Carnival Sponsorship

Full details on how to sponsor/support Wells Carnival 2026 – CLICK HERE

To sponsor/advertise or support the Carnival 2026 please complete our online form HERE

A major part of the Carnival’s success is the unstinting and continued support of not only the Wells people and businesses, but also from our visitors from further afield.
To make a success of Carnival requires extensive sponsorship and fund raising.

We would like to ask that everyone considers sponsoring, even if it’s just a small part of the week long event.

Sponsor a whole event during Carnival week
Contribute towards an event/carnival expenses
Donate £250 +
Have a link from our website
Donate a prize
Have programmes to sell to visitors in your shop or premises
Take part in Spot the Stranger competition
Spot Barry the Beach Hut Hunt
Become a Patron

Advertising

Wells Carnival attracts excellent publicity and extensive press and radio coverage in the run up to and during Carnival week. Full details on how you can advertise in our Carnival Programme and/or support Wells Carnival will be available during the early part of each year – if you would like to be on our mailing list to receive further information please submit your details below:

Sponsors 2026 – Thank you!

Much of the entertainment put on for your enjoyment during Carnival Week would not be possible without the generosity of businesses, groups and individuals that enthusiastically support our annual Carnival.

Major sponsor of Carnival 2026

Holkham
Thursford
CK Caravans
Black Shuck Distillery
French’s Fish and Chips
Jim & Ali Smith
David Jagger Ltd

Pinewoods
The Edinburgh Inn
Nisa – Leftley’s of Wells Ltd
Paul and Julie Meachen
Wells and District Inshore Fishermen’s Association
Quayside Pantry

Patrons

Carnival’s Fuchsia Champions

Roger & Hilary Bannock
Sue Bennett
Chris & Rosie Binks
Happy Huts
Tom Mitcheson
Liz Noy
Kathy Parker and Nick Abbey
Bee Wood and Jonathan Lloyd

We are also indebted to the following who have sponsored Carnival events or helped with our costs: NPM Builders, Fortune House Chinese Takeaway, Ele and Me, Golding’s, Hayes & Storr Solicitors, The Holes Family, Stattersfield Vets, Chi Beauty and Therapeutic Treatment Centre, Howdens of Fakenham, ML Walsingham & Son Ltd, Wells Deli (Quayside), Annie’s Holiday Cottage, Platten’s Fish & Chips, The Homestead Norfolk, The Beach Café, Imogen & Elodie Clarke, Premier Travel Fakenham, Never Ending Stories, Black Dog Computer Services,MV Website and Hosting, Hook, The Victoria Inn – A Holkham Business, Shoe Stop, North, Over The Garden Wall, The Alder Tree, The Crown Hotel, Pamela & Adrian Underwood, Stallard (Seashell Cottage), Beechwood Landscapes, Wordingham Plant Hire, Central Co-op, The Globe Inn, Simply Norfolk, Simply Coastal, Nelson’s Coffee Shop, Gareth Pinney & Chris Poole, Tom & Rosie Downie.

The 2026 Carnival Queen is sponsored by Wells Lifeboat Crew (personal donations).

Senior royal attendants sponsored by Pollyanna Hair, Station Road and Wisteria Cottage.

The five junior attendants are sponsored by Norfolk Sealants.

Tiaras and bouquets sponsored by The Bowling Green Inn, Church Street.

Staging and float design sponsored by Fortune House Chinese Takeaway.

Transport on Carnival Day provided by GJL Animal Feeds

The Carnival Committee is also grateful for the support of the following: Jeremy & Jo Stattersfield (Channel View), Helen Whittle and family (Algerine Cottage), Wells War Memorial Institute Club, Platten’s (Loft Rooms), BRJ Marine Fishing Trips, Flour, Norfolk Thai, North Norfolk Cellars, Wildwood Florist, Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, Wells Paddle Sports, Richard Crook & Active Fakenham, Ivy Cottage Bees, The Picnic Hut, Moon Gazer, Beachwave Creations, Hunstanton, Sandringham House & Gardens, Hunstanton Sea Life Centre, Old Station Pottery & Bookshop, Wells Fairtrade Group, Cheryl Crawford, The Moore family, The Sibley family and to all the businesses who have kindly donated raffle prizes. We also thank any businesses or individuals contributing to Carnival after the programme went to press and further thanks to any-one who has donated any amount to Wells Carnival. We appreciate every penny.

We are grateful to the following organisations, businesses and individuals for their unflagging assistance: Peter Hamilton and crew (PJH Sound Systems), Saturn AV, harbour master Robert Smith & team, Wells harbour commissioners, Wells town council, North Norfolk district council, Norfolk Community Foundation, Norfolk Constabulary, Holkham Estate, Nigel Marshall (Angles Web Design), Sara Phillips Graphic Design, SmithGelder Photography, Wells Lighting Committee, Wells Men’s Shed, Mapus Smith Lemmon Accounts, the Gordon Barrett Hall, Tucky and staff at The Edinburgh Inn, Orchard Caravans, Ben & The Victoria at Holkham, NEMS – Norfolk Event Medical Services, the Congregational church, 1st Academy of Dance, The Wildwood Florist, Wells Town Football Club, Chris Sopp Scaffolding Ltd, Wells Tennis Club, Wells Primary & Nursery School PFA, Wells Maltings, Wells flood wardens, Wells lifeboat crew, Wells fire brigade crew, Laundry Liv-In, Jack Richards Haulage, Anglo Scottish, John Crosswaite (NSW Decking), North Norfolk Judo Club, Wells Town Bowls Club, French’s Fish Shop Ltd, Runners next the Sea, Wells Library, Alderman Peel High School, Wells Primary & Nursery School, The Wensum Trust, Wells health centre, Coastal Health and Wellbeing at The Old Cottage Hospital, Lynx Coaches, Sanders Coaches Ltd, Gray’s Fair, staff at Pinewoods and Beach Café, staff at Wells Post Office, staff and volunteers at the Maltings Tourist Information Centre, the EDP and Fakenham and Wells Times.

Also, Kenny Greenfield, Di Pink, Steve Bingham, Dave Barber, Ali King, Patrick & Sarah Saunders, Suzanne Rands, Catherine Temple, Simon Daykin, Isaac Glegg, Lotte Wynder, Matt Higham, Angela Day, Mary Blue, Cy Campbell, Arthur Howell, Marcus French, Chris Coubrough, Mel Catton, Keith Leesmith, Steve Adcock, Lynne Dowdy, Emma Gunhouse, Hazel Ashley, Steve & Angie Finch, Sue and Abi Woodruff, Jo, Tonya, Vera and Marion from the Institute Club, David Wines, Rachael Thompson, Phil Eaglen, Nick Fait, Thelma Short, Sue Vertigan, Chris Holmes, Anthony Green, ‘Chips’ Rands, Juliana Rands, Mark Tuck.

And finally, a huge thank you to ‘Friends of Wells Carnival’, parade stewards and judges on Carnival Day and throughout the week.

If we have missed anyone, we are truly sorry.

Thank you to everyone who has donated via the carnival website, text to donate or put money in the buckets.

We are indebted to all the advertisers who enable this programme to be produced. Please support our sponsors, advertisers and supporters, without whom Wells Carnival would not be possible.