Sherborne is definitely a town best explored on foot. This illustrated map shows where some of the attractions are to be found.
Map courtesy of Kate Chidley
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Friday 10 to Thursday 16 August / The Beating Heart of Sherborne A revealing new exhibition of Sherborne by the 2018 Sherborne Abbey Festival artist-in-residence artist James Budden. Where : the South Choir Aisle, Sherborne Abbey. *10.00am – 5.00pm (11.ooam to 5.00pm on Sunday). *Unless a memorial or other service is taking place. Free entry. Click here for more information.
Friday 17 August / Farmer’s Market Cheap Street, Sherborne, 9:00am-1:00pm
Saturday 18 August / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 8:30am (trade) 9:30am Up to 35 stands, homemade food and refreshments £1, (public) to 4pm. 01963 370986
Saturday 18 August / Book Fair Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9:30am-4pm. Free entry. 01803 613356 colinbakerbooks@btinternet.com
Monday 21 August / Messy Museum Monday Sherborne Museum, Church Lane, Sherborne. 10:30am–1pm. Activities for accompanied children.Donations welcome. 01935 812252 www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk
Tuesday 22 August / Children’s Fancy Dress Party Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne, DT9 5NR 2-5pm Dinosaur Adventures. Free to Attend. 01935 814345
Saturday 25 August / Vintage Market Memorial Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9am-3:30pm. 30+ sellers of quality vintage. 07809 387594
Sunday 26 August / Sherborne Historic Vehicle Rally Courts of Sherborne School, Sherborne
Sunday 26 August / Raleigh 400 – From Exe to Axe Paddock Garden, Newland, Sherborne DT9 3DX 2.30 for 3pm Outdoor play. Dorset premier. Tickets £10 from Sherborne TIC & Winstones Bookshop Please note : the wet weather alternative venue for the play will be the Butterfly Room at Castle Gardens.
Monday 27 August / Off the Beaten Track in Sherborne: Bank Holiday Guided Walk Meet at Sherborne TIC at 2pm. A walk with Blue Badge Guide Cindy Chant to discover the History you didn’t know was here! No booking required. 01935 815341
Thursday 30 August / Illyria Open Air Theatre Castle Gardens, New Road, Sherborne, DT9 5NR 6.30 for 7.30pm. The Hounds of the Baskervilles. Bring picnics & blankets for open air performance. All ages.www.illyria.uk.com
Saturday 01 September / Cider Saturday Sherborne Museum, Church Lane, Sherborne. 11am–3pm.Celebrate autumn and our cider-making heritage. Free with donations. 01935 812252 www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk
Saturday 1 September / Fete of the Church of the Sacred Heart & St Aldhelm, Fun for all the family. Wriggle Valley Jazz Band, Sherborne WI, BBQ, Grand Draw , Magic Show, Pimms, BBQ, and more! Pageant Gardens, Digby Road, Sherborne, 1pm -4pm
Saturday 01 September / Vineyards Gin Fest Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. Two sessions: 2-5pm & 6-9pm. Gin, music, food, masterclasses. Tickets £20 from Vineyards Wine shop. 01935 815544
Saturday 01 September / The Somerset Songsters: Come On, Get Happy Cheap Street Church, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 7pm An evening of Music Hall variety & entertainment. £6 on door, £5 in advance (inc. refreshments) from Church Councillors and Sherborne TIC 07525 402566
Monday 03 – Tuesday 04 September / Gryphon Sports Centre Holiday Activities Gryphon Sports Centre, Bristol Road, Sherborne DT9 4EQ. Ages 6-14. £18 a day/£9.50 half day. 01935 814011 enquiries@gryphonsportscentre.org.uk
Wednesday 05 September / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. 1:00 p.m. Free 40 minute recital featuring a variety of music. Retiring collection
Wednesday 05 September / Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition Captured on Camera Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. 3.30pm (tea from 2.45pm) & 6.45pm (coffee from 6pm) Talk by Mark Cottle about Frank Hurley, official photographer of Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition. Members: no need to book, non-members welcome as a guest of a member (£7) https://theartssociety.org/sherborne
