Woodbridge Christmas Window Competition 2024

We are running/promoting the Christmas Window Competition 2024. We are already being asked when this eagerly awaited annual event will be judges. So we have arranged the panel of judges to convene on Wednesday 11th December, at 2.00pm.

The Trustees of Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum have secured grants from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and East Suffolk District Council to keep the Mill turning.

Trevor Boyd takes the Trophy for the second year running.

The Woodbridge Christmas Lights On Weekend is taking place from 28 November to 1 December with music and street entertainment, mobile projections and Advent Calendar projections on the Tide Mill, rides, the annual Christmas Market, art and science workshops, food stalls and pop-up bars and light art on Market Hill, Whisstock's Place and the Thoroughfare.

We have had two successful events this month, the first was organising the seating and provision of stewards etc.,  for the ever popular Opera for Woodbridge.

Can you continue to develop a national treasure? The Tide Mill in Woodbridge is a Grade I listed building of international significance.

There was a great Shuffler turn-out at the first of this season’s Suffolk League Cross Country races which took place at Framlingham in early November.

The Suffolk Carbon Charter panel has awarded Woodbridge Tide Mill a Gold level award of the Suffolk Carbon Charter.  The Tide Mill previously received the Award in 2020 and 2022.

In September, two Woodbridge Shufflers ran 32 miles from Lowestoft to Aldeburgh as part of the Suffolk Coastal Ultra Marathon.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music is celebrating Choose Love, a large scale community Art project, by installing a permanent wall mural at the entrance of Elmhurst Park in the run up to the festival’s 12th Annual Weekend - on Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September.

Last month the Woodbridge Camera Club held an open print competition which was both successful and entertaining.

Greater Anglia has highlighted Woodbridge Festival of Arts & Music at the end of August as a go to destination in Suffolk for its summer train travel campaign.

The new Rotary year commenced on the 1st July and Simon Holloway, their outgoing president, handed the reins to Ian Reed who takes up the role for the next two years.

Woodbridge Festival's flagship weekend returns with three days of events at Elmhurst Park, Whisstock’s Place, The Riverside and other venues around town.

Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust, responsible for Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, is looking for a new Chair.

As well as the usual three club runs a week, some members of the Woodbridge Shufflers took part in two very different team relay events this Summer.

Woodbridge Festival Announces main dates and theme for 2024 festival weekend on 30th August - Sunday 1st September.

East Suffolk Council are interested to understand what you think of your recent visit to Woodbridge Town Centre.

Woodbridge Camera Club members met for an Outdoor Shoot in Felixstowe, the Deben Ferry area.

Members of the Woodbridge Shufflers attended the Presentation Evening in Newmarket where they collected a number of awards for this year’s competition.

Award winning independent travel agent Deben Travel are expanding their business and moving from the Thoroughfare in Woodbridge to the newly developed Deben Wharf at Whisstocks Place.

Red Rose Chain has revealed its spectacular fairy puppets that are ready to take centre stage at this year's Theatre in the Forest production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Pickleball pandemonium has arrived in Woodbridge with the launch of new pickleball sessions at Woodbridge Tennis Club.

As the sun sets behind the majestic castle and church of Orford, Suffolk, the Lady Florence glides gracefully along the river, carrying with her decades of history, memories, and a legacy that spans generations.

Celebrating her 80th birthday is not just a milestone for a vessel it's a testament to resilience, adaptation, and the enduring spirit of those who have cherished her throughout the years.

RNLI Woodbridge Branch were pleased to announce they raised £12,158.53 for the RNLI last year, taking part in several events and holding collections.

Thames Barge ‘Blue Mermaid’ delivers grain to Woodbridge Tide Mill in first leg of voyage for young and vulnerable adults’ charity.

A number of Woodbridge Shufflers joined 60,000 people who ran the London Marathon in April.

The Fairtrade for Woodbridge team raised a fabulous £146 to continue to fund the community’s status as a Fairtrade Town.

The annual Woodbridge 10k Round the Town running race for adults and 1.5k for juniors takes place at Midday on Sunday 19^th May.

The Woodbridge Tide Mill Easter Egg Hunt on Sun 31 Mar attracted over 100 families, a record despite the overcast weather.

Bawdsey Radar Museum has reopened.

Each year Woodbridge Town Council awards grants to Charities and Voluntary Organisations that contribute to the well-being of Woodbridge or promote the image of the Town.

Suffolk pub wins coveted national winner award.  

