Everything you need to know about the 2025 Derwen College Christmas Fayre
Our FREE annual Christmas Fayre takes place TODAY (Saturday 29 November 2025)!
Start your Christmas shopping with our stalls and traders at Derwen Marketplace in Gobowen, near Oswestry.
We are welcoming stalls and traders to our Christmas Fayre who will help you start your Christmas shopping, and get you in the festive mood.
Stallholders will be selling local crafts, food, drinks, jewellery and art, as well as tombolas.
Scroll down the page for more information about all our traders.
By visiting the Derwen College Christmas Fayre you will be supporting Derwen Charity.
Opening times
Our 2025 Christmas Fayre is open 10am–4pm, Saturday 29 November
Meet Santa and Mrs Christmas
Our Audience with Santa is back for 2025!
This year listen to Santa tell a magical Christmas story in our winter wonderland.
This is a fully inclusive and accessible event, with a maximum of 20 children per sitting.
Pre-booking has now closed. However we have a couple of spaces left on each of our five opportunities to join Santa & Mrs Christmas at: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm.
Tickets cost £12 each, and include a story with Santa and gift bag. Please speak to Mrs Christmas or the Elves at the Christmas Fayre to see if there are any spaces available.
New! Christmas Competitions!
We have new competitions for this year’s Christmas Fayre.
Competitions have both a youth and adult section, so everyone can enter all the categories.
The categories this year are:
- Handmade Christmas Wreath
- Christmas Cake decoration (judged on decoration only)
- Homemade Mince Pie (taste test)
- Christmas Poem
- Handmade Christmas Card
- Seasonal Photograph
- Handmade hanging tree decoration
£2 per entry, entries to be in by 11am on Saturday 29 November in College reception. Judging begins at 11:30am.
Buy your Christmas tree
Locally grown Christmas trees will be available to buy from the Garden Centre throughout the weekend.
Potted or cut soft needled Nordmann non-drop Christmas trees will be available in a variety of different sizes.
Entertainment
At 10.30am, a group of talented Derwen College staff will be singing Christmas carols to brighten the festive mood.
Weather
The weather is looking wet for Saturday 29 November. But that doesn’t mean our festive spirits will be dampened!
Please remember that our event takes places both indoors and outdoors, so please come prepared. You can check the Met Office’s latest weather forecast here.
Please also be aware that some of our parking is on a grass playing field.
Cash or Card?
Whilst many of traders do accept cards, some smaller stalls will be cash-only, so please bring cash with you.
There is no cash point on site at Derwen College, so if you need to pick up cash before the event there is an ATM at the Co-op in Gobowen.
The Christmas Fayre is FREE to enter, but we do appreciate any donations towards Derwen Charity – collection tubs will be available throughout the event for any spare change.
Location and Parking
Find parking via Derwen College’s Entrance B (Garden Centre entrance) on Twmpath Lane in Gobowen, near Oswestry.
Please note that parking is limited, so if you are able to attend via public transport, please do so. We recommend arriving in good time if you have booked An Audience with Santa.
Parking will be available at the Garden Centre and at the Orangery Restaurant. There will also be overflow parking on the grass playing field – but please be aware that we are expecting rain on the day, so there is a chance the field could be water-logged, in which case we won’t be able to use it.
Please follow the signs for parking.
Public transport
Gobowen railway station is a 10/15 minute walk from college.
There are also bus stops near to Derwen College ensuring easy transport links to Oswestry and surrounding areas:
- The ‘Gobowen Agnes Hunt‘ bus stop is just a short walk from the main entrance on Whittington Road.
- ‘Park Hall Derwen College entrance‘ bus stop is located on Twmpath Lane. A short walk will take you to reception, along the public footpath next to our sports pitch.
- A little further walk from Derwen College (5/10mins) are the ‘Park Hall North Drive Junction‘ and ‘Park Hall Orthopaedic Hospital‘ bus stops.
We look forward to welcoming you to Derwen College’s Christmas Fayre.