Local Produce & Handicraft
9AM, Widecombe Fair Field.
Potatoes at twenty paces! Whatever your particular passion or bent, if your dahlias are the best this side of the cattle grid, your marrows are the biggest on the moors, or you reckon yourself to be the local queen (or indeed, king) of Victoria sponge cakes, there’s a class for you.
The Produce Schedule for 2026 is now available for you to start planning! Download a printable version here or see the full list lower down on this page.
Please see the Terms & Conditions of entry. This page includes a form allowing you to send in entries by post; alternatively please email your entry details to produce@widecombefair.com before Friday 4th September.
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 competitions. Congratulations to all the winners, and for everyone else, best get practising for this year!
WIDECOMBE FAIR 2026 PRODUCE SCHEDULE
VEGETABLES
ALL PRODUCE, CLASSES 1-15, MUST BE GROWN LOCALLY (SEE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY)
1. 3 coloured potatoes
2. 3 white potatoes
3. 3 onions, grown from sets or seeds
4. 3 carrots, trimmed and washed
5. 3 beetroot, trimmed and washed
6. 6 runner beans
7. Longest runner bean
8. 6 French beans, any colour
9. 2 courgettes
10. A squash
11. 2 leeks
12. 4 tomatoes
13. A single vegetable or fruit not mentioned in the schedule
14. 4 culinary herbs in a jar
15. A selection of 5 different varieties of vegetables in a standard box 12” x 16”
FLOWERS
ALL FLOWERS, CLASSES 16 -22, MUST BE GROWN LOCALLY (SEE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY)
16. 3 dahlias
17. A single specimen dahlia, any type
18. A single rose
19. A single stem of any flower (excluding dahlia or rose)
20. 3 hydrangea flower stems
21. A vase of nine mixed flowers (3 of each variety)
22. A vase of decorative foliage
FLORAL ART
23. A woodland arrangement
24. An arrangement in an unusual container
25. An arrangement in a teacup
26. A harvest wreath
ART AND CRAFTS
27. A woven, knitted or crocheted item
28. A needlework item
29. A Widecombe Fair poster (A4 size)
30. A pencil sketch
31. A painting: any subject, any medium
32. An item made from wood, metal or clay
33. Any craft item not mentioned
34. A photograph: ‘Dartmoor Flora’
35. A limerick with a farming theme
CHILDREN’S CLASSES – AGED 7 AND UNDER
36. A painting or drawing (A4 size)
37. A poem or short story (one side of A4)
38. Ten interesting items in a matchbox
39. Four decorated cup cakes
40. A model made with any medium
41. An item of headwear e.g. helmet, crown, hat (any medium)
CHILDREN’S CLASSES - AGED 8 TO 12
42. A painting or drawing (A4 size)
43. A poem or short story (one side of A4)
44. A Lego model
45. A decorated cake
46. A photo – any subject
47. A decorative bird nesting box (any medium)
HOME PRODUCE
48. 6 decorated biscuits (uniform in type and size)
49. A decorated ginger cake
50. A traditional Victoria sponge
51. A traditional pasty
52. A vegetarian quiche
53. A wholemeal loaf of bread
54. A sourdough loaf
55. Jar of jam
56. Jar of Dartmoor honey
57. Jar of lemon curd
58. Jar of chutney
59. A bottle of homemade alcoholic drink
60. A bottle of homemade non-alcoholic drink
61. 6 chicken or duck eggs displayed in a basket
