Christmas Fair

This year at White’s Christmas Fair pick up some locally handmade gifts for your loved ones (or just treat yourself!)

We will have a range of stalls at our stunning 16th Century barn selling beautifully handcrafted locally made items.

The historic house will also be decking the halls with boughs of holly, both in its festive Winter appearance and through song. Yuletide performances will be given in the atmospheric Great Parlour. Traditional mulled wine and mince pies will be available from the old kitchen, visitors can try a sip of Gilbert White’s gin.

Visitors will also be able to find Gilbert White’s brewers for a tasting session. During this time of year, the brewery produces a wass-ale, which is based on a traditional Scottish strong ale recipe and includes hints of Christmas pudding flavour.

The garden will also be presenting its Winter wonder and there will be a wassail led in traditional costume, where visitors can help to promote a good harvest for the coming year by singing to the orchard trees.

We recommend you pre-book, but tickets will be available on the day.

10:30 Event Opens

11:oo: Wassailing

12:00 Prize Old Mummers Performance

13:00 Wassailing

14:00 Alton Community Choir

15:30 Stalls begin to pack up

16:00 House and Gardens close

Stall Holders:

Candles of Chawton
 
Handmade highly fragranced candles, wax melts and car diffusers. Made from soy blend wax all products are cruelty free and vegan friendly
 
Fordingbridge Fudge
 
Traditional luxury quality old fashioned homemade fudge. Handmade in our own kitchen, to out own unique recipe. We only use natural flavourings and have around 28 varieties on offer.
 
Forest School Company
 
A small, independent, outdoor education company based in Selborne, who deliver nature-based workshops and learning programmes for children and adults. They also produce woodland crafts, including whittled sticks.
 
Geologie by Becca
 
Selling fine silver jewellery created using fossils, small sewn goods including scrunchies and stocking fillers.
 
Guide Dogs
Our Fundraisers will invite people to become direct debit donors for our Sponsor a Puppy campaign.
 
Hampshire & IOW Trust
 
Local Wildlife Charity promoting the work we are doing in the local area and raising awareness.
 
Handmade at Hazelwood
 
Sells handmade fabric items that make nice Christmas gifts and stocking fillers.
 
Hannah Edmunds Jewellery
 
Sterling silver and beaded jewellery as well as cards.
 
Isaac Smith Art
 
Fine art stall, oil paintings, cartoons and Christmas cards.
 
Jan Harbon
 
Prints, cards, fused glass, jewellery and textiles
 
Kerry Banks
 
Natural Christmas wreaths and decorations.
 
MJ Williams Art
 
Local art, original paintings, prints and Christmas cards of original paintings (local scenes)

Petite Cuisine 
 
Miniature doll house accessories.
 
Photos by Felix
 
I am a fifteen year old wildlife photographer and will sell a range of my wildlife portraits alongside calendars. Typically, I have a couple of boxes presenting my photos and I arrange some other photos and calendars around the stall.
 
Salt & Clay
 
Natural, handmade skincare, soap, bath bombs etc
 
Seabright UK
 
Selling handmade, upcycled jewellery
 
See Change Now
 
Eco friendly shampoo with essential oils for dogs and horses.
 
Selborne WI
 
Preserves, crafts and bric-a-brac.
 
Steve Driver
 
Local artwork, various local scenes and cards of Hampshire, Cornwall and Christmas cards.
 
Timeless Stiches
 
Handmade knitted and crochet items. Crafting supplies hand made from recycled wood

 

 

Date: Saturday 7th December

Times: 10:30am- 15:30 (Stalls)/16:00 (House)

Price: £5 Adults/ Children go free

Venue: Gilbert Whites House

Directions: How to find us

Pre-Book Tickets

    Gilbert Whites House

    Gilbert White was aged 7 or 8 when the White family moved from the Vicarage on Selborne’s Plestor, to this house, called ‘The Wakes’ (named after the Wake family who had lived here previously). At that time, the property would have been no more than a ‘two up, two down’ but over subsequent years several extensions and additions have been made, creating the long, sizeable house you see today.

    The rooms have been restored following descriptions in White’s own correspondence and include a chair he used at Oriel College, Oxford (loaned from the College), items of contemporary furniture, family portraits and bed hangings embroidered for him by his aunts.

    Learn more