Month: August 2025

There’s something for everyone if you come on down to the Brightlingsea Town Show today (Bank Holiday Monday, 25 Aug 2025).

Step inside the (air-conditioned!) exhibition hall at Brightlingsea Community Centre to see what the talented sowers, growers, bakers, crafters and photographers of the town have come up this year – stretching from the charm of the children’s entries, through to the adult categories – and have YOUR say by voting for the People’s Choice photo competition.

And then step outside to the stalls offering a range of tasty food and drink, plants and craft items for sale – or even try to Beat the Goalie or try your hand at some of the other challenges that the Rotary Club volunteers have on offer.

Don’t forget the magic of the Companion Dog Show with four-legged friends great and small showing of their charm and their talent. And if you feel like a bit of peace and quiet after all that excitement, why not pop along to the Lozenge Nature Reserve where expert volunteers from the British Naturalists Association are on hand to tell you more about Brightlingsea’s amazing natural diversity.

At midday the Town Show was proudly opened, as tradition dictates, by the Deputy of the Cinque Port Liberty Iain Werngren, together with Brightlingsea Town Mayor Cllr Chris Paveley along with Town Show President Roger Tabor.

And don’t forget to come along to the Grand Prizegiving at 4pm, to see who will take home the silverware this year, with cups, shields and prizes across all the categories.

We are really looking forward to this year’s Dog show held as part of Brightlingsea Town show on Monday 25th August at Brightlingsea Community Centre.

With Pedigree and Novelty classes there is something for everyone. So if you’re “proud of your pooch” – you can just come along and enter them in the show on the day! Full details of the show can be found on our website brightlingseatownshow.org.uk/…/companion-dog-show/

And if your four-legged friend doesn’t feel like taking part, there are always the Doggie prizes in our raffle and dog based stalls and activities such as Canine massage or paw print pottery painting – so there’s lots to see and do!

Once again this year we have a fantastic raffle with some amazing prizes!

This would not be possible without the generosity of Brightlingsea businesses and individuals who sponsor the show or donate prizes every year !

We would like to take this opportunity to say a great big THANK YOU to all of them.You can also thank them by supporting their business with your custom throughout the year.

You’ve got to be in it to win it, so come along to the 2025 Town Show at Brightlingsea Community Centre on Bank Holiday Monday (25 August) – find out more at brightlingseatownshow.org.uk

Raffle Prizes include

Wyvernwood Family Ticket

Massage 650 voucher

Vibe Hairdressers voucher

Café Chic Cake and Drink for 2 voucher

Brightlingsea Regent Football club 2x adult admission voucher

Scarlett’s wool and craft shop voucher

Jethen House Family swim voucher

Las Naranjas Sanguinas voucher

Smiths Butchers voucher

Street cars Free MOT Test

River Colne Café and Deli voucher

Pet shop Girls Dog grooming voucher

Pink Parrot voucher

Bumbles fruits and veg hamper

Flo’s flowers

Happy Days creations sweets

The Flour garden Bakery voucher

The Cooperative voucher

Sainsburys -wine

Gardening Hamper

Kids activity hamper

Arts and crafts hamper

Bargains stores -Jigsaw

Haribo Hamper

Doggie Hamper

Tickets are still just £1 a strip which is great value considering the calibre of the prizes.

Come along to The Brightlingsea Town show stall and buy a fivers worth!!

We have extended the cut off time for entries to the show to Saturday 23rd August at Midday (12 noon)

We know it’s been a dry summer and the garden may not be producing the flowers fruit and veg that we would expect but there is bound to be something you can enter in one of the classes.

Blackberries are plentiful in the hedgerows at the moment and there is even a class for these!

Why not look at the cookery classes and see what you could enter,then spend an hour or two whisking up a cake or some brownies over the weekend.

Don’t forget there are lots of classes for the kids to enter that don’t take very long to put together and will give them something to do for an hour or so and a vested interest in coming along to the show to see who has won what!

Get out and enjoy the sunshine, take a few photos on your phone and enter one in The People’s choice photo competition by emailing it to photocomp@brightlingseatownshow.org.uk

Entry forms are still available at Spirals, Little Boat gifts, Scarlett’s wool and craft shop, Parish hall and online at Brightlingseatownshow.org.uk