Welcome to the 2024 Silchester Fete and Dog Show.

This event has grown and grown over the years. It has developed from a small event in 1959 to a bustling and much larger community event, some 65 years later!

Silchester Fete now incorporates the hugely popular Dog Show with our doggy competitors travelling from as far away as Southampton and London. The local Market also now joins in the fun, adding more interest for fete goers.

The organisers would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributes to and supports this amazing fund-raising event.

Held on Saturday 7th September, from 11am - 4pm. Silchester Fete and Dog Show is staged to raise funds for the village’s beautiful 12th century church, St Mary the Virgin, at the edge of the Roman walls surrounding the earlier iron age settlement, and then Roman town of Calleva. If you have not been, it is well worth a visit, set in the midst of our beautiful north Hampshire countryside.

For more information, please our website HERE or Facebook page HERE.

St Mary the Virgin Church is a wonderful example of Middle Ages architecture boasting some significant historic features both inside and out. But equally important, it has been the home to a vibrant church community and still is today. Worship occurs there every Sunday and the building is open every day for private prayer, meditation or just a look around.

Your support in attending Silchester Fete and Dog Show helps maintain this magnificent Grade 1 Listed building. Other local charities who will be present will also benefit from your spending on the day.

Everyone connected with the Fete and St Mary’s the Virgin Church hope you enjoy the activities and entertainment arranged for you. Have a great time, keep safe and so make a note in your diary to come visit us again next year with your friends and family.

For more information about St Mary the Virgin, Silchester – www.silchesterchurch.co.uk