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Wassail 2026
Saturday 31st January 2026, 6pm
We had a great turnout for this years Wassail on the last Saturday of January. We thanked the Orchard for last years fantastic crop of fruit and asked for more of the same next harvest. Our new King and Queen were crowned and introduced our very first Orchard Princess. A great ceremony was enjoyed by…
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Chorleywood Residents Association AGM
20th May 2026 at 19.30
This year Dick Mander, our cider clubs founder member, was Chorleywood Residents Association’s guest speaker in the War Memorial Hall. After the formal process of a very well run AGM Dick explained why we make cider, how we do it and how members of our community can get involved. Our vintage ciders were available as…
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Chorleywood Community Orchard AGM & Social
3rd June 2026 19.00
This year we hoped to hold our AGM on the Orchard itself but again the weather just wasn’t suitable so, with a little trepidation, we decided to move the event to the Cider Barn at Hall Farm. Who knew AGMs could be so much fun! We had a good turnout from supporters and a few…
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Summer Party
Saturday 4th July 2026 19.30 onwards
Friends of the Orchard and Cider Club members were invited to this summer party around a lovely pool in order to thank them for all the help they gave us maintaining the Orchard, making the cider and raising funds for the Orchards upkeep. It was indeed a great party! Why not become a Friend of…
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Chorleywood Village Day
Saturday 11th July 2026 12.00 to 16.00
Chorleywood Common came alive again with music, cider and many other village activities on the 11th July 2026. Starting at 12.00 and ending at 16.00 it was four hours of excellent local entertainment refreshments and interesting local stalls. This year Chorleywood Magazine went above and beyond putting together a music set and sound fit for…
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Pruning training and Orchard work party
29th Jan 2026 10.00 to 13.00
We held another ‘on the job’ pruning training in conjunction with the Three Rivers tree team on Jan 29th 2026 between 10.00 and 13.00. Which was the first of a few apple tree pruning work parties before spring this year. Later in the spring when the blossom has fallen we will also be pruning our…
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Chorleywood Christmas Festival 2025
Friday 5th December 2025 16.30 to 20.30
Unfortunately the Chorleywood Christmas Festival and late night shopping due to be held on Friday 5th December 2025 was cancelled due to very high gusty winds being forecast. Chorleywod Community Orchard and the Cider Club will be back in 2026!
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Chiltern Open Air Museum Halloween Spectacular
Friday 31st October 2025
This year we helped Chiltern Open Air Museum raise funds and sold our cider and mulled cider at their Halloween Spectacular on Friday 31st October 2025. It really was a spectacular event and we will certainly be back! Why not see what’s going on their this year by clicking this link https://www.coam.org.uk/events
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Apple harvest and cider making 2025
September – when the Apples are ripe
The main crop of apples were ripe very early this year and unlike last year in great abundance in and around Chorleywood. We picked and pressed a mix of dessert, cider, cooking and crab apples in order to try and make the perfect brew and a mixture of eaters and cookers for our special own…
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Cider Club and Friends of the Orchard summer party
Saturday 19th July 2025
This year’s party was indeed exceptional and we were so lucky with the weather! The equipment set up for the evening’s short entertainment set kept on getting delayed due to rain showers so we relied on Colin’s weather radar to tell us when it would stay dry. At that point the A team got all…
