Our Patronal Festival celebrating our patron saint, St James, is celebrated early in July. St. James’ day is actually July 25th, but we celebrate him a little early before people go away on holiday. 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. See our St James page.

After the service, there is a family shared lunch, often a barbeque in the Vicarage garden or 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, a Parish Treasure Hunt, 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. It is a fun packed afternoon for all the parishoners.