Pattingham Scarecrow Festival

The Pattingham Scarecrow Festival is a biennial event,

This years event runs from
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th September 2025.

Follow this website for more details...

Scarecrow Festival Raffle -2023
The raffle was in St Chad's Church at Scarecrow position No.46
The draw took place in Church following the Evensong Service.

The prize winners were:
1st Scarecrow Cake - Rob Dudley (Newgate/Pattingham)
2nd Crown Voucher - Brookes (Tipton)
3rd Lealans Voucher - Chris (Bilston)
4th Martin Thomas Voucher - Claire Bagley (Cradley Heath)
5th Basket of Fruit - Linda Ward

Children's Quiz -2023
The winners of the Children's Quiz are:
Minnie Johnson from Codsall and Morgan Ellis-Khanna from Pattingham.

Thank you... 2023
A BIG 'Thank you' to all our Sponsors of the Festival and also
the makers of all those wonderful scarecrows, all the helpers at the Trail Start and in the Village Hall, the Church and Car Park stewards and anyone else who helped in anyway... Thank you all !
2025... How to register your scarecrow.
The downloadable Scarecrow Registration Form will be available very soon...
- then complete the form and post it using the Collection Boxes in the Co-op, Martin Thomas Butchers, or in St Chad's Church, before the closing date of August 24th.
Coming soon... The 2026 Scarecrow Festival Calendar.
More info and Order Form to follow after the Festival >>
YouTube Video - Scarecrow Festival 2023
To view, click here >>

How the proceeds from previous Scarecrow Festivals have benefitted the local community..
2011 - The total proceeds raised at this first event amounted to £7,000.
This was used to fund the NEW glass doors in the porch of St Chad's Church in Pattingham. see below >>

2013 - The total proceeds raised this year was £10,500.
This amount was used as a further contribution to the NEW church glass doors, together with £4,200 given to help fund the development of the new play area on the village playing fields, the Pattingham Regeneration Group.

2015 - This 3rd event raised £12,500.
To date this has been used to fund £5000 worth of educational equipment in St Chad's C of E First School. The remaining amount will be used to finance another modernisation project in St Chad's Church.

2017 - This 4th event raised £13,600
The proceeds raised from this 4th event will be used in supporting our local school, St Chad's C of E (VC) First School, together with providing funds for further modernisation of the Church building.

2021 - This 5th event raised £8,990
The proceeds raised from this 5th event will be used in supporting our local School, St Chad’s C of E (VC) First School, the village Playing Fields Adult Gym project, and St.Chad’s Church West End Door project

2023 - This 6th event raised £13,500
The proceeds raised from this 6th event will be used in supporting our local School, St Chad’s C of E (VC) First School, the Village Hall (New curtains in the Main Hall, now installed), and St.Chad’s Church West End Door project. (Now complete and in use, particularly for funeral services.)

New Glass Doors...
Some of the proceeds from both 2011 and 2013 Pattingham Scarecrow Festivals were used to finance the removal of the old Victorian wooden doors in the main entrance of St Chad's Church and replace these with new glass doors. The new glass doors were installed in January 2015.
The glass was etched with St Chad Crosses together with the logo of the mascot of the Scarecrow Festival, nicknamed 'Charlie'. Charlie can be seen quite clearly when the sun shines through the door and creates a shadow of him.
On Sunday 27th September 2015 at the Evensong service, the Archdeacon of Walsall, Dr Sue Weller dedicated the doors.

Dr Weller can be seen standing outside the new doors after the service had ended. Charlie is also visible just to the right of Dr Weller's hand.

Porch Apex Stone is replaced...
Some of the proceeds from Pattingham Scarecrow Festival 2017 have been used to replace the Apex Stone over the porch.
Research was carried out to try to find exactly what was originally at the apex of the porch arch with no success, although it was suggested that perhaps a cross may have been in this place.

It was finally decided to repair the stone by replacing it with a new stone with a plain design, as can be seen in the photograph.

This works was carried in the week before the 2017 Scarecrow Festival, 22nd to 24th September.

New Barrier for St Chad's School

An amount from the proceeds made by the 2017 Scarecrow Festival was also used to install a security barrier on the driiveway into St Chad's School in Pattingham.

Village Playing Fields Adult Gym Project...
Part of the proceeds from Pattingham Scarecrow Festival 2021 have been used to create a new area on the Village Playing Fields for adult exercise.

Five different adult exercise machines have been installed purely for use by the adults of Pattingham.

St Chad's Church - West End Door Project...
Part of the proceeds from Pattingham Scarecrow Festival 2021 and 2023 have been used to remove the internal Victorian Screen and open up the West End Door back into use, particularly for funeral services.

Village Hall -
New Curtains Project...

Part of the proceeds from Pattingham Scarecrow Festival 2023 have been used to replace the curtains for the large windows in the Village Hall, overlooking the Playing Fields.
Looking very smart!

New Curtains for Pattingham Village Hall