Collaton St Mary Village
Collaton St Mary village lies a couple of miles West of Paignton, Devon, in the South-West of England. The village sits on either side of the main road between Paignton and Totnes and you can find it on this map from Multimap®, where you can also see a great aerial photo.
Collaton St Mary has a long history and boasts a fine church, and an active local community.
Adjacent to the church is the Parish Rooms building, shared by the community and forming a permanent home for Collaton St Mary Preschool Playgroup and a number of local clubs, societies and classes. The building is available for hire for a variety of different kinds of event. Opposite the Parish Rooms and Church is Collaton St Mary Primary School. The original school building was converted to a domestic dwelling in 2001, with a new school building now located on the former school field.
Spring Festival
This year's Spring Festival raised an amazing £3000. The theme for the festival was 'Illusions of Art' and attracted many visitors. The plant stall was its usual success thanks to the hard work of Jim and Sheila Bonfield. The reputation of the stall for good quality plants meant they were greeted with a queue of regular customers on Saturday morning.
The Bank Holiday Monday was the busiest day of the three day fesival with The Vintage and Classic Car Show and Art Exhibition by local artists.
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The children of Collaton Playgroup also joined in the fun by displaying their own art work based on flowers.
The lovely warm weather brought in the crowds and a good time was had by all.
Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning
Collaton St Mary Playgroup organised a coffee morning in the Parish Hall to join in with the nationwide event to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Care.
Celebrating 20 years
Collaton St Mary Playgroup celebrated their 20th anniversary with a garden party. They were joined by past and present children, their families and many friends from the local community.