Sponsors and the Event Running Costs
The two day Candlelight festival is a big event and it costs a great deal to to put it on each year. The event enables substantial collections to be made for our primary charity, St Margaret's Hospice. Those proceeds go direct to them.
The direct costs incurred to stage the weekend include insurance, road closures and associated costs such as hire of barriers, professional entertainers and musicians, and of course candles! The committee also spends a great deal of time arranging the entertainment, the bus services and the printing of the programme.
The direct costs incurred to stage the weekend include insurance, road closures and associated costs such as hire of barriers, professional entertainers and musicians, and of course candles! The committee also spends a great deal of time arranging the entertainment, the bus services and the printing of the programme.
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Our big Christmas Tree
The Village Christmas Tree is donated by the Dunster Estate Office. All arranged by Nick Kelly from the Estate. |
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Sponsors of the 2023 Dunster by Candlelight
The direct costs for the weekend are largely covered by subscriptions paid by businesses in the village and a huge "thank you" is due to all who make their contribution. Without them and our hardworking Committee, Candlelight would not happen. Sadly there are one or two traders who stay open after their normal closing time and benefit greatly, having not contributed. Those businesses do not therefore appear on our list below.
Born Appetite - West Street - www.dunster.org.uk/eat/born-appetite/
Castle Coffee House - High Street - www.dunster.org.uk/eat/castle-coffee-house/
Castle Hotel - High Street - https://dunstercastlehotel.co.uk/
Chateleine Antiques - West Street - www.discoverdunster.info/chatelaine-antiques/
Dunster Living - High Street - www.dunsterliving.com/
Dunster Mill Bed and Breakfast - Mill Lane - https://www.dunstermillhouse.co.uk
Exmoor House - West Street - www.exmoorhousedunster.co.uk
Exmoor National Park Visitor Centre - The Steep - www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Homecoming - High Street - www.dunster.info/listing/home-coming/
Hummingbird - Church Street - www.instagram.com/hummingbird_dunster/
Inspirations - The Steep - www.dunster.org.uk/shop/inspirations-of-dunster/
Lockes Tea Rooms - High Street - www.discoverdunster.info/locks-victorian-tearooms-and-gardens/
Made in Dunster - West Street - www.madeindunster.co.uk/
Mill Stream Cottage - Mill Lane - https://millstreamcottagedunster.co.uk/
No. 29 - High Street - https://www.discoverdunster.info/number29/
Reeves Restaurant - High Street - www.reevesrestaurantdunster.co.uk
The Crooked Window - High Street - www.dunster.org.uk/shop/the-crooked-window-gallery/
The Little Box of Delights - The Steep - https://www.thelittleboxofdelights.com/
The Lunch Box - The Steep - www.dunster.org.uk/eat/dunster-lunchbox/
The Luttrell Arms Hotel - High street - www.luttrellarms.co.uk/
The Medieval Gallery - High Street - www.medievalgallery.co.uk/
The Tea Shop - High Street - Closed at the moment.
The Yarn Market Hotel - HIgh Street - www.yarnmarkethotel.co.uk/
Tom Deer - High street - https://tom-deer.co.uk/
West Somerset Railway - https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
Maurice Bishop Gallery - www.mauricebishop.co.uk/
Old House B & B - http://www.theoldehousedunster.co.uk/b-b/
The Stags Head - www.thestagsheadinn.co.uk/
Ashleigh Bishop Fine Art Gallery - www.ashleighbishopfineart.com/
The Chocolate House - www.dunsterchocolatehouse.uk/
Dunster Castle Hotel - https://dunstercastlehotel.co.uk/
Hathaways Restaurant - https://www.dunster.org.uk/eat/hathaways-of-dunster/
Dunster Castle - the National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/dunster-castle-and-watermill
Thank you!
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