Events

Events

2024 Events

06 Feb, 2024
Event Date: 17th to 26th August 2024 Active Fakenham Week celebrates everything that our town has to offer. Click below to view last year's programme.
01 Jan, 2024
Active Fakenham Criterium Races 31 March 2024 
By proadAccountId-425925 31 Dec, 2023
The Easter Sunday Funday includes our 5K and 1K runs , our Toddle’n’Trike event and our Criterium races We will be taking entries on the day if the races are not full. We currently have spaces for all races There will be stalls in the town centre and viewing, food and drinks around the course See a video of our Easter event HERE People of all ages and abilities join for a fun day of being active. Many of our participants dress up for the event; you never know who may make an appearance. This family-friendly event has competitive and non-competitive events for all. We hope to see you all there! This is now the timetable for 31st March 2024 8.00am Road Closure (set up) 10.30am Running Race 5k (UK Athletics) 11.30am Town Easter Fun Run 1k (UK Athletics) Fancy dress optional 12.15pm Toddle’n’Trike (under 5s) 1pm Circuit open for riders’ warm up 1.30pm Criterium Senior (16+ ) Cat 4 Regional C+ Cat 3 (40 mins). 2.30pm Criterium Women’s E/1/2/3/4 (45 mins) 3.30pm Criterium Senior (16+) E/1/2/3 National B, (50 mins) 7.00pm Roads reopen. See the Criterium and Running pages for more details and to sign up Both runs and rides are official UK Athletics and British Cycling events and are run under their rules. ✿ ☀ ♫
By proadAccountId-425925 30 Dec, 2023
Easter Sunday 31st March 2024 Letter to entrants This letter gives you instructions for the day Our 5K and 1K runs are another part of our Easter Sunday Funday festivities. Runners/walkers of all ages and abilities are welcome to come out and join us. These lap races are on a circuit through the town centre. Everyone will receive a medal, and children will receive an Easter goodie bag. We will be taking entries on the day if there are spaces and until the races are full. You can enter online until the entry limit is reached. There may be some places available on the day for both the 5K and the 1K fun run. You should sign up for the Toddle’n’Trike on the day in the market place. All children must have a responsible adult. The Facebook event is HERE ✿ ☀ ♫
13 Dec, 2023
Our cardboard raft race is a fun family event. We are looking for some exciting and colourful boats, so why not give it a go? You must pre-book for this event. It is run in partnership with Wensum Ospreys canoe club., you can learn more about them by clicking here . Free to enter We have limited spaces so please book early. The course is about 100 metres in total. Entry form as PDF HERE or as WORD Doc HERE Rules and guidence HERE Prizes and categories 1. 1st, 2nd,3rd fastest to complete the course 2 . Most spectacular sinking 3. Best fancy dress –raft and crew ✿ ☀ ♫
04 Dec, 2023
The Great Fakenham Duck Race is a free event open to the public. The race and picnic will be held at Goggs Mill from 10.30. It is part of the Fakenham Riverside Community Festival that runs from 10.00 until 2.30. Once you buy a duck, it is entered in the duck race (you do not get to keep the duck). See if your duck is the lucky winner; there are super prizes to win and lots of fun to be had. Buy a Duck - Great Fakenham Duck Race £1 per ticket Buy a duck in advance in town -Tickets can also be bought from The Origional Factory Shop in the Upper Market Place Buy a duck on the day - Ducks can be bought on the day ✿ ☀ ♫
By proadAccountId-425925 22 Dec, 2023
Fakenham Riverside Community Day Sunday 16thJune 2024 Goggs Mill Road (in the field by the bridge) Goggs Mill What3Words "strikers.recur.unzipped" Music and picnic area will be open from 10.00 to 2.30 Bring a chair or blanket and a picnic or visit our food stalls. Listen to the live Music 10.00 Rafts on display field for viewing 10.30 Rafts assembled on land for judging “best dressed raft” 11.00 Raft Races 12.30 Local business sponsored, Giant Corporate Duck Race 1.00 Great Fakenham Duck Race 1.30 Music, stalls and food by the river 2.30 Close Please note there is no parking or toilets on the site. Parking in Olivet Way (10 min walk) . There is some disabled parking Through the day/morning Food and stalls Hog Roast and vegatarian food Cakes, Tea and Food Bouncy Castles Fakenham Country markets homemade cakes and sandwiches etc. Fakenham Osprey Canoe Club Rotary Club of Fakenham & District Solar Scoops Locally made Norfolk ice cream served the environmentally friendly way Stalls from local schools and community groups First Aid More information coming soon Cardboard RAFT RACE CORPORATE DUCK RACE Great Fakenham Duck Race Active Fakenham is supporting Fakenham First Focus and local schools with this event Anyone interested in having a stall or offering to help with the event should contact us HERE
By proadAccountId-425925 06 Oct, 2023
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By proadAccountId-425925 27 Sep, 2023
Join us for the Giant Duck Race Active Fakenham, in partnership the Fakenham and District Rotary Club, is thrilled to be putting on this event. Join us to watch these ducks. Why your business should join in We hope your business decides to support this community project. We will aim to make the event as much fun as possible and encourage participation and attendance. We will also help promote your duck (and therefore your business). Any money raised will go towards community events in Fakenham and a contribution is also being made to Fakenham First Focus. We will aim to do this by: • listing entries on our website • posting on social media (we do Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) • distributing press and media releases • the event will be photographed and filmed (tbc) and these will be available to you as well as shared on social media and websites - we will arrange a photo shoot at the Bridge in Goggs Mill Road at Goggs Mill Bridge prior to the event. This will go in the local paper. Winners prizes include 1. First Prize TBC 2. A bottle of Champagne For more information and to download the entry form as a PDF HERE or as a WORD Doc HERE Active Fakenham would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring a duck in the 2022 Corporate Duck Race. Any funds raised will go to local events and local charities Aldiss Butcher Andrews Solicitors Carben Construction Dempsey Heating Des Cooper Hairdressers Eastern Daily Press Fakenham & District Rotary Club Fakenham and Wells Times Fakenham Garden Centre Fakenham Infant School Fakenham Junior School First Focus GJL animal feeds Grove Veterinary hospital and clinics H Banham Ltd Hayes and Storr Larking Gowan M D Williamson Carpets Ltd Nod Butcher and Son Original Factory Shop Ploegor UK Soil Fertility Services? Sports & Fitness Centre Stephenson Smart ✿ ☀ ♫
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2023 Events

