Events
Up Coming Events
4 Charities Lunch with Guest Speaker
£15 – Thursday 16th July at 12.30pm, St Mary’s Hall, Udimore TN31 6BB. Includes a 2 course meal but bring your own wine. Please contact Liz on 07808597689 for more information or Judy on 01424 882222. All are welcome to join us for this communal lunch.
Flower Festival 2026 – A celebration of Crafts & Hobbies
Our famous Flower Festival is open everyday of the August Bank Holiday Weekend Our opening hours are:
Saturday 29th 10am -4pm,
Sunday 30th 11am – 4pm
Bank Holiday Monday 31st 10am – 4pm
Each day we have approx. 50 Fresh Floral arrangements to view set within our beautiful, historic church each one depicting a different craft or hobby (skill). Beyond the church there are many stalls all open across the weekend, These include: A Grand Raffle, Granny’s Attic, Books, Plants, Jams & Preserves and cakes. We also have refreshments on offer all day, including delicious lunches and homemade cakes, and we cater for a dietary needs. These are all served at the Scout Hut, next to the parking field.
There is free parking in Stubb Lane and disabled parking by the church if required.
Daily Highlights: Saturday: 10am – 4pm Bouncy Castle! @The Scout Hut 12-2pm Gario’s Pizza, Tasty freshly made pizzas @The Scout Hut 1-3pm Surprise visit! – tbc.
Sunday: 12-2pm BBQ, Yummy burgers and hotdogs, from our local Butchers Archers of Westfield with fresh buns @ The Scout Hut 1-4pm Scouting Skills, have a go at backwoods cooking, erecting a tent, pioneering, try these and other scouting skills. 2-3pm Choir @The Church
Monday: 10am – 3pm “Thelma” The Steam Roller – tbc 12-2pm BBQ, Yummy burgers and hotdogs, from our local Butchers Archers of Westfield with fresh buns @ The Scout Hut
Thank you to everyone who has donated a raffle prize or sponsored the Festival, it is very much appreciated. If you would also like to sponsor the event please contact our Treasurer by emailing treasurer@stgeorgesbrede.org.uk.
Also on in Brede over the bank holiday weekend the Brede Painting for Pleasure Group, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary, have their annual exhibition at Brede Village Hall each day from 10am -4.30pm and Brede Steam Giants down the lane from the church are open on Monday 31st from 10am – 4pm so why not make a day of it as there’s lots to do in Brede across the bank holiday weekend in August!
Past events from the last 12 months
Tea with a View Well done to Gary and Duncan for hosting this lovely event in their garden and home, although it was rather soggy, that didn’t dampen spirits and it was well attended with over £750 being raised for The Friends of St George!
Mothers’ Union Open Garden Rhiannon and David opened up their interesting garden to raise money for two worthwhile local charities one being Family Support Work and the other being AFIA (Away From It All) which is a Diocese of Chichester Mothers’ Union local project. Sadly it was a wet Wednesday afternoon so not so well attended but £200 in total was raised which will be split equally between the two charities.
The Induction and Installation of Reverend Fran Reid – our new Rector On Tuesday 19th May we had a lovely evening in the church when the Bishop of Lewes and the Archdeacon of Hastings led a fantastic service which officially welcomed our brilliant new Rector, The Reverend Francesca Reid to our Benefice. Thank you to everyone who came and a big thank you to everyone who helped with the organisation, planning and running, including the beautiful flowers and scrumptious food and drink!
Easter Eggstravaganza A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Easter Eggstravaganza. We raised over £300 and it was well attended. We had craft stalls selling a range of items from painted coasters to Macrame and much more! We also had children’s craft to do and yummy refreshments. A special thank you to everyone who helped on the day especially to Wendy for all her baking! To Gary and his choir for their lovely singing, which was really enjoyable, as was hunting for all the dragons in the graveyard in return for a chocolate egg! We hope you all had an enjoyable Easter!
Quiz Night The Friends of St George held a fun quiz night to raise money,
Christmas Sing-a-long Always a fun afternoon put on by The Friends of St George, this is one of those heart warming community moments just before Christmas where everyone snuggles up and sings loudly while sipping their mulled wine and munching on mince pies, we hope it returns once again in 2026!
Christmas Coffee and Craft morning Raising £300 for Brede Church and Mothers’ Union this was a cheery morning of Coffee, Cakes, Chat, Craft and Choir singing. Thank you to everyone who came!
Cranbrook Town
Harvest Lunch
Flower Festival 2025
