{"id":4516,"date":"2020-06-17T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=4516"},"modified":"2025-05-18T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:46:56","slug":"patronal-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=4516","title":{"rendered":"Patronal Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4516 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4519'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Memorial-chapel-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Memorial-chapel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Memorial-chapel-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4517'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-cakes-e1592411330179-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-cakes-e1592411330179-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-cakes-e1592411330179-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4518'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Flowers-porch-1030x1030.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=159'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/spDSC_27291-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Summer Festival\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?attachment_id=4372'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-procession-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-procession-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Festival-procession-440x440.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<br \/>\n<p>South Weald Festival began as a church flower festival to celebrate St Peter\u2019s Day on June 29th, and has grown to encompass events throughout the village and beyond. It still centres on the weekend closest to the end of June, but now runs for most of a week and attracts some 3,000 visitors to activities ranging through concerts, fun run, golf day, art exhibition, school fete and more. In 2024, \u00a316,000 was raised for much needed funding shared between the church and the school.\u00a0 The church remains at the centre of events, hosting refreshments, live music and displays of flowers based on the theme for the year.<\/p>\n<p>For some photos of the spectacular flower displays on last year&#8217;s theme &#8211; All Things Bright and Beautiful &#8211; click <a href=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=9186&amp;preview=true\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find further information about other Festival activities at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwealdfestival.co.uk\/\">Festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Weald Festival began as a church flower festival to celebrate St Peter\u2019s Day on June 29th, and has grown to encompass events throughout the village and beyond. 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It still centres on the weekend closest to the end of June, but now runs for most of a week and attracts some 3,000 visitors to activities ranging through concerts, fun run, golf day, art exhibition, school fete and more. In 2024, \u00a316,000 was raised for much needed funding shared between the church and the school.\u00a0 The church remains at the centre of events, hosting refreshments, live music and displays of flowers&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"Ruth Carter","url":"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?author=14"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patronal Festival - Parish Church of St Peter, South Weald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/southwealdparish.org.uk\/?page_id=4516\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patronal Festival - Parish Church of St Peter, South Weald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Weald Festival began as a church flower festival to celebrate St Peter\u2019s Day on June 29th, and has grown to encompass events throughout the village and beyond. 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