This event is a major fundraiser for the Parish (and the Scouts), as well as being Harnham’s biggest day of summer fun! So we would love your help in the following ways:

  • Bring bottles of any kind (wine, fizz, spirits, soft drinks etc) for the Bottle Tombola, and the Water into Wine stalls to All Saints on Sunday 12th or St George’s on Sunday 19th or to the Parish Office/Field View on Friday 24th from 10 am, or if necessary to the Parish Office on Wednesdays or Fridays (but storage space is limited).
  • Bring books, good bric-a-brac, plants, toys to the Parish Office/Field View on Friday 24th.
  • Donate tangible items that might go in a Hamper as a raffle prize and please first contact Katy Carter or Liddy Thomson – email: o.thomson1981@googlemail.com. 
  •  Bring home-made cakes for the cake stall to the Parish Hall on the day, preferably in the morning if possible.
  • If you have a gazebo we could borrow for the day, let Neil Turpin or Charles Woodd know.
  • If you haven’t yet signed up to help on the day, and are available, please fill in the contact form which is in either church or Field View asap, and deliver to the Parish Office, or go to www.harnhamparish.org.uk/whats-going-on/events/.

Thank you very much. Charles Woodd, 07962 213494 or charleswoodd46@gmail.com. 

PS: You can also download the volunteer form by clicking upon the link for either pdf format or Word format

Saturday 25 July 2026, 2 – 5 pm
Harnham Parish Hall and Scout Hall and Field, Lower Street


Last year, one of the prime attractions at Harnham’s Fun Day and Parish Fete was the Climbing Wall provided by Salisbury City Council. The long queues of excited kids made that clear! This year’s organisers, Harnham Parish and Harnham Scouts, were for a while anxious that the City Council’s changing priorities would mean no climbing wall. But now, thanks to the award of a community grant from the City Council, the climbing wall will be back!


However, there will be tighter protocols. So if you are coming with children, or grandchildren, please note that a parent will need to sign an I-pad consent form for the first go on the wall (an ink stamp will cover return visits). It is essential that children don’t wear loose clothing (shorts for boys and girls are
preferable), chains or loose jewellery or rings, and have suitable footwear or bare feet.


We are also delighted that Jodie the face painter will be back, to bring all sorts of smiles to countless young faces, funded again by Wiltshire Council Housing. But that’s not all! There will be an arena programme including Sarum Morris dancers, live music from Maerefolk, a children’s disco from Connor of
Astrella Football (well known to many local schools), and activities led by the Scouts, as well as an activity table from Salisbury Museum.


The Harnham Garden Society will be running a plant stall, Harnham Harvest Table will be launching its summer season, and there will of course be Parish stalls selling books, cakes, sweets, bric-a-brac, as well as craft stalls with all sorts of goodies. There’ll be plenty of chances to try your luck on the raffle, the bottle tombola and ‘water into wine’, coconut shy, pick a stick or hook a duck.


The toddlers can get stuck into Messy Play, and families can retreat to Wiltshire Family Hub’s sensory tent. All ages can head for the cream teas in the Parish Hall, burgers in the Scout Hall, ice creams, soft drinks, and there’ll be beer or pimms at the bar. As if that wasn’t enough, you can also give one of Dorset and Wiltshire’s fire engines a going over, or say hello to our Community Police Team – unless they are called to an emergency!


All this fun and games in the summer sunshine (we hope!) for a £1 donation for adults at the gate. Just promise to give us your feedback at the gate on the way out!


PS We still need volunteers in key roles to help it all run smoothly. If you can help, and haven’t yet signed up, please get a form from one of our churches or the Parish Hall, or go to the Parish website
https://www.harnhamparish.org.uk/whats-going

Originally published on page 5 of the July 2026 edition of the Harnham Parish Magazine