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About Us
Set up in 2012, inOdiham is a not-for-profit organisation run by a friendly group of local residents, who believe in the benefits of a close-knit community and work together to enrich the village experience for everyone.
As a registered Community Interest Company, our team consists entirely of unpaid volunteers – meaning no shareholders and no members of the Committee receive payment for their services.
inOdiham is closely supported by various local authorities and companies – all of whom share the joint aim of delighting visitors and helping bring the admirable Odiham community closer together.
What we do
As well as the 3 annual events below (and the occasional one-off event) we also arrange the Friday Weekly Market in the High Street, the Christmas Lights along the length of the High Street, the street-level planters in the High Street, the Summer flower baskets on the lampposts as well as the mass bulb-planting in the grass verges approaching Odiham … we’re a very busy bunch!

A family-friendly day with food, drink, live music and dancing.

Enjoy food, drink and live music! August Bank Holiday Monday

A festive, fun-filled afternoon & evening with a variety of gift stalls.

A fantastic family-friendly day with food, drink, stalls … and of course plenty of live music and dancing.

A bustling foodie street market where you can enjoy food, drink and live music! August Bank Holiday Monday

A festive, fun-filled afternoon & evening with a variety of gift stalls with performances by the village schools plus Live Music & Fair Rides!

A fantastic family-friendly day with food, drink, stalls … and of course plenty of live music and dancing.

A bustling foodie street market where you can enjoy food, drink and live music!
August Bank Holiday Monday

