Abbotsbury

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School closed today:

What's on

Everything we know of that is happening in and around the village, checked against the organisers' own pages.

  1. 5 OctoberMonday

    Chesil Bank Parish Council, Full Council

    Strangways Hall. 7pm. The agenda goes up on the council website about a week before. Anyone is welcome, and there is time at the start of every meeting for the public to speak. Parish council.

  2. 24 OctoberSaturday

    Ghostly Games for half term

    Swannery. 24 October to 1 November. Half-price admission, and six games laid on for the under-10s. Details.

  3. 24 OctoberSaturday

    October Illuminate

    Subtropical Gardens. 24 to 31 October. The gardens lit up after dark. Tickets.

  4. 31 OctoberSaturday

    Last day of the season

    Swannery. The Swannery shuts for the winter after today and opens again in mid-March. The Brambly Hedge story trail runs every day up to then.

  5. 7 NovemberSaturday

    Abbotsbury Fireworks Night

    Swan Inn. Saturday 7 November, from 7pm at the Swan. The Beachcombers' big night of the year. The money raised goes to village causes. Beachcombers.

  6. 20 NovemberFriday

    Abbotsbury Illuminate

    Subtropical Gardens. 20 November to 31 December, on selected dates. Parking is free and there is no booking fee. Dates.

  7. 28 NovemberSaturday

    Abbey Farm Christmas Fair

    Tithe Barn, Abbey Farm. 28 and 29 November, in the tithe barn: local traders and Christmas gifts. One of the few weekends the barn is open to walk into. Abbey Farm events.

  8. 5 DecemberSaturday

    Santa's Grotto

    Subtropical Gardens. 5 and 6, 12 and 13, and 19 to 23 December. The evening slots run alongside Illuminate. Tickets.

  9. 14 DecemberMonday

    Christmas Carols with the Wessex Military Band

    Subtropical Gardens. 6pm. There is a Christmas quiz with Santa at lunchtime the same day.

  10. 26 DecemberSaturday

    Boxing Day Bonanza

    Swan Inn. The Beachcombers' Boxing Day do at the Swan. Details.

  11. 31 DecemberThursday

    New Year Party

    Swan Inn. From 9pm at the Swan, with the Beachcombers. Details.

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Adding an event

Hall bookings, church services, fundraisers, the pub quiz, a Beachcombers do: send the date, time, place and a line about it to [email protected] and we will put it on. Notices that are not events, such as planning applications and lost property, go on the noticeboard.