Event Description
The Hanley Swan Village Show has been running since August 1862, when the first Hanley Castle Horticultural and Flower Show was organised by the gentry of Hanley Castle parish. The aim was ‘to encourage horticulture among the cottagers, and to stimulate them to neatness and order not only in their gardens but their households’.
Over a century-and-a-half later, it still takes place each year in August, but it is now organised by local volunteers. Entry is open to all amateurs living in or around the parish.
The doors to the show open at 8.30am, with all entries needing to be staged by 10.30am. The hall is closed to the public between 10.30am and 1.30pm for judging, reopening to the public at 1.30pm.
Access to the car boot field is from 12pm onwards and costs £10 per car (must remain on site until 4pm).
There will also be a variety of stalls selling hand-made items, plants and food.
