You can find more about Edale Country Day on our Handy Information page, or check out a selection of pictures from previous shows in our Picture Gallery.
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Food
As usual the show will include our amazing tea tent (with yummy homemade cakes), bar and BBQ. Plus we have Hope Valley Ice-cream.
Entertainment and Activities
These include:
Bubble Football. This is a first for Edale Country Day, but we’ve heard that it’s hilarious. Two teams of five play a game that involves participants’ upper bodies being secured into a giant inflatable bubble whilst leaving their legs free to run, flip and bounce into their opponents. We’re running two sessions in the afternoon, so make sure you are there.
Modern Jive Dancers. If you’ve eaten too much cake in the tea tent you can work it off with our Modern Jive Dancers.
Greentop Community Circus will be in the field teaching some circus skills.
Edale Fell Race. Both adult and junior races are taking place, with the adult race finishing on Edale Country Day Showground. Junior races are part of the FRA Junior championship. See below for more details.
Music. Local musicians will be playing throughout the day.
WAST choir members will be joining us with their uplifting voices, as they have done for a number of years.
Tug-of-War. Can you stand the strain? Come and have a go with one of our Tug-of-War teams!
Tai Chi. The children of Edale & Hope have been learning Tai Chi and are coming to show their skills.
Dog Show. Does your dog have what it takes to beat the competition? Does you child think he can race your dog? We aren’t talking Crufts standard here, this may be organised chaos…..
Archery. Come and try out your archery skills.
Caving. We have the artificial cave again, for those brave enough to venture inside.
Children’s games. We’ve got lots of activities planned to keep children occupied.
Moors for the Future & the Bogtastic van. Find out more about the incredible environment in the Peak District.
Silent Auction of lots of wonderful things our sponsors have donated.
Animals
Amerron Acres are coming with some of their horses.
Sheep Shearing. Geoff Townsend will be coming to the show again this year to demonstrate sheep shearing.
Sheep breeds. We are hoping to have a selection of rare sheep breeds.
Craft Demonstrators
We’re currently booking lots of great craft demonstrators. Here’s what we have booked so far.
- Knitting and Crochet demos and chance to have a go at knitting or crocheting a square.
- Spinning demo using a spinning wheel.
- Rattan cane weaving demo of the 6 strand technique
- Découpage demo
- Hand crafted items made by the Woodhouse Craft Centre and Men in Sheds in Oxted. Charity number 1198197
- Fine spray painted pictures, display of art work, demo and have a go at a small picture.
- Potter
- Nick Fisher, Bowl turner & wood carver
- Stained glass art & ornaments
- Wet felting with Storyteller Fine Art
- Beaded jewellery.
- Rope making with Hanna Varga
Stalls and Stands
We’ve got plenty of stalls selling at Edale Country Day. Here’s a few that we’ve booked so far.
- Baytree fudge
- Hope Valley Journal
- H J Designs, decoupage slate products and gifts
- Peaked Interest, peak district cards, prints and gifts
- Spaniels & Co, pet supplies
- Roo Glass Studio, stained glass creations
- Snake Pass Flowers
Edale Fell Race
A note from the organiser:
“The annual Edale Fell Race is once again taking place on Sunday, June 8th, 2025, and it’s perfect for all ages and abilities. There are junior races for U9 (over 6) (1 km), U11 (2 km), U13 (2.5 km), U15 (4.2 km), U17 (7 km), and U19’s (7 km) as well as senior race, starting from 10:30 AM, ensuring there’s a challenge suitable for everyone. The senior race kicks off at 1:00 PM and is 7.6km. All races start just outside Edale village – walk up past the The Nags Head.
The race coincides with Edale Country Day, with the senior race finishing in the event field. Find all the race details, entry information, and race specifics on the website: dpfr.org.uk/edale-fell-race. Note that junior races are pre-entry only. Any questions drop the race organiser, Matt Harmon an email at edalefellrace@gmail.com.”