Flamstead Scarecrow Festival delights village residents

The village's competition took place from Friday, August 18 to Sunday, August 20.

Along with a wide variety of scarecrows on show, visitors enjoyed barbecues, live music, market stalls and minature steam train rides..

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Scarecrows representing Elton John, Bowzer from Super Mario Bros, Barbie, Postman Pat, Guns & Roses, Shaun the Sheep and Gandalf were all displayed outside residents' houses.

The competition has been running since 2002, when founder Peter Milson introduced the idea to the village.

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Since then, the festival has been raising money for charities and the village's church every year, other than those affected by COVID-19.

Last year, the event raised £18,000 for good causes and the Friends of St Leonard’s.

Here's a selection of the scarecrows that were on show in 2023:

Elton John made an appearance at the festival. (Image: Pearce Bates)

'You are what you eat' demonstrated perfectly, by a scarecrow eating straw. (Image: Pearce Bates)

Shaun of the FlamsDead pays tribute to the popular Simon Pegg film. (Image: Pearce Bates)

The Ware Rabbit paid a visit to St Leonard's church. (Image: Pearce Bates)

Popular Mario Bros villain Bowzer tinkled the ivories. (Image: Pearce Bates)

The Rose & Crown pub got in on the action. (Image: Pearce Bates)

Postman Pat at Flamstead Scarecrow Festival. (Image: Pearce Bates)