The Friends of Chadkirk are very pleased to donate £295 to The Cherry Tree project – the money will go towards providing food this Christmas for local families in need.

In order to carry out essential tree work, Electricity North West will be operating in Vale Road Car Park on Sunday 13 July. For this work to be carried out safely, it will be necessary to temporarily close the car park to the public on this day.

Pat Baker and John Pengelly received framed certificates from Councillor Suzanne Wyatt, Mayor of Stockport in a ceremony at Stockport Town Hall. Councillor Wyatt paid tribute to their commitment; Pat's work in the gardens and the Coronation Meadow were celebrated, as was John's work at Chadkirk, at Stockport Hydro and for his years as a school governor.

The footpath around the Chadkirk fields is in desperate needs of repair, and the Friends of Chadkirk are seeking grant funding. Part of the criteria is to demonstrate Chadkirk's value to the community. We need your support to do this, by gathering signatures and support via this online petition. If you'd like to see improvements made to the path, please add your name and share this petition with others.

The entries for the Chadkirk ‘Mark Matthews’ Photography Competition 2024 - held in memory of Mark Matthews, a keen photographer who loved Chadkirk, who died last year. There is some fabulous work here from people of all ages.

Fabulous day yesterday at the Chadkirk Artist of the Year competition. The weather wasn't fantastic, no doubt leading to us having fewer artists than expected, but there were still enough to make it a spirited competition.

Chadkirk’s well dressing took place on Saturday 27 July. Hundreds of people attended and, while the weather wasn’t its best, it kept mostly dry. The day was a great success and raised hundreds of pounds for Chadkirk.

After our hugely successful ‘artist of the year’ competition last year, we decided this year we would add another competition: The Chadkirk ‘Mark Matthews’ Photography Competition. The competition is named after the late Mark Matthews, a prolific photographer who loved Chadkirk. The winner in each category will receive a £50 Amazon voucher.

On 7 January 2023, Chadkirk held its very first wassailing. Wassailing is an ancient tradition, where orchards are visited to thank the trees for last year’s crop and to both bless them for the coming year and ward off any demons which might spoil the crop. 

As the year comes to an end, at Chadkirk we finished on a high, with our two Christmas concerts. Both were pretty much sold out.

The wonderful work done in Chadkirk’s walled garden was featured recently in The Cheshire Gardens Trust newsletter.