Festival News

We've added 107 photos to the online gallery here for this years Festival, you can see them all here ...
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Congratulations to Rhys McGrath, our new Champion of the Hill with a record breaking time of 18.4 seconds. That's 18.4 seconds to run 82 yards up Gold Hill carrying a 25kg cheese. Respect. Keep an eye out for the rest of the results an images from a fantastic day which ...
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Be sure to pick up your Shaftesbury Food & Drink Festival brochure with details of all the Live Kitchen times and the Gold Hill Cheese Races ...
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We are inviting teams to compete in this years Shaftesbury Festival Gold Hill Cheese Race Challenge. We will be holding races for men’s, ladies and mixed teams, as a relay up the iconic Gold Hill. Remember, this is not for the faint hearted as you men will be carrying a 25kg cheese, ...
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We've sent this years Festival flyers off to the printers. Please help us spread them far and wide! ...
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Established in 1958 and located in Shaftesbury, Dorset, BV Dairy is the home of award winning Dorset Clotted Cream and a widely respected independent manufacturer of consistently top quality dairy products for the food service and manufacturing industries throughout the UK. As one of the largest independent dairies in the ...
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With plans well under way for this years Shaftesbury Festival of Food and Drink on Sunday May 14th 2017 here is a fantastic film put together by our partners at The Shaftesbury and District Tourism Association to whet your appetite for this great event.. Make sure to put the date in ...
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There were record numbers of visitors to this year's Shaftesbury Food & Drink Festival on Sunday 15th May.  Dorset's beautiful hilltop town was bursting with a variety of sights, sounds, smells and tastes, and all in brilliant sunshine. Festival visitors were delighted by the wonderful array of cakes at the Wonky Cake Company stall, in ...
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