Sherborne In Bloom!

Pack Monday is held in Sherborne every year on the first Monday after 10 October.

The origins of the Fair go way back, some say for over a thousand years to the days when the Abbey building was completed. But the modern event probably started as the Victorian hiring fair when everyone came into the town from around the county to seek work, hire labourers and trade in the market.

Whatever, the event is a chaotic 24 hours with fireworks, a funfair and an all-day market in the centre of town. The roads and streets around the Abbey are thronged with stalls selling absolutely everything and the town comes to a complete standstill.

People come from miles around to shop, eat, drink and be merry. It’s fun!