Sparkford (S), Queen Camel (QC), West Camel (WC), Marston Magna (MM), Castle Cary (CC), Wincanton (W)
REGULAR EVENTS:
First Tuesday of the month (QC)
Cam Vale Tuesday Group - Queen Camel memorial Hall @ 10am
Mondays 9am - 12noon
Galhampton ‘O’ Gauge Train Group - Contact Bob Harris on 01963 440167
Bumps, Tots & Toddlers - St. Barnabas Church, Queen Camel from 10am-12noon - Contact Morwenna Ford on 01935 850300
Radio Nine Springs 104.5fm - Chard 107.6fm - Wincanton 103.3fm for local events and news - radioninesprings.com
APRIL 2025:
26 & 27 April – The Great British Land Rover Show – 10am – 5pm – from £7 per person – Bath & West Showground
27 April - North Cadbury's Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament and BBQ - 12noon with a round robin style doubles tournament where there will be a draw for partners (unless specifically requested, et. parent and child).
Fee £10 per adult and £5 per child (which included the BBQ. Please bring your own drinks/chairs/rugs. Entries by close of play on Monday 8th April to Chris Wright - chriswright3000@gmail.com
26 April Caryford Hall – 7.30 – 11pm = Sound of the Sirens – Folk/Rock Duo
26 April The Balsam Centre – Repair Café – 10am – 12.30pm
28 April Open Pathway – AquaMove 2.30pm
29 April - Tim Laycock & Alastair Braidwood with 'O Flow'ry May' - another evening of folk music - Sherborne Studio Theatre
30 April - North Cadbury's Tennis Club start of season and every Wednesday thereafter.
MAY 2025:
2 May – 4 May – 11th Yarlington Fringe – A Festival of Art, Music, Drama, Dancing – A weekend of
Entertainment for all the family – Live Music All Day – Craft & Music Workshops, Demonstrations,
Childrens’ Entertainment –Local Beers & Ciders, plus World Famous Duck Race! – FREE! For more
information contact Jane: 01963 440660 – janebraybo@gmail.com or
Rose: chapelcross@gmail.com – Yarlington Village Somerset in on Facebook.com
2 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
3 May – Castle Cary Vintage Market- Free Entry – Free Parking
5 May – Somerscience Festival 10am – 5pm – Haynes Motor Museum www.somerscience.co.uk
6 May – Cam Vale Tuesday Group – AGM + 60 Years of Local Weather – Speaker: Geoff Chapman –
More details from Marion Chapman - Tel: 01963 220741
6 May – u3a – Visit to Dyrham Park & Bradford-on-Avon – 9am – 6pm - Leaving at 9:00am Castle
Cary Car Park we will arrive at Dyrham House in time for coffee. There is so much to see - the
beautiful newly renovated baroque mansion - Cost: National Trust Members £13.00 - Others £33.00 –
Booking Required - u3a Site: www.camelot-area.u3asite.uk
7 May – Queen Camel Youth Club – 6pm-8pm – Queen Camel Memorial Hall. Open to young people
aged 10-14 living in Sparkford
8 May – Sparkford Parish Hall – Tea Party for VE Day 80 – 10am - 12noon – Proceeds to Sparkford Church
9 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
10 May – Specialist Plant Fair & Open Garden, Yarlington House BA9 8DY - An opportunity to buy
plants from specialist dealers from all over the South West, plus a selection of unusual annuals from Yarlington House – 10am-4pm – You can explore the extensive gardens, not normally open to the
public. Bacon sausage baps, tea, coffee and cake - Plant Raffle – £5 (under 16s free). Cash or cards
accepted – dogs welcome on leads - Free parking - Further information, please Contact:
Carolyn de Salis: 01963 440334
10 May – VE day 80th Anniversary – North Cadbury Village Hall – 12pm – 4pm – Bring a picnic and
meet up with your friends and neighbours! – Live Music & Bar Available.
10 May – Crossfest UK South 2025 – Bath & West Showground – A one-day Mixed 6’s Functional Fitness Competition (3M/3F) with a Music Festival – 9am – 10pm. £480 for mixed teams of 6 (£80pp).
10 May – Breathe (part gig, part puppet theatre and part live film) – Cary Community Hall, Maggs
Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary - The story follows a “seedling” puppet as they hatch from an acorn and
experience the hectic forest floor. Learning the forest rhythms, they investigate the weird and the
wonderful. A Take Art event. Running time 60minutes. Tickets£5.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/639177 A Take Art event Suitable
for 5 years + Supported by Brue Valley Rotary www.halfastring.co.uk
10 May – The Balsam Centre – Craft Activities, Games & Workshops
10-13 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Bede Griffiths Conference
11 May – Somerset Day Celebration – The Market House, Castle Cary – 2.30pm – 5.30pm – Cream
Teas – Local Cider – Childrens’ activities.
