Put it in your diary! Our Big Family Apple Day at the Shop and Memorial Hall Garden on Sunday 29 September from 11am-3pm.

Come and turn all your apples and pears into tasty juice with our apple presses. Remember to bring a bucket or suitable container(s) to take everything home! A small charge for pressed juice will be made to cover running costs. See our guidelines for what to bring below…

No apples and pears? No worries! Come with friends and family to celebrate the abundance of local fruit, watch the apple pressing, play our fun family games, find out how to make cider, and visit your local village shop for groceries and treats.

Apple juice, hot and cold drinks, cake, ice cream, and bacon bap/veggie sausages will be available throughout the event and the shop will be open from 10am to browse and buy, including Sunday newspapers.

Big Family Apple Day Guidelines

The Big Family Apple Day is run by volunteers and relies on the goodwill of all involved to run smoothly and efficiently. We also kindly request that participants observe the following guidelines:

• Depending on visitor numbers, we may need to limit the amount of fruit we can press per person to two flexi buckets (40 litres each)/sacks in the first instance. You can bring more than this, but we may need to ask you to wait to have the rest processed after everyone attending the event has had a chance to juice some of their fruit.
• Any rotten apples should be discarded as they can’t be juiced – minimal bruising is generally considered acceptable.
• If your apples are covered in mud, please wash them, otherwise they will be OK as they come.
• Bring enough bottles! About 50% of the fruit is juice so that should help you plan. Reusing old bottles is fine.
• Be prepared to help cut up your fruit ready for pulping when you arrive.
• You will need to take your pulp home – it makes fantastic cakes, chutney or compost.
• A small charge per litre of juice pressed will be requested to help cover the running costs of the event. You can pay by cash or card in the shop.

Please help us promote this event, download the Big Family Apple Day poster and share our event on Facebook.