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The third annual Harfest Music Festival will take place at numerous venues around Saintfield over the weekend of Friday 23rd – Sun 25th October.

There will be something to suit every taste in Music!

Download the Harfest flyer HERE.  Choose an event or two, or three!  And come along!

The Saintfield In Bloom 365 Committee of Saintfield Development Association would like to thank the businesses, traders and individuals who participated in this year’s Translink Ulster in Bloom initiative.  Their support enabled us to produce a display which earned Saintfield joint second place in the large village category of the competiton.

The judges thought that “the colour-scheme was beautiful” and that “the place looked lovely”.

Saintfield also won first prize in the large village category of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive’s Cleaner and Greener Rural Community Awards. This competition is aimed at rural communities and the prize is awarded to the town or village which can demonstrate an on-going commitment to keeping their area clean and tidy and protecting the rural landscape.

We appreciate the contribution that everyone has made to Saintfield’s success in these two prestigious province-wide competitions.  Thank you again for your continued support.

Here is a selection of photographs of the beautiful floral displays on view in Saintfield this year.

As the temperature and leaves fall Rowallane Garden, Saintfield takes on a different eerie feel. Head along and enjoy some Hallowe’en fun with your ‘little spooks’ as they have a perfectly petrifying Hallowe’en planned.

Their spooktacular Ghosts and Gourds event takes place on 17 & 18 October. Prepare to be spooked. The Garden is alive this Hallowe’en with a terrifying ghost trail, spooky stories, sinister characters from the Premiere Circus and watch your little ones be transformed with fearsome face painting. To top off the day why not behead, scoop out and carve your very own pumpkin to take home with you and ward away the evil spirit this Hallowe’en.

The event takes place between 12 noon and 5pm on both Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 October. Normal Admission charges apply. [National Trust Members Free]

For further details, please contact Rowallane Garden on 028 9751 0131.

A video of the cyclists leaving Downpatrick Street car park in Saintfield can be viewed HERE.

Photographs taken at various locations on the route can be seen HERE.

Saintfield Development Association would like to thank the following people:

Stephen Dugan (Masseys of Saintfield)
Tonia McDonald
Maxol Garage
Rowallane Inn
White Horse Inn
Saintfield Parish Church
1st Saintfield Presbyterian Church
all the people who provided the delicious tray bakes, choc bars etc.
and of course all the SDA volunteers who gave up their time to make Pedal The Peninsula 2015 such a success!

The Cancer Research UK Saintfield Group would like to thank the local community for their continued support over the past year raising £8836.79 through fund raising events, generous donations, street and house to house collections.

Saintfield residents – would you like to know more about the history and heritage of Saintfield? As part of European Heritage Open Day, join a guided walking tour of Saintfield and learn about who founded Saintfield, its early history and famous people, the 1798 rebellion and the Battle of Saintfield. See the Memorial Garden and many of Saintfield’s listed buildings. The tour starts in Saintfield Memorial Garden at 3:00pm on Sunday 13th September and last about 90 minutes. For more information phone Martyn Todd on 07850165856.

The new season of talks given by Saintfield Heritage Society opens on 10th September. The details of all the talks can be seen HERE.