Name: May Day at the Silver Well
Start: 2026-05-01T07:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-01T07:45:00+01:00
Location: St Augustine’s Well

May Day at the Silver Well

The CERNE GIANT FESTIVAL was born out of our vibrant May Day tradition, when the Morris Dancers and villagers gather at dawn on the Trendle, the original  site of the village Maypole at the top of the Cerne Giant. Here we salute the sunrise and celebrate the start of summer with a barrel of Beltane Beer.  Begun in 2017,  the Festival has now extended to about 3 weeks. With a theme of ‘Celebrating Humanity in the Landscape’, there will be a huge variety of events including workshops, talks, and walks so that there is something for everyone to explore their own connection with landscape of Dorset and what it means to them. Any profits from the Festival will go towards maintaining the fabric and work of the churches in the participating villages.

Cerne Giant Festival

Join us for a short celebration of Beltane in the Celtic Christian tradition - all faiths welcome.

St Augustine’s Well

2026

Celebrate Spring 2026 by joining us for talks, walks, and workshops learning more about the natural and cultural history, landscape, and history of the Cerne Valley and Dorset.

To get to the Well go through the Cemetery at the end of Abbey St.After the Wessex Morris Men have finished outside the Royal Oak (so Admission is free and no ticket is required. ) we will have a short celebration of the season at the Silver (St Augustine’s) Well in the Celtic Christian tradition. Open to all faiths, and usually well-attended by followers of pagan religions such as Druidry and Wicca, as well as those from no faith tradition.Admission is free and no ticket is required. Timing is approximate.The Cerne Giant Festival supports the work of the local Church of England Benefice, which includes St Mary's church, Cerne Abbas.If you would like to make a donation then there is no fee charged by this website and the whole of your donation will be passed on to St Mary's.

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