Welcome to Wessex Week
Events in 2026 will run from 10th to 17th October
Our full programme will be announced next August
Wessex Week is a celebration of the region’s history and culture through the centuries, with a particular emphasis on Malmesbury and the Anglo-Saxon period.
Wessex Week and Grants to organisations 2024-2025
Wessex Week has had another successful year in 2025; with events that have been sold out to enthusiastic attendees, many volunteer hours, and generous speakers, this has been another year when the event has made a profit.
Over the last few years the Wessex Week Organisers have supported local archaeological initiatives such as Operation Nightingale and the Shallow Grave Dig, the Big Dig for Athelstan 1100 in Malmesbury, the Athelstan museum’s 1100 exhibition, and also Flying Monk Community Radio.
The profit from 2025 will support further archaeological exploration of the Bird Cage walk prior to an application by the ‘Aethelstan, First King of all England, Trust’, for planning permission for the Athelstan Statue.
We are proud to be able to continue to support local initiatives while providing an exciting Wessex Week programme.
The preparations for another interesting and exciting programme for 2026 are underway and we hope to see you then. Keep the date: October 10th – 17th 2026.