Alderwasley Village Scarecrow Trail 2026

Photographs

Entrants and Winners

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No 1. Stickman: Lane Head Farm, Wirksworth Road

No 2. The Gruffalo, Wigwell Barn, Shaws Hill

No 3. The Hungry Caterpillar, Wigwell Cottage Farm, Shaws Hill

No 4. Bluey, The Bear Inn, Wirksworth Road

No 5. Fantastic Mr Fox, Bank House, Bent Lane

No 6. Gangsta Granny, Willets Farm, Pendleton Lane

No 7. Pied Piper of Hamelin, Allsops Cottage/Little House, Little Hayes

WINNER: OUTSTANDING CATEGORY

No 8. Jurassic Park - Velociraptor, Ridgewood farm Cottage, Little Hayes

WINNER: PEOPLES CHOICE

No 9. The BFG, Bottom of Well Lane

No 10. Peter Rabbit, North Lodge, Higg Lane

No 11. Handmaid’s Tale, The Old Vicarage, Higg Lane

WINNER: INTERPRETATION OF LITERATURE CATEGORY

No 12. The Gruffalo, Wiggonlea Farm, Jackass Lane

WINNER: CREATIVE CATEGORY

No 13. The Scarecrows Wedding - Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay, The Old Dairy, Wiggonlea Farm

No 14. Dog Man, Junction of Pendleton Lane, Chapel Hill & Bury Hill

No 15. How to be a Gardener, Ridgewood Cottage, of Higg Lane

No 16. Scarecrows Wedding, Alderwasley School Gate, Higg Lane

An extra entry to the Trail that was not part of the judging.

No 17. “Mystery Headless Horseman” - do you know the book? New Road near Hankin Farm

Another scarecrow that joined the Trail after the judging was completed .