Welcome

The Rugby Football Union is proud to present the annual Strawberry Hill Music & Fun Day on Sunday 13th July in the grounds of Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole’s little gothic castle on Waldegrave Road, Twickenham. As well as providing the community with a fun day out, the aim of the event is to raise funds for restoration and improvements to the wonderful Strawberry Hill House, one of the most important and influential of the early gothic revival of the 18th century.

Following the successful Heritage Lottery Fund bid, restoration work is due to begin this year and the Strawberry Hill Trust and Friends of Strawberry Hill are now working towards the challenge of raising the final £500,000 to enable to project to proceed as planned. The Strawberry Hill Music & Fun Day is just one of the many fundraising events planned for the year and all the money raised on the day will go directly to the project.

Entry to the event is by donation (suggested donation £2.00 per person) with children, 0-14, admitted free. We have a terrific line up of live music on offer from some of the Borough’s finest including The Three Mustgetbeers, Death in Vogue, Dunk n’ Disorderly, Narration, The Draytones, Leaf Hound, The Vibrants, Nark Drool and The Shudders with Tom Nolan and the Bluescasters and special guests from The Eel Pie Club for a Rhythm n’ Blues finale. There will also be an abundance of family entertainment with tours of Strawberry Hill House, fairground rides, craft and community stalls, food and drink stalls, children’s entertainment as well as the the chance to win tickets to see REM in concert at Twickenham Stadium this summer and tickets for one of the England rugby matches later in the year.

Go to the what’s on page to find out what’s happening when. We hope you will come along and enjoy the day.

Fraser Cullen
Community Relations Manager
Rugby Football Union