Shipston Wool Fair

This year Shipston on Stour celebrates its fourth consecutive Wool Fair -  to be held on  Sunday 27th May 2012.  Come and join us  for a great day of family fun and rural interest! 

Shipston Wool Fair represents a great day out for all the family, with lots to see, do and discover, held in the pretty historic market town of Shipston on Stour.

Resurrecting Shipston's Wool Fair was the inspiration of the late Angela Noyce, and  her widower Alan is carrying on this fine tradition by agreeing to chair the organising committee.  The first Wool Fair for almost a century was held in 2009, but it's already become a well-loved fixture on Shipston's full calendar, attracting visitors from far and wide.

Once again a highlight of the day will be the sheep exhibition comprising  rare breeds, new breeds, and a couple of 'celebrity' sheep.  Some lambs will accompany their mothers, and are always a great attraction for children.  Visitors can watch the sheep being sheared by experts - highly skillled in the art of shearing, and also in keeping us all amused with their witty and informative commentary! 

But that's no means all ...  while the Wool Fair's organising committee are dedicated to ensuring that this event celebrates our rural heritage and traditional skills and crafts, they are just as keen to come up with one or two surprises.  Thus you can attend the Wool Fair year after year, and still experience something new and different!