Westward Ho! Ho! Ho! Including "Sandy Santa Run" & "The Big Community Sing"

Name: Westward Ho! Ho! Ho! Including "Sandy Santa Run" & "The Big Community Sing"
Start: 2025-12-23T15:00:00+00:00
Location: The Guillemot Westward Ho

Schedule

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025 at 03:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Guillemot Westward Ho | Bideford, EN

This is a Westward Ho! Annual tradition, a FREE entry Christmas event (Fun Run is payable but comes with T-Shirt).
Start Christmas off in style? Join Peter & Bob, Visit Westward Ho!, Westward Ho! Baptist Church, The Holy Trinity Church, Bideford Brass Band, Santa complete with a Crazy Elf, Crafting Kate for the ONLY way to inject some festive cheer! Ladies and Gentleman may I present....Westward Ho! Ho! Ho! for another year!-
2.30pm Sandy Santa Fancy Dress Fun Run registration. Either buy your tickets online, link below or they can be brought at Ho! Surf, on the village Green, Westward Ho! We encourage pre registration but can accept runners on the day too. Cost is £10 per entry but does INCLUDE a Sandy Sandy 2025 limited edition T-Shirt, this year printed in Ho! Surf quickly!
https://www.visitwestwardho.com/product-page/sandy-santa-fun-run-2025-entry-23rd-december
3.00pm - 6.00pm Arts and Crafts with Kate. Kate will be hosting a kids area complete with arts and crafts to keep the little ones happy. This will be in the large side marquee at the Guillemot Gardens.
2.55pm We can't have you going off without a proper Westward Ho! warm up. Join the legend that is Jack Johns in front of the event area on the village Green for a mass warm up. PT Instructor Jack is slightly nutty, we love this!
3.00pm Sandy Santa Fancy Dress Fun Run. Choose either a 2k or 5k course, fancy dress is a MUST! It's all about fun, running with friends and getting back into the village. Once back we have live music, Santa, Comedy and many other surprises too.

4.00pm - 6.00pm Last chance to meet the big man himself before he prepares the reindeer for a very long, hard nights work. Santa will be in his grotto (in the Guillemot Gardens) complete with his slightly naughty, mischievous elf! The Grotto will be in the event area, come along and find the magic of Christmas.
6.00pm to 7.00pm - The Big Sing - Join Peter & Bob from Visit Westward Ho! entertainments team, Jules from Holy Trinity Church, Tim from the Westward Ho! Baptist Church complete with Bideford Brass Band to bust out some Christmas Carols around the large Christmas tree in The Guillemot Gardens. This is just a great community get together and a chance to sing with fellow villagers. A brilliant start to the festive celebrations and cracking end to our evening.