Gatcombe and Chillerton Scarecrow Festival 2026
Gatcombe and Chillerton Scarecrow Festival 2026
Gatcombe and Chillerton Scarecrow Festival 2026
The 2026 Results
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Here's a message from Phillipa

The results are in!!

The weather has been exceptionally kind to us (possibly too kind at times) and we hope all the visitors have enjoyed it as much as we have.

Our guest judges enjoyed the displays and were very complimentary about the effort that had gone into everyone’s entries. They awarded:

1st place - Lord of The Rings - Hill Farm, Gatcombe

2nd place - Wizard of Oz - Tuckers Farm, Gatcombe

3rd place - Honey, I Shrunk the Scarecrows - Roz Drysdale

4th place - Lady Godiva - Zoë Rhind

5th place - Edward Scissorhands - Julia and Mark Newton

6th place - Strictly Come Dancing - Yvonne & Richard Bartlett

For the ever popular People’s Vote, we had an incredible 631 votes. The results are:

1st Place - Lady Godiva - Zoë Rhind

2nd Place - The BFG - The Groves Family

3rd Place - Lord of The Rings - Hill Farm, Gatcombe

4th Place - Strictly Come Dancing - Yvonne & Richard Bartlett

5th Place - Edward Scissorhands - Julia and Mark Newton

6th Place - Derpy - Beatrice Leighton

Thank you to everyone who took part, voted, volunteered - including the army of bakers and everyone who gave up their time to make the festival such a great success 🌾🌾

We look forward to the 2028 event and hope to see you there!

Phillipa Veitch, Treasurer