Following the success of the inaugural Penrith Scarecrow Competition last, its time to start planning for the 2025 Penrith Scarecrow Competition that will take place this year between the 9th of August and 23rd of August, the date adjusted after feedback last year. The theme for this year’s Penrith Scarecrow Competition is the 1980’s the era that gave us the Iron Lady, MTV, ET, Pop music, Punk rockers, Neon colours, Big Hair, Leg Warmers, Shoulder pads, Miami Vice, The A Team, Knight Rider, Dallas, Cabbage Patch Kids , Pac-Man, Roland rat, Mobile Phones, Personal computers, The Walkman, Breakfast TV, Rubik’s Cube, The UK also got a fourth TV channel as Channel 4 launched in 1982 and so much more.
The 2025 Penrith Scarecrow Competition is an opportunity for all households, streets, businesses, local groups and organisations to get involved and take part by creating and displaying a scarecrow in a garden or outside businesses across the town.
Entries will be included on our Penrith.Town trail map to allow residents and visitors to travel around Penrith and view all the scarecrows and vote for their favourite.
Full details of how to enter and prizes will be announced in May.
The competition has been announced to give everyone time to start planning your Scarecrow for the 2025 Penrith Scarecrow Competition based around the 1980’s theme that can cover anything linked to the era from Punk Rockers to ET your scarecrow can be anything linked to the 1980’s.
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