A local home care company, Home Instead Ipswich, Felixstowe & Woodbridge, is proud to be teaming up with three GP surgeries in the local area to provide free, invaluable drop-in sessions that will give people the chance to learn more about dementia.

The 71^st Annual Open Air Carol Service was held on Wednesday 20^th December on the Market Hill in Woodbridge with over 800 people enjoying the religious and festive spirit of Christmas.

Bridge Classic Cars, known for their classic car restorations and competitions, kickstarted the 2023 festive season with their Mince Pie Drive.

The Salvation Army in Woodbridge is calling on the community to donate new toys to its Christmas Present Appeal and support families who will struggle to make ends meet over the festive season. 

This has been another good year for swifts in Woodbridge.

Christmas is once again just around the corner – and Choose Woodbridge, alongside our amazing local businesses – are ready to spread the festive cheer.

Local home care company, Home Instead Ipswich, Felixstowe & Woodbridge, is bringing festive cheer to older people in the community with its annual ‘Be a Santa’ gift giving scheme.

Woodbridge Camera Club's competition last month was in memory of their passed member Ossie Kettle.

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has succeeded in gaining a grant from Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB . Thanks to this generous support the Mill will be able to partially subsidise transport costs for schools from within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB which wish to make an educational visit.

The AGM in September took place at the Quay Church, Woodbridge.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music says this weekend's collaboration with Transition Woodbridge for their Harvest Fair was a massive success; with glowing reports coming from everyone taking part.

The Anchors Aweigh! Art Trail and Summers Sessions, a unique and vibrant celebration of Woodbridge’s maritime history, has been taking place at 12 venues throughout Woodbridge all summer.

As we start this month our minds turn towards the up-and-coming events, we look mainly at the Poppy appeal which is fast approaching.

Woodbridge Festival is celebrating the success of their biggest-selling festival to date, after five days of music, arts and more attracted audiences of over 1,300.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music Announces Latest Line-Up for Elmhurst Park on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 September following sell out launch night with reggae legends Aswad.

Woodbridge Camera Club members' photographic work was displayed in the John Gibbons Gallery in the Longshed on Woodbridge Waterfront.

An annual award and prize of £50 is made to a person or prganisation who has made an outstanding contribution to the life or name of the town during the preceding twelve months.

Members enjoyed fierce competition with a wildlife print competition last month.

Woodbridge Festival is calling all budding writers to submit their short poems inspired by the 75th anniversary of Windrush. 

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music is holding a Caribbean Street Feast By The River, next to the town’s historic Tide Mill, on Sunday 25 June.

Last month Woodbridge Camera Club held an open subject competition for Projected Digital Images (PDI).

As the warm weather has finally arrived, Woodbridge Branch RBL are starting to look forward to their up and coming events kicking off in June!

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music has announced a summer programme marking the 75th anniversary of Windrush, as one of the selected recipients of the National Windrush Day Grants scheme.

An update on what the Woodbridge Camera Club have been getting up to over the past month.

Double grammy winning, chart topping DJ, Jazzie B, is the first headline act announced for the annual Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music, in Elmhurst Park on Saturday 2 September.

The King’s Coronation Window competition in Woodbridge was judged on Friday 5th May, just ahead of the Coronation on 6th May 2023.

A wonderful display of creativity and imagination from all the shops that took part!

This May Ipswich based theatre company, Red Rose Chain, will return with a brand-new interactive show for families and children under 5.

The Annual Woodbridge Tide Mill Easter Egg Hunt took place on Saturday 8 April.

Amore Gifts have made it to the final six in The Greats Gift Retailer Awards 2023

Woodbridge Town Council’s has opened their grants scheme for 2023.

Woodbridge Tennis Club are really excited to announce two brand new intro tennis groups for girls aged 9 to 16 years old.

RNLI Woodbridge Branch were pleased to announce they raised £10,377.40 for the RNLI last year, taking part in several events and holding collections.

After two years of planning and preparation, Woodbridge Swifts has installed a row of 15 well concealed nest boxes under the eaves of St Mary’s House in the Market Square.

Woodbridge Shufflers Running Club (WSRC) is delighted to announce that the popular Round The Town Races will return to the streets once again on Sunday 21st May 2023.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music has been shortlisted for a prestigious East Suffolk Award and is to return to Elmhurst Park and other venues on 1-3 September 2023.

Woodbridge Tide Mill has been demonstrating renewable energy for centuries, and now, with the help of a grant from SHARE Museums East supported by the Art Fund, plans to spread the word.

