Grassington - Dickensian Festival

Grassington Dickensian Festival
30th Anniversary Year

This year's festival dates are: - Please click on dates below for details
Saturday 3rd December 2011
Saturday 10th December 2011
Saturday 17th December 2011

During these three Saturdays Grassington is transported back to the time of Charles Dickens. See the Christmas lights, the village square and the streets transformed into a traditional market with shopkeepers, villagers and visitors dressed in Victorian costume.

Enjoy the musicians, dancers, street entertainers and exhibitions of traditional country crafts.

Penny Plain Mummers

Experience the pleasure of doing your Christmas shopping, exploring our quaint shops, finding presents and curios in an atmosphere unlike any other.

Rustic Rabbit Window

The Grassington pubs, cafes and hotels, along with the outdoor stalls and Town Hall all excel themselves in offering traditional fayre at affordable prices.

Hot Chocolate

Join the torchlight procession around the village with Mary and Joseph,

ending with a short carol service in the Square.

Carol Singing in The Square

If you can stay a while - there's evening entertainment in the Town Hall, courtesy of the local Players and Singers.

Please make a note in your diary to pay us a visit at the most magical of times - this Christmas.

Hope to see you in your period costume!

Special Attraction
For this years final Dickensian on Saturday 17th December 2011
There will be an Ice Rink in Grassington Square supported by
Welcome to Yorkshire

The Ice Rink will be open on
Friday

16th December 2.00pm - 9.00pm
17th December 11.00am - 5.00pm
17th December 6.00pm - 9.00pm
18th December 11.00am - 6.00pm

Saturday
Saturday
Sunday

Prices: £3 for children and £5 for adults for a 30 minute session.

Please Note:
For anyone arriving by car, a Park and Ride system at a cost of £6 per car is operating from Swinden Quarry situated between Cracoe and Threshfield on the B6265 Skipton to Grassington road. There is no car parking (even for the disabled) in Grassington.
The easiest way to arrive by car is to use the Park and Ride system, this includes disabled visitors.
The Postcode for Swinden Quarry Park & Ride for the benefit of SatNav users is BD23 6BE.

Restricted Access
This is an outdoor event
Unfortunately due to the winter weather, cobbled streets and large crowds we cannot guarantee easy access for wheelchairs and scooters.

For coach bookings please contact 0782 682 2231 Or email grassingtoncoachservice@gmail.com
For all enquiries relating to reservations for stalls in the Town Hall please contact Jean Rowley on 01756 752444.
For more details phone the festival co-ordinator on 0845 0942819 Or email dickensian@grassington.uk.com

The dates for next year's Dickensian Festival are the Saturdays 1st, 8th and 15th December 2012