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2025 Riverside Community Day, Raft Races and Duck Races


Photos of the 2024 event are here


Fakenham Riverside Community Day

Sunday 15thJune 2025

Goggs Mill Road

(in the field by the bridge)

Please notre we may close the road for this event





Please note there is
no parking or toilets on the site. Parking in Olivet Way (10 min walk) .

Toilets 5 minute walk.


Through the day/morning


 Food and stalls 

Cakes, Tea and Food
Bouncy Castles

Free Face painting

Fakenham Country markets homemade cakes and sandwiches etc.

Fakenham Osprey Canoe Club
Rotary Club of Fakenham & District

Solar Scoops Locally made Norfolk ice cream served the environmentally friendly way
Stalls from local schools and community groups

Hog Roast and vegatarian food

First Aid


More information coming soon

Cardboard RAFT RACE

CORPORATE DUCK RACE

Great Fakenham Duck Race


Active Fakenham is supporting Fakenham First Focus and local schools with this event


Anyone interested in having a stall or offering to help with the event should contact us HERE

We would like to thank the Fakenham & District Roaty Club for thei Support for this event.



March 18, 2025
Premier and competition launch 25 March 4.30pm to 5.30pm Central Cinema Fakenham tickets £5 Limited number of VIP tickets also available - contact richard@activefakenham.org.uk
March 13, 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. Entry form as PDF HERE or as WORD Doc HERE 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 ✿ ☀ ♫
March 5, 2025
Ride North Norfolk Sunday 24 August 2025 Photos of the the 2024 ride are here No price rises again this year ✿ ☀ ♫
December 18, 2024
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 ✿ ☀ ♫
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