Friday 07 September/ Coffee Morning by Marie Curie Sherborne Fundraising Group. Stalls including Quince Art School exhibition and sale, cake raffle, vegetables and flowers, children’s knitwear and clothes, household good and gifts, cards and stationery plus many more. Digby Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. Time : 8.45am- 1.00pm. More information from Gigi McCosker 07717 220119
Friday 07 September / Coffee Morning & Market Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. 8.45am-1pm Marie Curie Sherborne Fundraising Group. Stalls, coffee, tea & cake. Free entry. Gigi McCosker 0771 7220119
Friday 07 September / Old Time Music Hall in Sherborne Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AA 7 for 7.15pm The Players’ Theatre. All profits to Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. Tickets £12 from Sherborne TIC www.playerstheatre.co.uk
Saturday 08 September / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 8:30am (trade) 9:30am (public) to 4pm.Stands, homemade food and refreshments. Entrance £1 01963 370986
Saturday 08 September / The Extraordinary Genius of Sir Christopher Wren Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. 7.30pm Talk by Adrian Tinniswood OBE FSA, from the University of Buckingham. Talk organised by the Friends of Holnest Church. Tickets: £8 from Sherborne TIC 01935 815341 www.friendsofholnestchurch.wordpress.com
Wednesday 12 September / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. 1:00 p.m. Free 40 minute recital featuring a variety of music. Retiring collection
Wednesday 12 September / Sherborne Artslink Flicks: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 7 for 7:30pm Tickets £6 from Sherborne TIC. Pre-film Supper £12 in the Raleigh Hall (pre-book). 01935 815341 www.sherborneartslink.org.uk
Thursday 13 September / Sherborne & District Gardeners’ Association Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 7.30pm Marion Dale Summerdale Garden Design – ‘Wicked Plants’. 01935 389375
Friday 14 September / Lunchtime Concert Sherborne School Cheap Street Church DT9 3DX 1:45p.m. – 2:25p.m. Lunchtime Recital FREE Open to all
Saturday 15 September / Fleamarket Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 10am-4pm. 1000s of collectables, antiques and crafts. An old fashioned fair for everyone. Free entry. 01749 677049 www.westcountrycraftfairs.co.uk
Saturday 15 September / Christian Aid Coffee Morning Cheap Street Church Hall, Sherborne DT9 3BJ 10-12 noon
Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 September / Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre Open Day Oborne Road, Sherborne, DT9 3RX. 11:30am-3:30pm. Extensive collection of Victorian engineering, including a waterwheel. Entry by donation. 01935 816324 www.sswc.co.uk
Sunday 16 September / Car Boot Sale The Terraces (playing fields), Sherborne, DT9 5NS. Sellers from 8am, £5 per car. Buyers 9am-12noon, 50p per person. Raising funds for Sherborne’s Yeatman Hospital. Free parking. Sorry, no dogs.
Sunday 16 September / Open Heritage Day Sherborne Museum, Church Lane, Sherborne. 11am–3pm. Behind the scenes, conservation techniques and view rare documents, textiles and artefacts. Free but donations welcome. 01935 812252 www.sherbornemuseum.co.uk
Wednesday 19 September / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. 1:00 p.m. Free 40 minute recital featuring a variety of music. Retiring collection
Friday 21 September / The Rifles Regiment Freedom Parade Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. 2pm Service in the Abbey, 2.30pm March around the town starting in Half Moon Street, 5pm Sounding the Retreat – open to all in Sherborne School quadrangle.
Friday 21 September / Lunchtime Concert Sherborne School Cheap Street DT9 3DX 1:45p.m. – 2:25p.m. Lunchtime Recital FREE Open to all
Saturday 22 September / Vintage Market Memorial Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 9am-3:30pm. 30+ sellers of quality vintage. 07809 387594
Saturday 22 September / ArtsLink Live Portrait Painting with James Budden. Watch the fascinating process of portrait painting in real time, using oil paint and a live model. Raleigh Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, Tickets : £7.50 See flyer for more information.
Saturday 22 September / Male Voice Choir: The Mill Singers Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. 7 for 7.30pm. In aid of Friends of the Yeatman Hospital. £8 from Abbey Bookshop & Winstone’s.
