The 2025 Charmouth Dragon River Festival was held ON 31st May 2025
Photo: Bob Hamblett
This year we welcomed our first guest Dragon (Lim) from the River Lim.
Lim paraded, alongside our Misty, through the village, along the river at Seadown Holiday Park and down to the beach where the Lyme Regis Town Crier proclaimed a Declaration of Rights of the River Char. And we were wonderfully accompanied by the Cynewulf Morris Side, who led the parade and shared some dances with us down by the sea.
This community festival and its parade are part of a much wider citizen science led programme by the River Char Action Group who are determined to clean up the River Char and its estuary down by the beach.
The River Char works alongside and supports sister groups, like the River Lim , who are doing wonderful work for their own River, as well as being part of a wider network of rivers represented by CROWD – Clean Rivers of West Dorset .
Lim paraded, alongside our Misty, through the village, along the river at Seadown Holiday Park and down to the beach where the Lyme Regis Town Crier proclaimed a Declaration of Rights of the River Char. And we were wonderfully accompanied by the Cynewulf Morris Side, who led the parade and shared some dances with us down by the sea.
This community festival and its parade are part of a much wider citizen science led programme by the River Char Action Group who are determined to clean up the River Char and its estuary down by the beach.
The River Char works alongside and supports sister groups, like the River Lim , who are doing wonderful work for their own River, as well as being part of a wider network of rivers represented by CROWD – Clean Rivers of West Dorset .
Charmouth Dragon officially named MISTY at our first river festival
The FIRST Charmouth Dragon River Festival took place on Saturday - 27th May, 2023
There were stalls, a dragon parade, music, artwork and photos on display, children's activities, dragon biscuits from Charmouth Bakery and Ali Ferris from the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre named our dragon 'Misty' for this year.
The Charmouth Dragon River Festival started with a parade with our newly made dragon and portable mist from Barr’s Lane Recreation Ground to the beach.
If you would like to help with the 2025 festival next year in any way, please call Sandra (07734 138942), email: [email protected] or speak to Julie Leah, Dana Assinder, Sandra Reeve
Scroll down for photos from the 2023 Festival
Watch our film 'River Char Voices' launched at our Community Event in Charmouth in August 2024.
First: Hear the Song for the Dragon:
The FIRST Charmouth Dragon River Festival took place on Saturday - 27th May, 2023
There were stalls, a dragon parade, music, artwork and photos on display, children's activities, dragon biscuits from Charmouth Bakery and Ali Ferris from the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre named our dragon 'Misty' for this year.
The Charmouth Dragon River Festival started with a parade with our newly made dragon and portable mist from Barr’s Lane Recreation Ground to the beach.
If you would like to help with the 2025 festival next year in any way, please call Sandra (07734 138942), email: [email protected] or speak to Julie Leah, Dana Assinder, Sandra Reeve
Scroll down for photos from the 2023 Festival
Watch our film 'River Char Voices' launched at our Community Event in Charmouth in August 2024.
First: Hear the Song for the Dragon:
Dragon Biscuits - available from Charmouth Bakery for the festival
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Holly Miller's model of our Charmouth Dragon
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Main image: Dana Assinder