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Our annual fun day is back! Set in the idyllic Ashton Court Estate, there is certainly no shortage of attractions! From our popular Fun Dog Show, Ultimate Ninja Warrior Dog Activity Zone (trust us, it’s amazing and you will want to bring your camera!), Photo Entry Cat Show, children’s activities, Doggie Games, refreshments and agility demonstrations from South West Dog Skills (with the chance to have a go yourself!) – to our ever popular market place, brimming with everything from fine foods to beautiful artwork and homeware!
With such an extensive array of attractions on offer, you and your furry best pal won’t want to miss out on the opportunity be among like-minded individuals (and dogs). Fun Day is an event like no other and draws a diverse crowd from Bristol, Somerset and the surrounding areas.
Our amazing raffle includes £100 cash prize, an Indi Mountain Bike, Afternoon Tea for two at your choice from over 400 venues, a portable TV and more! Tickets are £1 and sold at our Sanctuary and our charity shops in Nailsea and Weston. Draw takes place 3.30pm!
Please note that this year we are closer to the Main House, using the Kennel Lodge entrance.
To apply for a pitch please email [email protected] for more information.
Holly Hedge will be here with a stall and Doggy Tombola.
If you are using Sat Nav, please set it for Woodgrove Road (BS10 7RE) and then turn LEFT at the top of the road.
Welcome to the Holly Hedge Christmas Fair 2021!
Back for 2021 to help us celebrate the most wonderful time of the year!
Come celebrate and kick off the festive season at the Holly Hedge Christmas Fair, where you’ll find an array of traders selling seasonal delights, crafts, and unique items which are perfect for those hunting for that special Christmas gift.
Visitors can enjoy delicious drinks, festive yumminess, and all-around festive cheer!
At the Avon Riding Centre where our friends from THE DOG SALOON & DOGGY DAY CARE Pet Groomers are putting on another Fun Dog Show and this time with a Christmas theme. There will be lots of stalls to browse through their Christmas market, as well as all these delightfully named classes. Moreover, there’ll even be a chance for your furry friends to meet Santa Paws! Their raffle will also be to raise funds for our animals and we are so grateful for their continued support. We’re really looking forward to being there again and to seeing all the lovely dogs and their owners.
If you are using Sat Nav, please set it for Woodgrove Road (BS10 7RE) and then turn LEFT at the top of the road.
Join us on Saturday 7th May between 12.30 – 4.30 we have a stall at the Bullie Bash.
Raising money for Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary & other Rotary Charities.
Class Entry from 10.30am – First Class 11.20am
For full details please see https://westonrotarydogday.org/
- SHOW RING
- COCONUT SHY / BUST THE EGG
- 13 FUN CLASSES TO ENTER
- HUMAN FRUIT MACHINE
- SOME NEW CLASSES THIS YEAR
- VINTAGE ICE CREAM VAN
- 4 ROSETTES EVERY CLASS
- BURGERS & DOUGHNUTS
- DOG ACTIVITY ZONE * HAVE- A- GO GAMES
- AMERICAN HOTDOGS
- DOG FUN PHOTO AREA
- DELICIOUS CREPES
- LOTS OF STALLS
- LICENSED BAR
Holly Hedge will be running a small dog agility course.
Holly Hedge stall 10am-4pm on Saturday 11th and 10am-3pm on Sunday 12th together with a Dog Show on Saturday 11th June, 12.30-2.30pm.
Long Ashton Village Market invites you to Bark in the Park
- Celebrity Dog Show Judge
- Refreshments
- Stalls
- Have a go Doggy Sprint
- Raffle
Dog Show registration opens 12:00pm – Dog Show starts 1:30pm
- Fabulous Female
- Loveable Lad
- Best Junior Handler (under 12 years)
- Waggiest Tail
- Best Puppy (under 1 year)
- Best Rescue Dog
- Glamourous Golden Oldie (over 9 years)
- Dog Most Like its Owner
- Reserve Best in Show
- Best in Show
All monies raised will be supporting Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary
Sunday 4th September 2022 • 11am -4pm
Ashton Court Estate – Dovecote Entrance
• Fun Dog Show
• Spectacular furry foto entry show
• Doggie sprint
• Stalls and tahle-top sales
• Raffle • Refreshments
• Games & activities for all the family
• Face painting
• Doggie games
and so much more!
For more information: www.hollyhedge.orq.uk
Entry: £2 & Kids FREEI
Details to follow.
For Dogs (and Owners) Who
Christmas.
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Holly Hedge Christmas Fair.
And we are even more excited, because this year we’ll be getting a visit from 
Santa Paws
So, bring your dogs along, and there’ll be a special Xmas gift just for them!
What better way to kick off the festive season.
There’ll be an array of traders selling seasonal delights, crafts and other unique items – perfect for finding that special Xmas gift.
Festive cheer abounds with mulled wine and other delicious drinks and yummy food.
Want more? There’s also a tombola, a raffle, face-painting for the kids (and adults) plus:
Returning this year to provide us with some fantastic live music will be
And of course, a chance to help support our animals over the Xmas period as we’ll be collecting for our Christmas Shoebox Appeal.
So, pop the date in your diary, let us know if you’ll be going, and we look forward to seeing you there.
There is easy parking available on site.
A minimum donation fee of £1, and under 10s (and dogs) are free.
PS
You can also drop off your Xmas shoeboxes.
Any enquiries to:- [email protected]
For our first walk of 2023, we will be walking at Ashton Hill Woods at the top of Belmont Hill.
Our walks are in aid of Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary so please bring some coins along for their great work ?
Well behaved dogs are allowed off lead on our walks.
**Please note location change!!! Due to the weather forecast this will now be at Ashton Hill Woods at the top of Belmont Hill, so we will have a bit more cover if it rains! Hope to see some of you there , please do let us know if you are joining us and we will look out for you.
Exciting new chance to experience a fascinating trip through the Holly Hedge archives!
Our great new friends at Weston Museum are putting on a special exhibition in their community gallery to celebrate our 30 years of rescuing and rehoming. Along with photos and newspaper cuttings of particularly poignant rescue stories, there’s also the chance to explore their interactive touch screen to discover the history of Holly Hedge right up to the present day.
With our 30th anniversary officially running until March, the last day of the exhibition is Saturday 4th March. The world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, is also on display and will be on show there until 8th February. And if all this wasn’t enough, the Dismaland Pinwheel has even been loaned to the museum by the artist Banksy!
