Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
Image: Rosedale Show By Patrick Chambers
With the agreement of the Parish Council, the coffee morning on Saturday 5 September in the Coach House Inn, Rosedale Abbey, from 10.00 to 12.00am will now be in aid of the Ava Gillies Memorial Fund
All are most welcome to join the family and donations of items for the raffle would also be very welcome.
Good news, folks – the latest Rosedale Calendar in aid of Save Rosedale Abbey Church Fund is now available for sale in Abbey Stores at £10 per copy!
The calendar features scenes of life around Rosedale taken by several local photographers. It makes an ideal souvenir for visitors and also as a present to friends and family no longer living in the dale, not forgetting taking pride of place in your own kitchen!
So please consider buying one or more copies to support this important project and remember the price has stayed the same now for a number of years, not something you can say about much else in the modern day.
The next quarterly meeting of the Rosedale History Archive will take place in the Updale Reading Room/Village Hall on Sunday 7 June from 2.00 to 4.00pm. Entry is free but donations to maintain the work of the Archive would be welcomed.
There will not be a quiz in the Coach House Inn on Sunday 24 May because of the Bank Holiday, so the next of the ever popular brain teasers will be on Sunday 31 May starting at 8.30pm. The entry fee is £2 per head which includes entry to the cash prize open-the-box raffle at the end of the quiz. Also the winning team receives a £20 Coach House voucher for use in the bar and restaurant, so if you are not a regular come along with some mates and give it a go!
Because of the May Bank Holiday there will not be a pub quiz in the Coach House on Sunday 3 May, so the next will be on Sunday 10 May starting at 8.30pm.
Entry is £2 per head and includes a raffle for a substantial ‘open the box’ cash prize, matched by a donation to a charity of the winner’s choice by the Coach House. Also the winning team wins a cash voucher of £20 for exchange at the bar or restaurant.
If you are not a regular, gather some chums together (teams of 4 to 6 are ideal) and come along and enjoy some great fun along with some mild mental stimulation!
The next charity coffee morning in the Coach House Inn will be in aid of our local mountain rescue team and will run from 10.00 to 12.00 am this coming Saturday.
Entry is free but donations for coffee and biscuits and items for the ever popular raffle would be much appreciated.
The very popular Coach House Sunday night pub quiz will not occur on Easter Sunday, but will resume on Sunday 12 April with the new starting time of 8.30pm.
If you you haven’t been to one before or are just an irregular then come along and enjoy the fun and the mild mental stimulation along with a chance to win some cash in the ‘Open The Box’ charity raffle
The calculators have been hard at work and the results for the fundraising effort are now in – over £2,100 was raised for the church appeal and over 500 visitors were recorded for the three days of the even – an outstanding result and a tribute to the hard work of Sam’s team of volunteers and the generosity of donors and visitors alike.
The same again for 2026?
All the hard work in preparation is now over and the Christmas Tree Festival in St Mary and St Lawrence Church in Rosedale Abbey is now open for visitors with 31 decorated trees on display:
Light refreshments are available in the church throughout the festival and there are some sales tables where the Rosedale Calendar and other seasonal gifts may be bought – just ask one of the helpers.
The Festival will run through until Sunday 14 December and will end with carols with mulled cider and mince pies at 5.30 pm – entry is free and donations to the Church Appeal would be very welcome, so bring the family along, get inspiration for your own tree decorations and pick up some presents at the same time!
AFTERNOTE: Over 500 visitors were recorded for the three days of the festival and £2,100 was raised for the church appeal – an outstanding result and a tribute to all the hard work and generosity of the volunteers and visitors.