An update on what the Woodbridge Camera Club have been getting up to over the past couple of months.

With long, deep trenches and copious amounts of mud, 5th Woodbridge Sea Scouts (5WSS) hut resembled a set from a war film this week as ground was broken ahead of its new extension.

Hundreds of people supported by The Salvation Army in Norfolk and Suffolk were able to enjoy Christmas dinner thanks to a group of farmers who donated food to people in need.

 November saw The Royal British Legion, Woodbridge branch involved with all the acts of remembrance that have been held in and around Woodbridge.

The streets of Woodbridge have once again been turned into a winter wonderland as part of our annual Christmas Window Competition.

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has installed a new Weather Station.

The Mayor of Woodbridge celebrates the launch of the area’s first dementia friendly golf group hosted by Seckford Golf Club in partnership with Home Instead Ipswich, Woodbridge, and Felixstowe, as the local home care company offers another resource for older people living with dementia and their loved ones.

The Club had a busy October with a mix of social and fundraising events.

This Christmas, Red Rose Chain are making hundreds of free tickets available for their special free community performances of their Christmas show, The Wind in the Willows!

The 29^th of October 2022 was a special day for the Woodbridge Branch of the Royal British Legion; they started their first event leading up to remembrance Sunday with a parade through the Woodbridge throughfare to launch the poppy appeal.

Choose Woodbridge CIC has commenced a campaign to purchase Christmas street lights and decorations for several of the town’s main streets. 

The Christmas spirit will be coming to Woodbridge this December with the return of the town's popular festive fair.

Bawdsey Radar Museum won the Innovation Award 2022 at the prestigious Suffolk Museum of the Year 2022 Award Ceremony, held at Suffolk Archives at The Hold on Monday 10th October.

Home Instead Ipswich, Woodbridge and Felixstowe is partnering with Seckford Golf Club to launch a dementia friendly golf group to meet monthly.

Woodbridge Festival’s Fish Friendly Fireworks music and light-art show returns to the historic Tide Mill on Saturday 5 November; including art competition, with winning artworks being projected onto Woodbridge’s iconic landmark.

Following a further assessment of Woodbridge Tide Mill the Suffolk Carbon Charter panel has decided to renew its Gold level award of the Suffolk Carbon Charter.

Following its successful town-wide weekend of events at Elmhurst Park, The Community Hall, The Boathouse and Riverside on 3 September, Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music has announced the return of its annual Fish Friendly Fireworks and Art Competition projecting onto the Town's iconic Tide Mill, Saturday 5 November.

Woodbridge Town Council invites you to Elmhurst Park in a moment of candlelit reflection in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the eve of her funeral.

Woodbridge Camera Club's annual exhibition of members' work was a huge success once again.

A woman from Woodbridge has won gold in the British National Skydiving Championships with her team 'Chimera’, who beat the silver medallists by 40 points in total to be named the top 4 way formation skydiving team in the country.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music has been awarded new funding from Arts Council England, East Suffolk District Council and Woodbridge Town Council.

Woodbridge Tide Mill has installed a micro-generator inside the Mill to demonstrate electricity generation from hydropower. The purpose is to educate and provide activities around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) themes for the many KS1, and KS2-3 students who visit the Mill.

Following recent launches in Felixstowe and Lowestoft and as part of a range of exciting digital projects taking place across East Suffolk, free-to-use public Wi-Fi has now been launched in Southwold and Woodbridge. 

One unruly pig met another Unruly Pig last week as the gigantic puppet, star of Red Rose Chain’s Theatre in the Forest production of Macbeth at Sutton Hoo, called into the award winning pub as members of the cast showed their thanks to one of the show’s main sponsors.

Woodbridge Camera Club members entered an interesting selection of prints for our Urban Landscape and Street Competition.

Woodbridge Festival of Art and Music’s 10th anniversary weekend sees it return to its weekend long format for the first time since the pandemic.

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum announces free entry for under 16s when accompanied by an adult during August 2022. The usual £2 charge will be waived to encourage youngsters and their families to visit the Mill.

A brand new innovation and business hub is launching in Woodbridge!

Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum’s new Curator is after stories about the Mill and wants to build a team of volunteers to curate the Museum’s collection.

A 3-day Community Arts Festival comes to Woodbridge with ambient music providing the backdrop over the weekend 23rd - 25th Sept.

The Club is pleased to say that it has been a busy May and June with regards to fundraising, supporting community events and just as importantly club social events.