Welcome to Charlesworth & Chisworth Carnival!

The Charlesworth and Chisworth carnival will be taking place this year on Saturday 12th July!

Looking forward to Saturday 12th July 2025!

Here is an early timetable for Charlesworth & Chisworth Carnival Saturday 12th July 2025:

The Carnival Parade

The Charlesworth & Chisworth Carnival Parade gathers at St. Margaret’s School, Gamesley, at 12 noon and leaves at 12.30 promptly. It processes through the middle of Charlesworth and finishes at the Village Green at around 1:15pm.

Enter a float in the parade!

There isn’t a theme for the parade so enter a theme that means something to you. We understand the costs associated with vehicle hire, insurance and the constraints on your time and therefore welcome walking floats (they’re more environmentally friendly too!)

Floats should be readily assembled on arrival at the school and removed from the village green before being disassembled. No vehicles will be permitted within the walking section of the floats.

No vehicles will be allowed in the school grounds for drop off or pick up. Please park at the rugby club and walk down. If you have anyone taking part with disabilities please message the carnival committee directly (hello@charlesworthcarnival.org.uk) to discuss their accessibility needs in advance of the event. The more notice you give us the better we can accommodate needs.

To apply please download and complete the PDF entry form below and return to the address at the bottom.

Parade Entry form

Royalty

Carnival is fast approaching and we need our Carnival Royalty!

Royalty is open to children aged 3 – 16 of any gender.

Just check it’s okay with your grown up (as there’s some work involved for them) and fill in a Royalty application form.

Scarecrow Competition

CARNIVAL Scarecrow Competition!

Theme: Blue

Rules:

We need to be able to see your creations: at least 1m tall, safely erected and visible from the pavement (unless you want people in your garden).

Appropriate for display (keep it PG please).

Your scarecrow needs to be up by 5^th July and for 2 weeks.

To enter, either, print and fill in this form and return to 9 Green Bank, Simmondley or message the carnival Facebook page with the entry details. You will receive a sign to display and your location will be on the Scarecrow Map.

SCARECROW MAP CAN BE DOWNLOADED BELOW

Scarecrow Trail map

Voting: only on the day by visiting carnival HQ on the field. Winners will be announced on carnival day.

Attractions on the Rec!

As ever there will be a wide range of different food and drink stalls with live entertainment from different local bands whilst you eat and drink!

There will also be a big variety of children’s activities and stalls selling all kinds of different products on the field on the day.

If you would like to have a stall or concession on the Village Green for this Carnival Day then please take a look at our HOW TO BOOK A STALL OR CONCESSION page by clicking on the text in bold!

Fell Race

The results for the Senior Fell and Junior Fell Races from 2022 can be found below! Please click on the links below to see the results!

Senior Fell Race

Under 15 Junior Fell Race

Under 11 Junior Fell Race

Under 9 Junior Fell Race

For full information and entry forms please see our Fell Race page.

Senior Fell Race

Fancy testing yourself on some of Charlesworth’s meanest fells? The senior fell race is a punishing 3 (and a bit!) mile run up Coombes Rocks and down the other side.

Race Start Time: 2:30pm

Junior Fell Race

For those aged under 14, there is a choice of 3 different fell races, according to age.

Race Start Time:
6-8yrs – 3:30pm
9-10yrs – 3:40pm
11-13yrs – 3:40pm

The Bonanza

Carnival Bonanza tickets are available in the local shops from around mid May and from the carnival HQ on the field on the day. Alternatively contact us and we will be happy to sell you some tickets.

Where we can we draw the bonanza on carnival day around 4.30pm with all the other prize giving. If we can’t we will draw it at the first committee meeting after the carnival and video/live stream it on our social media.

The full rules for the Carnival Bonanza can be found by clicking here.