Do you, or do you know someone aged 10–17, who loves growing fruit, vegetables, or flowers? Has fun gardening and is learning important life skills like patience, teamwork, and problem-solving? Would they like the opportunity to become a Youth Allotment Ambassador and inspire other children to get growing!
National Allotments Week 2026 celebrates how allotments and gardening teach lifelong lessons — not just growing, but confidence, curiosity, resilience, and creativity. And we want you, your child, student, or grandchild to be part of it.
March town centre will fill with fun, activity and visitors on Sunday, April 26, for the annual free-to-attend St George’s Fayre.
The Fenland Four Seasons event, supported by Fenland District Council, takes place 10am to 4pm, and will see Market Place, Broad Street and West End Park filled with attractions, street food, live entertainment and more than 100 stalls.
The fayre kicks off with a parade to the town centre, leaving from Robin Goodfellow’s Lane (behind March Community Centre), at 10am.
The parade is being organised by 20Twenty Productions this year, with community groups from March. And there are opportunities for the public to get involved.
In March Market Place there’ll be a community stage and free arts activities; in Broad Street a funfair; in March Library car park, in City Road, live performance and dance; at West End Park bandstand there’ll be live music.
Activities and attractions will also be hosted in March Museum, in High Street, and March library, in City Road, where there’ll be an indoor craft market and Library Presents performances, and at St Peter’s Church, in High Street.
St George’s Fayre is organised by Fenland District Council in partnership with March Events Committee and supported by partners including March Town Council, March Library, March Museum, St Peter’s Church, The Library Presents and 20Twenty Productions.
Parking in the town centre is limited and visitors are encouraged to walk, cycle or travel by public transport where possible. March train station is a 15-minute walk from the event.
Some town centre roads will be closed from 5am to 7.30pm. Full details available via the highways authority Cambridgeshire County Council, which has responsibility for roads.
All Fenland District Council’s free town centre car parks, barring Market Place and George Campbell Leisure Centre car park, will be open throughout, including City Road and Darthill Road. Visitors are also welcome to use Fenland Hall car park, in County Road.
The district council supports Fenland Four Seasons events in Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech. Catering stalls are allocated at the beginning of the year, whilst other stall pitches are available up to one month before each event.
Tuesday 31st March live from March celebrating the town’s Fenland history and meeting its geese – Dotty MacLeod’s programme from March Museum – – Listen here
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