20 Oct, 2023
Active Fakenham and Fakenham Community Centre are bidding to bring new events and opportunities to Fakenham town centre. Richard Crook Chair of Active Fakenham and a Trustee at the Community Centre, who is coordinating two funding bids for the organisations said, “when I moved to Fakenham there were two swimming pools and five banks, now there are no pools and two banks and there is obvious decline that needs to be addressed. Fakenham is a great town, but it needs some help and support, these funding bids are aimed at bringing a small amount of help at a time when we should all be pulling together.” Active Fakenham is bidding to the National Lottery to create a new walking/jogging map from the town centre and along the river Wensum and for support to increase cycling opportunities as well as to support the annual cardboard raft and duck races and the Get Active in Fakenham Week which involves as many as fifty events in August. The Fakenham Community Centre is bidding for some funding managed by the North Norfolk District Council to improve the Community Centre by creating a special walled garden area for community use, improving the acoustics to allow better use of the rooms and increasing storage. In addition the Centre is bidding for a mobile stage that will be flexible enough to use in the Community Centre, outside in the garden or in other areas in the town such as the Fakenham Market Place. The ideas have been well received across the community, The local theatre group FADLOS said this, “sounds absolutely fabulous! I really do hope you are successful.” EP Youth said, “We are so pleased and excited to hear about your plans .. we are fully supportive of your ideas and hope that we can be a part of developing this area for use by families in Fakenham for a long time to come. … Yes! Genius.” Fakenham First Focus said, “strongly support the proposal and believe that Fakenham and the community as a whole, would benefit greatly from this project.“ Fakenham Infant School said “That sounds an amazing idea, we as a school would be very interested. We always look forward to Active Fakenham events and being involved, the children get so much enjoyment as do the adults, thank you Fakenham Junior school said, “We strongly support the grant application and in particular the focus on low income, younger and the older population” Richard Crook added, “a lot of work has gone into these ideas and, if the bids are successful, the majority of the work will be carried out by local companies who have also been helping with the bids. The activities will be aimed at local people, and we expect to increase visitor numbers which should help our economy a little I am often told that Fakenham sometimes feels neglected in the District and County, but these ideas will not cost the Councils anything and will obviously bring benefits to our communities. These projects will be fully accessible, low cost and will increase resources available to the whole community.”
18 Jul, 2023
On the day places available for all distances
20 Jun, 2023
Fakenham Riverside Festival, duck and cardboard raft races another great success
13 Jun, 2023
Fakenham Riverside Festival, Duck and Raft Races 18 June 2023
10 May, 2023
Fakenham Junior School Theatre Visit
By proadAccountId-425925 30 Apr, 2023
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12 Jan, 2023
The Easter Sunday Funday includes our 5K and 1K runs , our Toddle’n’Trike event and our Criterium races We will be taking entries on the day if the races are not full. We currently have spaces for all races See a video of our Easter event HERE People of all ages and abilities join for a fun day of being active. Many of our participants dress up for the event; you never know who may make an appearance. This family-friendly event has competitive and non-competitive events for all. We hope to see you all there! REVISED TIMETABLE - We have had to cancel the youth races due to insufficient entries. This is now the timetable for 9th April 2023 8.00am Road Closure (set up) 10.30am Running Race 5k (UK Athletics) 11.30am Town Easter Fun Run 1k (UK Athletics) Fancy dress optional 12.15pm Toddle’n’Trike (under 5s) 1pm Circuit open for riders’ warm up 1.30pm Criterium Senior (16+ ) Cat 4 Regional C+ Cat 3 (40 mins). 2.30pm Criterium Women’s E/1/2/3/4 (45 mins) 3.30pm Criterium Senior (16+) E/1/2/3 National B, (50 mins) 7.00pm Roads reopen. Both runs and rides are official UK Athletics and British Cycling events and are run under their rules. ✿ ☀ ♫
12 Jan, 2023
Letter to entrants This letter gives you instructions for the day Our 5K and 1K runs are another part of our Easter Sunday Funday festivities. Runners/walkers of all ages and abilities are welcome to come out and join us. These lap races are on a circuit through the town centre. Everyone will receive a medal, and children will receive an Easter goodie bag. We will be taking entries on the day if there are spaces and until the races are full. You can enter online until the entry limit is reached. There may be some places available on the day for both the 5K and the 1K fun run. You should sign up for the Toddle’n’Trike on the day in the market place. All children must have a responsible adult. The Facebook event is HERE ✿ ☀ ♫
12 Jan, 2023
2023 Race Results View race results by clicking buttons below
11 Jan, 2023
Event Date: 19th to 27th August 2023 Active Fakenham Week celebrates everything that our small town has to offer. Click below to view the full programme.
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