Hungerford Food Community

12/10/2026

It was great to see everyone at the Heritage Festival yesterday - thanks to John Downe for this timelapse video of the event!

12/10/2026

Huge thanks to everyone who supported our Heritage Festival yesterday! Weren't we lucky with the weather!

Thanks to:
- all our amazing volunteers and loyal stallholders
- Hungerford Men's Shed for fixing the apple press
- Aston's Bakehouse for baking the community wheatsheaf loaf for St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford,
- Hungerford Allotments for running the pumpkin competition
- Tony Hammond from Newbury Apple Day for apple identification
- Richard from My Apple Juice - Savernake Juice for loan of apple press
- Priscilla for donations of apples from the High Street
- Jo from Heritage Fruit Tree Co for information about Picket Mead orchard.
- Jim Smith from Broadmead Estate Services Ltd for supplying bales
- Garston Gallopers for Morris Dancing
- Town & Manor of Hungerford including trustee Kate Edwards and The Bellman
- our speakers Juliet from Savernake Game, local wool spinner Carlie Kuhtz and Lucy from Berkshire Trout & Slow Food
- Martin from Hungerford Environmental Action Team - HEAT plus Rachel & Charlie for apple picking
- The Hants and Berks Ferret Club for ferret racing
- Berkshire Bodgers for green woodworking
- Hungerford Jazz Forum for live music
- Hungerford Guides for BBQ
- Emeralds Palette for face painting
- our kind raffle prize donors including Cobbs at Hungerford
- Derek from Hungerford Chamber of Commerce for supplying gazebo every month
- Freddie from The Queens Arms, East Garston for loaning gazebos
- 1st Hungerford Scouts for loan of tables and chairs
- Tony Drewer-Trump and the Croft Hall for storage
- Nia, Sarah & Brian for putting up (and promptly taking down) banners
- John Downe for time-lapse photography
- Hungerford Nursery School for use of carpark
- Hungerford Town Council, Greenham Trust and Doves Farm for their support
- and anyone else we've forgotten - please let us know!

And great news that the markets will continue through the winter in Hungerford Town Hall - first one is Sun 15 Nov. We'll be back outside next April to Oct, second Sunday of the month.

11/10/2026

Come on down to the Hungerford Heritage Festival today 10am - 3pm at the Croft Field, RG17 0HY

10/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at our Heritage Festival

10/10/2026

Here is the schedule of to what to forward to at the Heritage Festival tomorrow!

09/10/2026

Bring your apples and pears to press into delicious juice at the Hungerford Heritage Festival this Sunday.

Richard from My Apple Juice - Savernake Juice will bottle it for you!

08/10/2026

Come make a Wheatsheaf Loaf at the Heritage Festival this Sunday!

10.30 - 11.30am
Make your own mini Wheatsheaf Loaf to take home

12noon - 1pm
Help make a large, community Wheatsheaf Loaf to be displayed in St Lawrence's Church, Hungerford

Kindly sponsored by Doves Farm

07/10/2026

Come and try some of Dan at Thai Tuesdays yummy street food at the Heritage Festival this Sunday - 10am to 3pm at the Croft Field, Hungerford.

07/10/2026

Borrow our fruit picker to reach high-up apples and pears.

Borrow our fruit picker to reach high-up apples and pears. With a tube and catching bag it's a very efficient tool.

DM us or email [email protected] to book

06/10/2026

GRAB YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS: Lovely local hampers and vouchers from Cobbs at Hungerford to be won in our raffle at the Heritage Festival this Sunday 11 October!

Grab your tickets from Farewise Travel (under the railway bridge on Hungerford High St) this week (open 9am to 4pm till Friday) or on the day.

Draw at 2pm on Sunday.