For more information about future events in Charmouth organised by the local community, or to volunteer to help organise events, see the Charmouth Events Facebook page @Charmouthevents
Local events in and around Charmouth in 2019
| (p) = provisional | |
|---|---|
| Date | Event |
| January | |
| Thursday 17 | Film – Mamma Mia, Charmouth Community Hall |
| Sunday 20 | Beach Clean, Charmouth beach |
| February | |
| Saturday 9 10am-11.30am |
Free Exchange Café, St. Andrew’s Church |
| Sunday 10 | Shark Egg Case Hunt, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre |
| Thursday 21 | Film – The Children Act, Charmouth Community Hall |
| 2 – 24 | Snowdrop weekends, Forde Abbey |
| March | |
| 2 – 10 | Crocus Week, Forde Abbey |
| Sunday 3 | Plant & Gardening Fair, Forde Abbey |
| Sunday 17 10am-11.30am |
The Great Winter Nurdle Hunt. Meet at the Heritage Coast Centre |
| Thursday 21 | Film – Bohemian Rhapsody, Charmouth Community Hall |
| April | |
| Thursday 8 | Film – |
| May | |
| Fri 3 7pm |
Charmouth Local History Society. Village Hall, Wesley Close, Charmouth Jane Austen in Charmouth ~ Neil Mattingly and Phil Tritton will be giving an illustrated talk about Jane Austen’s visit to Charmouth in 1803 and how she would have found the village and inhabitants in that year. Free for members, £3 for non members. Refreshments provided in the interval. |
| Sat/Sun 4/5 | Fossil Festival, Lyme Regis |
| Thurs 16 7.30pm | Film – The Green Book, Charmouth Community Hall |
| Sunday 26 | Party in the Park, Charmouth playing fields |
| June | |
| Sat 1 4pm start |
The George Beer Festival. Live music from 4pm – kids face paints, midnight BBQ and outside bar. |
| Saturday 8 10am-11.30am | Free Exchange Café, St. Andrew’s Church |
| Wednesday 12 4-6pm |
Heritage Coast Centre Open Evening. The Centre will be open for Charmouth traders and community to attend. This is a chance for people who have not visited the Centre before or who haven’t visited in a while, to see what new displays we have and what we do that the community can get involved with. |
| Saturday 15 9.00am onwards | Hogchester Open Meadows, Hogchester Nature Reserve, Charmouth. £3:50 for Adults £1:00 for Children ‘It’s three years since we seeded meadows on the hills overlooking Charmouth. They are a beautiful sight and we are opening them to visitors during main flowering season.’ Tickets available via this page … http://www.hogchester.com/open-meadows.html |
| Thurs 20 7.30pm | Film – The Upside, Charmouth Community Hall |
| Sat/Sun 22/23 | Axe Vale Show, Axminster |
| July | |
| Saturday 6 | Charmouth Challenge, 8 mile walk and 2 mile Fun Run |
| Fri/Sat 12/13 | Jurassic Fields Music Festival, Bridport |
| Thurs 18 7.30pm | Film – On the Basis of Sex, Charmouth Community Hall |
| August | |
| Saturday 10 | Gardeners Show, Charmouth Village Hall |
| Thursday 22 | Melplash Show, West Bay, Bridport |
| Sunday 25 | Party in the Park, Charmouth playing fields |
| September | |
| Sat/Sun 7/8 | Food Rocks, Lyme Regis |
| Sunday 8 | Lyme Regis to Charmouth Challenge Sea Swim. See the Lyme Splash website for details. |
| Saturday 12 10am-11.30am |
Free Exchange Café, St. Andrew’s Church |
| Sun-Thurs 22/26 | Great Dorset Steam Fair, Tarrant Hinton |
| Fri-Sun 27/29 | Charmouth Folk Festival |
| November | |
| Saturday 2 (p) | Fireworks at the Beach, Charmouth Beach |
| December | |
| Thursday 5 | Christmas Fayre, Charmouth village centre The village centre shops will be providing attractions and there will be stalls with various attractions and a quiz aimed at children who collect clues. Santa’s Grotto will be in Breeze this year. The Grand Christmas Raffle tickets are already on sale in Morgans, Charmouth Stores and other outlets and with a first prize of £50 and many other prizes the investment of only 50p a ticket is well worth-while. Charmouth Community Christmas Night Community Curry and Carols |
| Tuesday 31 | New Year’s Eve fireworks, Charmouth beach |
Community Events
See our community events page for details of local community meetings, events, clubs and societies.
Don’t forget Charmouth Market – every Monday to the end of September!
Charmouth Library
The Library page has details of events at Charmouth Central
Short Story Writing Competition
Adding to the wet weather attractions of a seaside village is very tricky, but we think our 50 word short story competition could be the answer. There are classes for under 12, under 18 and open to all ages, with prizes for each class. There are no set topics.
Entry forms can be downloaded from our website, with no cost until you enter the competition proper. (£2 fee per entry)
Entries can be made up to 30th September, with winners notified by the end of October.
Example stories, Rules and Entry forms are available from our website: Charmouthcommunitylibrary.digitalfox.uk
We hope that our competition will brighten up any dull days! Good Luck
