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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

Western Fuel joins Passion for Somerset as an Official Partner.
Western Fuel joins Passion for Somerset as an Official Partner.

Somerset Day 2023 achieves remarkable success, dominating social media platforms
Somerset Day 2023, the annual celebration of Somerset's rich heritage and culture saw the county decorated with flags and bunting

Somerset’s 1000-year link to the Coronation
Why flags will be flying for King and County on Somerset Day

Less than 16 days to go to Somerset Day
There is still time to get involved and #flytheflagforkingandcounty !

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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