Buckfastleigh Town Council

Camphill Devon Advent Fair
2023-12-03 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
With a variety of craft stalls, festive food and drink, tombola, raffle and activities

Buckfastleigh Christmas Street Fair
2023-12-06 16:30 - 20:00 | Fore Street, Buckfastleigh
Buckfastleigh’s very popular Christmas Fair will again be held on Fore Street to include a wide variety of stalls, entertainment, food, a Christmas cake competition based at the Singing Kettle, Santa’s Grotto in the Valiant Soldier and the Christmas Lights switch -on (TBC). Shops, pubs and cafes will also be open.
To book a standard pitch 3x3m at £15.00 please go into the Brainwave shop, 37 Fore Street.

Scoriton & Buckfastleigh Twinning Society Christmas Quiz
2023-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Valiant Soldier, 80 Fore St, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BS
A quiz with questions on the festive season and general knowledge.
Teams of 2 to 4 at £3.00 per head which includes snacks and soft drinks.
Festive prizes and a French themed hamper will be raffled.

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
2023-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | The Valiant Soldier, 80 Fore St, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BS
Unleash your creativity and make a beautiful wreath. All materials will be provided, with festive nibbles available.
No need to book, although numbers will be limited. If you would like to make sure of a place, please email: info@valiantsoldier.org.uk – £20.00 per person

Police Surgery
2023-12-15 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall

Come & see a Valiant Soldier V.C. - John Prettyjohn's Life
2023-12-15 19:00 - 22:00 | The Valiant Soldier, 80 Fore St, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BS

Christmas Carols
2023-12-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Dragon Sanctuary, 34 Bossell Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DD
We’ll sing some of our favourite Christmas Carols, in 3 or 4 part harmony. We’ll also sing some winter-themed Taize songs (Taize is a Christian monastery in the South of France famous for its beautiful songs.)
We’ll have a time for silent prayer also. We hope to celebrate the spirit of Christmas without dogma. For more about our Taize events, see this page.
Leo and Sundara started leading singing events in 2003, at the Findhorn Community in Scotland. These events are open to people of all faiths and none.
Doors open at 7pm. Come early for a cup of tea and a chat if you like.

Town Council Meeting
2023-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Resolve Budget and Precept

Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

Christmas Concert
2023-12-23 14:00 - 17:00 | St Luke’s Church, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DA
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Barn Dance/Ceilidh
2024-01-13 19:30 - 23:00 | Buckfast Community Hall

Town Council Meeting
2024-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Following the very sad and untimely loss of Councillor Huw Cox, Chair and Mayor of Buckfastleigh Town Council and the Town Hall, Councillor Sue Clarke, Acting Chair is inviting residents to share their memories of Huw and condolences at the start of the Town Council meeting re-scheduled for Wednesday 24th January at 7.00pm in the Town Hall. The minutes of this section of the meeting will then be passed to Huw’s family.

Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

Burns Night at the Valiant Soldier
2024-01-25 19:00 - 22:00 | The Valiant Soldier, 80 Fore St, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BS
Come and celebrate in the Valiant Soldier’s bar. On sale will be single malt whiskies, haggis canapes, Scottish ales and Luscombe cider. Live music by Mark Jefferys and poetry reading.

An afternoon of Entertainment and Tea - St Luke's Church Hall
2024-01-27 14:00 - 16:00 | St. Lukes Church

Town Council Meeting
2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

The History of Buckfast Abbey
2024-02-23 19:30 - 21:00 | The Valiant Soldier, 80 Fore St, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BS
Talk by Brother Daniel Smyth

Christmas Lights Working Party
2024-02-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
The Town Council would like to support the planning, fund-raising and installation of a completely new Christmas lights display. If you have previously been involved as a volunteer or would like to be involved, please come along to our new working party meeting.

Move it or Lose it with Becca
2024-03-05 11:30 - 12:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall – Room 3

Move it or Lose it! With Becca
2024-03-12 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-03-26 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-04-02 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-04-09 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-04-16 11:30 - 12:30, 2024-04-23 11:30 - 12:30 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall – Room 3

Move it or Lose it! With Becca
2024-03-19 11:30 - 12:30

MED Theatre: The Experiment
2024-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Southpark Community Centre
MED Theatre’s Intergenerational Community Play 2024: The Experiment!
MED Theatre, Dartmoor’s own community-based theatre organisation, is back on tour in March 2024 with their latest production. The play will be part of a larger project called ‘What If…?’, made possible with support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
A group of children are dropped off at a location on Dartmoor, excited to enjoy a fun week of camping, when their leaders have an accident and have to be rushed to hospital leaving the children alone and unprovided for. Unbeknown to them, they are part of an experiment that their parents secretly signed them up for: is the hunter-gatherer instinct still intact? Can humans survive with only the land to live off despite the present-day short cuts to food and a reliance on technology? The scientists and parents watch on hidden cameras as the dangers get more and more extreme until eventually they need to step in, but for one child does their intervention come too late?
For more information, please head to the company’s website www.medtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/

Buckfastleigh Residents Association Annual General Meeting
2024-04-16 19:00 - 20:00 | St Luke’s Church, Plymouth Road, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0DA

Annual Town Meeting and Town Council
2024-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall
Agenda (Published 5 working days before the meeting)
Annual Town Meeting Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)
Mayor’s End of Year Review
Minutes (available after approval at next meeting)

Finance Committee Meeting
2024-04-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Buckfastleigh Town Hall – Chamber
