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2025 Fakenham Cardboard Raft Races
Fakenham Cardboard Raft Races
15th June 2025
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.
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
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Fakenham Riverside Community Day
Sunday 15th June 2025
Goggs Mill Road
(in the field by the bridge)
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
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. Free parking in Olivet Way (10 min walk)
Food and stalls
Hog Roast and Vegetarian food
Cakes, Tea and Food
Bouncy Castles
Fakenham Country markets
homemade cakes and sandwiches etc.
Solar Scoops
Locally made Norfolk ice cream served the environmentally friendly way
Stalls
First Aid
Active Fakenham is supporting Fakenham First Focus
and local schools with this event
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Ride North Norfolk Sunday 24 August 2025 Photos of the the 2024 ride are here No price rises again this year ✿ ☀ ♫
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 ✿ ☀ ♫
Active Fakenham Criterium Races 20 April 2025 Event cancelled U nfortunately, we have had to cancel the 2025 criterium. Please see the attached statement HERE This is a huge disappointment to all of us following ten years of safe and successful racing in Fakenham
mostly at Central Cinema Fakenham