A festive, fun-filled afternoon & evening with a variety of gift stalls with school performances, Live Music & Fair Rides!
Reasons to Visit
Other than the fabulous events, there are plenty of reasons to visit the Saxon village of Odiham, including the wide Georgian High Street with it’s eclectic mix of independent shops and eateries, as well as one of the last surviving Pest Houses in Britain … and the Village Stocks!
Odiham and the surrounding area also boasts some of the best rural and canal walks in Hampshire and the local stretch of the Basingstoke Canal is home to the start of the Magna Carta Trail at King John’s Castle and runs along the site of a royal Deer Park.
So come and take a stroll through the village, across open countryside, along either the Basingstoke Canal or the River Whitewater or over expanses of common – all of which give the opportunity for great views and to see nature at its best.
For more information on the heritage that Odiham has to offer check out either visitodiham.org.uk or odiham-society.org, but in the meantime, here is a gallery to give you an idea of what to expect when you visit our lovely village, including various events throughout the year, plus the bi-annual Armed Forces Day celebrations organised by RAF Odiham and the Parish Council.
You can also get a fascinating bird’s eye view of the village via the interactive aerial map by local photographer Luke Meldon.
Latest News
AUTUMN / WINTER 2023
We have had a wonderful year at inOdiham with great successes for our events so far, Bands in the Bury and the Odiham Food Fayre. We really enjoy hosting these events and from the feedback we have received we think you enjoyed them too! We have one more event to go this year – The Odiham Extravaganza – then we will do it all again in 2024. Thanks to all for your support!
Bands in the Bury
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Odiham Food Fayre
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Christmas Extravaganza
Sunday November 26, 2023
Further information on all of the above will be posted as it becomes available.
This year sees the return of the popular flower baskets in the High Street – it has taken two years, but we now have permission to place the baskets on 11 of the lampposts in the centre of Odiham. The planters have now been filled and the flower baskets are ready to add some colour to our beautiful High Street. The baskets and planters are provided and maintained by inOdiham but we would like also to thank Odiham Parish Council who provided us with a community grant to help with the cost. We hope you are enjoying these welcome additions to our High Street.
The Friday Weekly Market is going from strength to strength. From February we have had a new bread supplier – Authentique Bakery – who have brought a wide variety of bread, cakes, samosas and pies for us to enjoy. We still have our other popular stalls, Tommy and his team on Fruit and Veg, Ian and Ed on The Cheese Stall, Richard with Butler Country Estates and Helen and Matt from Woodland Pig Pork Products. We have had pop-up visits from Marzalicious Marzipan and The River Test Distillery Gin Company. Please come along and support this wonderful resource that brings food straight to you without having to get in your car.
AUTUMN / WINTER 2023
We have had a wonderful year at inOdiham with great successes for our events so far, Bands in the Bury and the Odiham Food Fayre. We really enjoy hosting these events and from the feedback we have received we think you enjoyed them too! We have one more event to go this year – The Odiham Extravaganza – then we will do it all again in 2024. Thanks to all for your support!
Bands in the Bury
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Odiham Food Fayre
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Christmas Extravaganza
Sunday November 26, 2023
Further information on all of the above will be posted as it becomes available.
This year sees the return of the popular flower baskets in the High Street – it has taken two years, but we now have permission to place the baskets on 11 of the lampposts in the centre of Odiham. The planters have now been filled and the flower baskets are ready to add some colour to our beautiful High Street. The baskets and planters are provided and maintained by inOdiham but we would like also to thank Odiham Parish Council who provided us with a community grant to help with the cost. We hope you are enjoying these welcome additions to our High Street.
The Friday Weekly Market is going from strength to strength. From February we have had a new bread supplier – Authentique Bakery – who have brought a wide variety of bread, cakes, samosas and pies for us to enjoy. We still have our other popular stalls, Tommy and his team on Fruit and Veg, Ian and Ed on The Cheese Stall, Richard with Butler Country Estates and Helen and Matt from Woodland Pig Pork Products. We have had pop-up visits from Marzalicious Marzipan and The River Test Distillery Gin Company. Please come along and support this wonderful resource that brings food straight to you without having to get in your car.
Join Us
We have a wonderful group of volunteers, but could always do with an extra pair of hands and we’d love to have you on the team, even if it is only to occasionally help distribute leaflets and/or marshal events!
Our current chair-person is Jon Hale and the other active committee members are Sue Williams, John Lodder, Jane Costigan, Tony Costigan, David Hawes, Sandra Hawes, Neil Wallington, Sarah Biggs, Paul Harris, Jill Harris, Fiona Campbell, Simon Temple and Nicola Deere.
A big thank you also goes to all previous committee members including Delly & Francis Howard, Jan Baker, Jo Kelsey, Min Broughton, Amanda & Jim Coomber, Becci Friend, Julia Freeman, Emma Jones, Callum Campbell, Ralph Cook, Melanie Harper, Netty Warnakulasuriya, Sarah Golley, Richard Harris, Mark Kellie, Mandy White, Jenny Atherton, Sue Hockey, Thérèse Lawlor, Simon Harper, Helen Price, Shane Avery, Anna Macready and Rachel Watt.
We realise that time is precious and we would only ask you to offer a few hours every now and then, as the need arises, entirely at your convenience. If you’d like to be involved, just drop us an email and we’ll add you to our team of volunteers and let you know what help is needed and when.
Get in Touch
We’d love to hear from you, so just drop us a line – to ask about volunteering and general enquiries please either use the form below or email us directly – info@inodiham.co.uk or if you’d prefer, our postal address is inOdiham, c/o The Cross Barn, Palace Gate Farm, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1JX. For applications or details about having a stall, please see the relevant event above.
Odiham Friday Market - Friday December 1
Our hardy market traders are all set for tomorrow. It’s going to be sunny so put on your hats and scarves and come for a look.
Fruit and Veg 🍎 🥕
Cheese 🧀 🫕
Cakes, bread and pies 🥧 🍰 🍞
Woodland Pig 🐖
And a special pop up appearance from Scribble & Beam 🎁 🪵 with their wooden bottle boxes, decorations and gift ideas for Christmas!
Come along and have a browse.
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A BIG Congratulations to this year’s ‘Best High Street Christmas Window’ winner.
Drum roll……………………….
The award, kindly judged by RAF Station Commander, Group Captain Roberts goes to……………..
THE RED LION
Group Captain Roberts, took the task very very seriously, also deploying his family to help him decide, alongside inOdiham Chair Jon Hale. Group Captain Roberts commented that the High Street looked amazing with a wonderful community Christmas feel that really makes Odiham a special place to live / be stationed.