11 May – Bath & West Showground – Young Driver – Driving Lessons for 10 – 17 year olds – 9.30 am
from £49.99
14 May – Queen Camel Youth Group – 6pm-8pm Open to young people aged 10-14 living in
Sparkford
16 May - Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
16 – 19 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Advanced Healing
18 May – The Sherborne Market – dorsetartisanmarkets.com/Sherborne
18 May – Toy & Train Collectors’ Fair – 10.30am – 2.30pm from £4 – Bath & West Showground
20 May – The Arts Society, Mid Somerset – Art Behind Bars – The role of the arts in breaking the cycle
of crime, prison and re-offending – Angela Findlay – Caryford Hall, Maggs Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary
BA7 7JJ http://www.theartssocietymidsomerset.org.uk
21 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Living Well with Pain Day
22 May – Somerset Mobile Library – Sparkford Parish Hall – 1.35pm – 2pm
23 May – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
24 May – Mark Harrison with Charles Benfield – Caryford Community Hall, Maggs Lane, Ansford,
Castle Cary. Mark is an original songwriter and stunning guitarist, Charles is a much-admired player
of the double bass and electric bass whose fine harmony vocals contribute to this duo’s unique sound incorporating elements of classic roots, rock, folk and blues.
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/645379
24 May – The Balsam Centre – Repair Café and 0-5s Clothing Bank 10am – 12.30pm
28 May – Queen Camel Memorial Hall – Queen Camel Youth Group – Open to young people 10-14
Living in Sparkford 6pm-8pm
29 – 31 May – Royal Bath & West Show bathandwest.com/tickets Adults Advanced £25.50 (until 28 May)
Under 5s go free Family Advanced: 2x adults & 3x children) £51
30 May - Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
30 May – 3 June – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Silent Retreat
30 May – u3a – May Meeting & Talk – Caryford Community Hall – ‘The Countryside Detective’
synopsis: Country walks can be greatly enhanced if one has a knowledge of signs left by animals
and where to look for them. Members free – Guests £2.00 - https://camelot-area.u3asite.uk
31 May – Sherborne Abbey 60th Anniversary Concert in aid of Maple Ward, Yeovil Hospital – 7.30. Tickets £10
– contact 01749 860352 or chrysk@henning1.plus.com or at the door. Once again the concert will
feature a wide range of music, and we will be joined by several of our professional friends who have
supported us over the years including Tom Toomey, Marta Fontenals-Simmons, and Adelaide Brown.
JUNE 2025:
3 June – Cam Vale Tuesday Group – Ramblings of a Medieval Archer! – More details from Marion
Chapman - Tel: 01963 220741
4 June – Queen Camel Memorial Hall – Queen Camel Youth Group – Open to young people aged
10-14 living in Sparkford 6pm-8pm
6 June – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
7 June – Castle Cary Vintage Market – Free Entry – Free Parking
7 June – Family Pride Day – The Balsam Centre – 10am-2pm
8 June – The Cesarz Tabor violin and guitar duo playing classical arrangements at All Saints’ Church,
Castle Cary. Tickets £12 from Bailey Hill Book Shop, The Market House and the church website,
or £15 on the door.
11 June – Queen Camel Memorial Hall – Queen Camel Youth Group – Open to young people aged
10-14 living in Sparkford 6pm-8pm
13 June - Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Yoga 9.30am – 11am
14 June – Open Pathway Retreat Centre, Queen Camel – Photography Workshop 2pm
14 – 15 June – Antique & Collectors’ Fair – 9am – 5pm – Bath & West Showground £10 from noon on
Friday. Saturday & Sunday – Entrance £6
15 June – 2nd2None Driving School – Under 17s and HGV – 10am – 3pm – from £45 per 30 minute
session – Bath & West Showground
15 June - Sherborne Market – dorsetartisanmarkets.com/Sherborne
17 June – The Arts Society Mid Somerset – Mesoamerica-Maya: Bonampak Murals, ‘The Sistine
Chapel of the Americas’ Caryford Hall, Maggs Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary BA7 7JJ
http://www.theartssocietymidsomerset.org.uk
18 June – Queen Camel Memorial Hall – Queen Camel Youth Group – Open to young people aged
10-14 living in Sparkford
19 June – Somerset Mobile Library – Sparkford Parish Hall – 1.35pm – 2pm
19 June – u3a – Open Day – 2pm – 4pm - An opportunity to meet representatives from our various
activity groups. Do come along and see what we can offer you. You'll be assured of a warm welcome.
Free refreshments - Venue: Caryford Community Hall - https://camelot-area.u3asite.uk
21 June – Duck Race – 2pm - Church Road, Sparkford (access via foot-path near garage block) – BBQ –
Refreshments – Fun & Games! – All proceeds to the Sparkford Playing Field Comittee
23 June – Kimbers Farm Shop BA9 8HD – Car Boot Sale - £10 per pitch – Enquires 07813 989839 –
All proceeds to Charity ‘MIND’ – 8.30am set up for 10am – 1pm Trading. £1 pp entry fee – BBQ &
refreshments available
24 June – Glastonbury Festival Camping – Bath & West Showground – Refer to Glastonbury Festival
website and search for Campervans and Caravans for all current booking information – www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
24 June - u3a – Visit to Dunster & West Somerset Railway - 9am – 6pm - Leaving at 9:00am Castle
Cary Car Park we will arrive at Dunster in time for coffee. This medieval Village, situated with Exmoor
National Park is home to 200 listed buildings - £38 – Booking Required - https://camelot-area.u3asite.uk
25 June – 29 June – Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm in Pilton.
25 June – Queen Camel Memorial Hall – Queen Camel Youth Group – 6pm-8pm – Open to young people Aged 10-14 living in Sparkford
28 June – The Balsam Centre – Repair Café and 0-5s Clothing Bank 10am-12.30pm
JULY 2025:
4-6 July – Devito’s Circus – Fairfield, Churchfield Drive, Castle Cary BA7 7LB
CARYMOOR IN CASTLE CARY
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