The latest news from around the county


Western Fuel Joins the Celebration at Barrel & Bloom
We’re delighted to announce that Western Fuel is joining us as a sponsor in support of Somerset Day at this year’s Barrel & Bloom Festival

THE COUNTDOWN TO SOMERSET DAY 2025 BEGINS
With less than two months to go, excitement is building for Somerset Day 2025

SOMERSET DAY COMES TO LIFE WITH THE WURZELS
The Barrel & Bloom Festival makes its debut at Rich’s Cider Farm at Highbridge on 10th and 11th May 2025.

Nominations are Now Open for the Pride of Somerset Youth Awards 2025
The Pride of Somerset Youth Awards (POSYA) honours remarkable achievements of young individuals throughout the county

Wyke Farms Returns as Headline Partner for the Big Somerset Picnic and Principal Partner of Passion for Somerset
Return of Wyke Farms as a Principal Partner of the organisation and the Headline Partner for The Big Somerset Picnic 2025.

Somerset Day Weekend Set to Shine: Celebrate and Fly the Flag for Somerset !
With just under 90 days to go, get ready to celebrate as the county gears up for an exciting Somerset Day weekend on 10th and 11th May

The Big Somerset Picnic 2025 - a fund-raising weekend of fun, food, and festivities for all ages
Mark your calendars and prepare your picnic baskets!

Somerset Day rivalling Yorkshire Day and Lancashire Day for its reach
Somerset’s birthday was celebrated in style over the weekend of 11th and 12th May

Hinkley Point C joins Passion for Somerset as a Principal Partner
Hinkley Point C joins Passion for Somerset as a Principal Partner

The Big Somerset Picnic 2024
Get ready to noin in !

Nominations are Now Open for the Pride of Somerset Youth Awards 2024

Somerset Day welcomes Berensens as a Principal Partner
Berensens, a regional law firm based in Taunton has joined Passion for Somerset as a Principal Partner
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Somerset is full of such amazing traditions, such as the Wassail Ceremony, which reminds people today of the county’s cider making heritage and how lucky we are to have such a wealth of apple orchards across the county. I am Somerset born and bred, I’m so proud of the heritage of our family that we’re now carrying on into our fifth generation, we can honestly say we are living our heritage.
Martin Thatcher
Fourth generation cider maker