| Where: | Formerly Haworth, Yorkshire - town centre at the Cobbles and the Parish Church on Main Street |
| When: | Formerly a Sunday in late November or early December |
| Time: | Formerly 2pm onwards - Procession at 3pm |
Scroggling the Holly marked the start of the festive season in Haworth, and was a modern ceremony involving gathering holly to decorate the town. You could expect lots of Victorian style fancy dress (Haworth is of course the hometown of the famous Bronte sisters who dwelt at the Parsonage in the nineteenth century) in a procession with Oakworth Village Morris Men,chimney sweeps, a holly cart, brass bands and other musicians and entertainers. The parade went up the cobbles from the Christmas Tree to the church, where the Holly Queen was crowned on the steps before the gates were opened with a special key to admit the spirit of Christmas and Santa.
Helpful Hints
Sadly the last time this was held was 2016 and it now no longer takes place. If you hear of a revival please let me know!
If you were there for the weekend, you could look out for pixies spreading fairy dust on Scroggleve at around 3pm. The whole event was very family friendly. Don’t wait on the steps to the church gate as spectators were moved from there for the ceremony. The procession started at the bottom of the hill at around 3pm and took some time to get up to the church – it can get pretty nithering in Haworth in winter so you needed to wrap up well!
Haworth is also famous for its firm of car clampers so be careful where you park!
In previous years it used to be in mid November and it moved a little in date, sometimes falling in early December.
Click here for the village Christmas Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/christmasinhaworth/
More information about Scroggling the Holly can be found on the Haworth Village section of the Bronte Country website at http://www.haworth-village.co.uk/scroggling-the-holly.html
Is the event going ahead for 2018?
Thank you
Hi Victoria,
It’s way too early to know yet for 2018 – I will be checking in plenty of time but I don’t expect to find out for sure until autumn next year. If you need to know well in advance the best place to ask will be the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/haworthvictorianchristmas/
Best wishes,
Averil
I have just phoned the Haworth Information Centre & they said that it won’t be held anymore unfortuntly. Alice.
Hi Alice, Many thanks for letting me know – I suspected that might be the case..What a pity! It was a lovely event.
Best wishes,
Averil