St. James’s day is on July 25th, but we celebrate this day a few weeks earlier before many people go away on holiday. St. James’s day is our Patronal Festival celebrating our patron saint, St James. Patron saints are saints who were chosen as special protectors or guardians over certain things like occupations, illnesses, churches, countries, causes, in fact, anything that is important to us.

St. James's Day is celebrated with an All-age service at 11am, sometimes with a guest preacher. St. James's Players accompany the hymns and play other music during the service. The uniformed groups (Guides, Brownies, Scout Group) join the service and participate by carrying their flags in a colourful parade through the church and, with the Sunday School, often act as sidespersons, read lessons, say prayers, sing, act a play or assist with Parish Breakfast.

The service is rather later than usual because immediately after the service, there is a family shared lunch in the vicarage garden. Sometimes there has been a picnic in the park instead. Various activities take place after the shared lunch, such as bell-ringing in the tower, badge-making and other activities for the children. There have been Parish Treasure Hunts, and 'Beating the Bounds' where parishoners (of all ages) take to their bikes (of all types) and ride around the boundary of the Parish of St James.