've booked "Jellied Reels" again for some foot stomping tunes and instructions on how to do the dances ...
  Posted 23 Apr 2012 09:57 by Steve Howe
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  Event Results - 2011 It was a game of two halves in 2011. Saturday was a glorious day, but Sunday was a Monsoon! We had plenty of visitors though and we're pleased to ...
  Posted 28 Sep 2011 00:36 by Steve Howe
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  2012 Scarecrow Registration now OPEN We are now taking entries for 2012 scarecrow Festival on the theme "Best of British"Let your imagination run wild and build a scarecrow that represents who or what makes ...
  Posted 28 Sep 2011 00:42 by Steve Howe
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  Radio Scarecrow In an effort to help people provide a musical backdrop to their scarecrow displays, we have started up an online radio station at www.krykey.com .You can access this ...
  Posted 1 Jul 2010 12:01 by Steve Howe
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  Facebook Our facebook page continues to grow in numbers (and "likes"), and we'd love to have you in our Social Network, so if you're a FBer why not take ...
  Posted 28 Sep 2011 00:49 by Steve Howe

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