He particularly found it hard to decide between the Frame (last year’s winner which had a superb display once again), Moutan (which just looks stunning) and the Red Lion. The Red Lion clinched it for Group Captain Roberts based on the display being wonderfully handmade, with a great Christmas vibe, that then kind of pulls the eye into the warmth of the pub inside (see he did take it very seriously).
He also wanted to acknowledge the Chinook incorporated into the display at Strutt and Parker. And enjoyed the ‘live display’ at Le Creperie………..which was in fact the great team there installing their decorations at the time of judging and made a bit of a show of it.
Thanks again Group Captain. And thanks to everyone who took part.
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It’s beautiful!
Fabulous displays well done x
Congratulations
The chinook display was at Strutt and Parker😀
Honestly, Odiham high street looks magical this Christmas. Well done all.
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We wanted to say thank you.
With today’s Extravaganza now open, we wanted to say a quick (well as it happens quite a long) thank you to all involved. While every event needs its generals and here are some our super organisers (led by the brilliant Sarah) in action this morning, we really couldn’t do it without all the help we get.
- All our inOdiham planners, volunteers and helpers who are awesome (if we do say so ourselves).
- The financial support of OPC, Hadley Simmons, Westport Grey, King Street Dentists, the Odiham & Greywell Cricket Club and all of you who donated via our Tombola. The event costs over £5k to put on and we couldn’t do it without your support.
- The brilliant marshals of RJA. They do such an amazing job keeping us all safe and managing the traffic. Friendly but firm – so professional.
- Team Medic’s first aiders
- Hooke Highways for dealing with the road diversions.
- Robert Mays School, King Street Dental and Spectro for providing vital parking.
- Mayhill School for hosting our stallholders vehicles (so important to find somewhere to stow 80 stallholders vehicles and reduce the impact to our other limited parking).
- John Searle Fairgrounds, Cove Brass band, the Military Wives choir, Boogie Magic, Basingstoke Community Radio – and our lovely Mayhill School choir for keeping us entertained.
- Tom Janaway at Ford Farm for the hay bales to provide some rustic seating.
- Shane Avery for the storage, trailer and time.
- The Rotary for coordinating with Father Christmas and the Bel and the Dragon again for hosting him and his elves.
- The Red Lion for providing refreshments for our marshals
- The third mention for the Bel – providing refreshments and a room for Cove Brass band
- Hart Council for the extra bins and Rup for tomorrow's litter pick
- And lastly but extremely importantly, our local residents for dealing with the disruption.
Have a great Extravaganza everyone
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Want to say a big thanks to the organizers of the odiham extravaganza, I have attended many events but, this one was the most organised event I been this year so far. Thanks
It’s been a fabulous day - great to be able to assist a fantastic local initiative supporting local traders and residents. 👍
Really lovely event. Thank you all
Thank you InOdiham excellent event.
Hooke Highways
Your very welcome 🙂
Where is best to park?
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If you have a car parked on Odiham High Street could you please move it now as we have stalls arriving to set up for the Extravaganza. Thank you! ... See MoreSee Less
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Just 24hrs to go until this year’s Extravaganza!!
Attached is a list of all the stalls we have organised for you.
And this year we have responded to your feedback and doubled the Christmas market part of the event.
We really hope you support these local businesses by kicking off your Christmas shopping, alongside our wonderful High Street retailers and eateries. And if you want to support this and future events, provided by our volunteer inOdiham team, please do visit our stand and take a turn on our tombola – thank you to all that have donated bottles. All funds are vital in helping underpin events like this, or projects like funding our ever-expanding Christmas light display that line the High Street (and what an amazing job our awesome volunteers Jim and Amanda have done this year).
We usually see a flurry of questions on the day, so here are some answers to the classics we are asked every year:
- The event starts at 2pm and finishes at 7pm.
- Father Christmas will be joining us – the Bel and the Dragon host him and you can book your appointment with help of the Rotary at the side entrance to the Bel (towards their car park).
- The High Street will be fully closed from the London Road junction to Church Street 10am to 10pm.
- We really encourage you to come on foot if you can, however there is limited parking kindly provided by Robert Mays school.
- There is a small disabled parking provision kindly provided by King Street Dental Practice.
- There will be music performances throughout – but the school choir will be on at 3pm.
- Toilets are on King Street.
- We do our best to promote the event – this year we have had banners, flyers posted through letter boxes, posters in shops and upped our social media. We’ve tried our best!
- Yes, many of our High Street shops and eateries will be open. We’ve engaged with all of them and do our best to accommodate their input. Please do visit them too!
- and lastly why Sunday? We agonised over the best day and time (and know we can’t please everyone), but have settled on Sunday to cause the minimum disruption to local businesses that rely on ‘appointments’, whilst elevating another trading day, and start the event early enough for families with young children to enjoy it. ... See MoreSee Less
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We are looking forward to being there tomorrow
Sandra Young
Christopher Dale
Svetlana Trifonova
Armelle Koenig 👀👀
Looks to be fantastic 🌠
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Just a polite reminder that the High Street will be closed this Sunday 26th from Church Street to London Road, 10.00am until 10.00pm for the Odiham Extravaganza. However, it would be really helpful if cars could be moved from the High Street before 7.00am that morning so we have plenty of time for the stallholders to set up.
Please note there will also be limited access to the Bury and the Deer Park Car Park during this time. Where possible please leave your car at home, parking is available at Robert Mays School, West Street RG29 1NA.
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We're delighted to be providing your traffic management for this great community event. See you on Sunday! 🎅🎁🎄
Thank you to everyone who has kindly donated a bottle or two for our Tombola at this Sundays Extravaganza, 2-7pm - but we still need more please!
As reminder they can be dropped off at the Old Cricketers Inn, Colt Hill, or Salamander 54, High Street (by Co-Op) or at No 75 Antiques in the High Street. Or drop us a message - thank you! ... See MoreSee Less
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That would be great , thank you very much.
We have some to drop off, but probably won’t be till Saturday morning as we have a very full-on day today. Hope that’s not too late.
My husband is dropping (not literally I hope 🫤) some bottles to 75 Antiques this morning.
Just a reminder we are a full house tomorrow at the Odiham Friday Market.
We will have…. Drum roll please 🥁
Fruit and veg 🍓🧅
Cheese 🧀 🫕
Bread, pastries and cake 🥖🥐🧁
Butler Country Estates Smoked Trout 🎣 🔥
And…..
Newhouse Game!
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Have a great market Newhouse Game will catchup with you at the weekend at Ringwood and Winchester 🐟 😀 👍