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 September / Healing and Spirit Fayre Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA 11am-5pm. Mediums, Tarot, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Massage, Eyelash extensions, Gel nails, stalls, talks & demonstrations. Light refreshments. £1 Entry. Evie Fay 07855 175357
Monday 24 September / Insight Lecture: Truth and the Media Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 7:30pm. Talk by Ruth Gledwell, former religious affairs correspondent for The Times. £5 Tickets from the Parish Office, 01935 812452 or online: www.insight.sherborneabbey.com
Wednesday 26 September / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey, DT9 3LQ. 1:00 p.m. Free 40 minute recital featuring a variety of music. Retiring collection
Wednesday 26 September / Sherborne Science Café Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne DT9 3NL. 6.30pm AGM followed at 7.30pm by ‘How Trident Works’, Commodore Tim Hare (RN rtd.) MoD Director of Nuclear policy 1999-2002. https://sites.google.com/site/sherbornesciencecafe
Friday 28 September / Lunchtime Concert Sherborne School Cheap Street Church DT9 3DX 1:45p.m. – 2:25p.m. Lunchtime Recital FREE Open to all
Saturday 29 September / Chasty Cottage Antiques Fair Digby Hall, Hound St, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. Opening 8:30am (trade) 9:30am (public) to 4pm. Up to 35 stands, homemade food and refreshments. Entrance £1, 01963 370986
Saturday 29 September / Autumn craft fair Digby Memorial Hall Sherborne DT9 3NL 10:00 – 4:00 Collectables, crafts & gifts. Free entry 01749 677049 www.westcountrycraftfairs.co.uk
Saturday 29 September / Last Night of the Proms Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne DT9 3AA. 7.30pm Sherborne Town & Youth Band, Community Choir. Digby Tap Bar, tea/coffee & biscuits. Raffle. Tickets £7, concessions £6 from Sherborne TIC, door or website. 01935 815341 www.sherbornetownband.co.uk
Sunday 30 September / Ralegh 400 – 1618 Festival 2018 : Raleigh Walk ‘n Talk Ralegh Walk & Talk, from Castleton Church at 2.30pm with Cindy Chant. £6. Tickets and information from Sherborne TIC and Winstones Books
Saturday 6 October / Ralegh 400 – 1618 Festival 2018 : Fantastic Tudor Banquet at Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne. 7.30pm. Costumes welcome. £30.00. Tickets and information from Sherborne TIC and Winstones Books
Saturday 13 October / Old Fosterians’ AGM 5.30pm. Sherborne Golf Club, Sherborne, DT9 4RN
Saturday 13 October / Old Fosterians’ Dinner & Reunion 7.00pm Sherborne Golf Club, Sherborne DT9 4RN. Tickets £20.00 to be ordered by September 28th. Tel: Philip 01935 873497 or Ian at wordsmith@eclipse.co.uk
Friday 19 October / Somerset & Dorset Family History Society ‘Family History and Photography’. A talk by Robin Ansell and display of old photographs, etc. by Allan Collier. Soft refreshments and the opportunity to have old photographs dated. SDFHS members: £3. Non-members: £5. Raleigh Hall, Digby Rd, Sherborne, DT9 3NL. 2.30-4.30pm. Click here to go to the Events page on the SDFHS website for more information.
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October / Autumn Colours Weekend Reduced price entry to the Sherborne Castle gardens. Explore acres of impressive gardens beside the lake and witness the spectacular autumn colours all around you. The tea rooms are open for drinks and a light lunch or cream tea and our gift shop is open for a souvenir of your visit. Gardens open from 10am, Tearoom from 10.30am and Castle & Gift Shop from 11am with last admissions at 4.15pm. Closes 5pm. More information click here
Friday 26 October / Ralegh 400 1618 Festival 2018 : a Talk by Dr Anna Beer on her new book about Sir Walter Ralegh. Memorial Hall, Sherborne, 7.00pm for 7.30pm. Tickets and information from Sherborne TIC and Winstones Books
Saturday 3 November / Firework Extravaganza at Sherborne Castle. Gates open: 5pm Bonfire: 7pm Fireworks: 7.30pm To book tickets telephone 01963 364399 Website : www.eventscrew.com
Friday 9 November / Somerset & Dorset Family History Society ‘Monumental Inscriptions’. A talk by John Damon about what can be learned from inscriptions on gravestones and memorials. SDFHS members: £3. Non-members: £5. Click here to go to the Events page on the SDFHS website for more information.