Lawley celebrates the King's coronation in style

Posted on: 12 May 23

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On Sunday 7 May, Lawley and other local communities came together to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.

For the first time Lawley Partnership Board organised a Coronation Carnival, which started with a parade and Telford Concert band playing. Then there was an afternoon of fun, while everyone enjoyed their picnics and free ice cream! As well as a variety of stalls, Indian food and Lawley Primary School PTFA providing refreshments, the kids (big and small) had a great time with the traditional funfair games, face painting, inflatables and crafts. We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, Cllr Raj Mehta and it was great to see Mawley the Lawley mole make an appearance too.

And of course, who could forget the two cake competitions, the judges soon regretted their decision of volunteering as the entries were fantastic and all tasted delicious. A huge thank you goes to everyone who took part and congratulations to the winners, who were Amelia for her crown design and Gosla who created ‘god save the king’.

These events require a great deal of organisation and support and without the following we wouldn’t have been able to put the carnival on. So, on behalf of everyone at Lawley Partnership Board, we would like to say thanks for the following:

Thank you to the following who provided funding to enable the event to take place:

Telford & Wrekin Council Kings Coronation grant
Lawley Partnership Board
Lawley and Overdale Parish Council
Bournville Village Trust, Eileen Hewer Fund
Persimmon Homes

A huge thank you to Lawley Primary School who kindly enabled us to hold the event on their fields and also to the members of their PTFA who ran the refreshments stall. With the weather so hot, the drinks were needed!

There are certainly some talented artists and bakers in Lawley, a huge thank you to everyone who entered either the design a cake competition or Lawley bake-off. The winning design a cake competition was four year old Billy Joe Lee and his winning creation came to life thanks to Kevin and Ria who made the cake. The winners of the Lawley bake-off were Amelia who won the children’s category and Gosia who won the adult category.

We’ll be able to look back on the coronation for many years to come, thanks to artist Daisy Atkins who created a living willow crown, which is in Lawley Community Garden. It provides a great place to sit and reflect.

It’s not often we have an event now without Mawley coming to take a look, he had a brilliant time and has asked to pass on his thanks to Jordan and those who helped him, so he didn’t trip up as he can be a little clumsy!

It was the first time a parade has been organised by Lawley Partnership Board and we’d like to say a huge thank you to Sarah from Wild at Art Centre for her support with the banner design inspirations for the parade and for taking part, it was a lovely way to begin the event. Thank you to the following who joined in.

Dean Moss – WO2 Moss, D (SY) Sqn, Royal Yeomanry
Shropshire Yeomanry
Lawley Primary School
Lawley Village Academy Primary School
Lawley Scout Group
Cheerunleashed
Little Dreamers Choir
Puddleducks Under 5’s
Lawley Village Green Group
Lawley Walkers
Lawley Village Line Dancing Club
LVCA
Telford First Responders

Lawley Partnership Board is grateful to the following, who were all instrumental in making the event happen:

Bournville Village Trust Lawley Village team
Dean Moss – Shropshire Yeomanry
Lawley and Overdale Parish Council staff
Telford First Responders
Shropshire Fire and Rescue
West Mercia Police Safer Neighbourhoods Team
West Midlands Ambulance Service
Telford Concert Band
Julie Kenny from Lawley Management Committee
The Woodhouse family, Jordan Taylor, Fleur Hemming, Antonia, Di Freeman

It wouldn’t be a carnival without the following, thank you everyone for supporting us.
All Craft Stalls
Premier Bounce
Lawley Community Radio
Shaun – Super Whip Shropshire
Traditional Fair Ground Company
Rainbow Faces
Bubbleologist – Flambe Circus
Space Mobile – Toilets
Jigsaw Marquees – Gazeboes
MPH Clothing – Aprons for Bake Off

Lawley Partnership Board organise various events throughout the year, details of which can be found at

BVT in Lawley Village

Lawley and Overdale Parish Council
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We hope you’ll join us in July for this year’s Summerfest, we’re already doing the sun dance for a repeat of the coronation weather!