We were delighted to announce that the overall winner of the Flamstead Scarecrow Festival 2026 was “The BFG”, entry 69, created by Roy Lambden.
In 2nd place was “The Tiger who came to Tea”, entry 4, created by Sarah Jenkins.
3rd place went to “Three Blind Mice”, entry 73, created by Lizzy Atkinson.
Here are the top 20 Scarecrows as voted for by our visitors:
1st: No. 69 – The BFG, by Roy Lambden
2nd: No. 4 – The Tiger who came to Tea, by Sarah Jenkins
3rd: No. 73 – Three Blind Mice, by Lizzy Atkinson
4th: No. 60 – Chicken Bail, by Louise Russell
5th: No. 15 – The Gruffalo is in Pie Garden, by Mary Webb
6th: No. 3 – Crow-bi Wan Kenobi, by Tim & Amanda Risley
7th: No. 23 – Scarecrow Wedding, by Sue & Tim Wright
8th: No. 29 – Land-CROW Norris and friends, by Katie Cripps
9th: No. 10 – Christina Koch, by Dee Woods
10th: No. 27 – The Loch Nest Monster, by the King family
11th: No. 52 – Sgt Pepper’s Crow-nly Hearts Club Band, by Kathryn
Stackhouse
12th: No. 77 – Crow mobile, by Kath & Billy Pither
13th: No. 44 – Crow-dysseus, by the Key family
14th: No. 72 – Slinky Dog, by the Taylor family
15th: No. 48 – Santa’s Summer Holiday, by Mary Webb
16th: No. 18 – Supertato Scarecrow, by the Wilkinsons
17th: No. 46 – Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally, by Violet Housten
18th: No. 51 – Hay-dy Partner, by Heather Baird
19th: No. 84 – Tea time on Earth, by Andrew Fitzgerald
20th: No. 83 – Crow Marley, by Paul Harben
