In the autumn of 2010, inspired by a number of  festivals already held in villages across the UK, Brighter Bothwell developed  The  Bothwell Community Scarecrow Festival to extend and develop the feeling of community in Bothwell and to support the local economy.
The first festival took place in September 2011, and subsequently every year after.

The festival has become very popular and the main street is filled with imaginative scarecrows from August onwards.
Many local businesses make their own scarecrows, as do the local children whose gardens are also filed with scarecrows at the time of year.
Yorkhill Children's foundation is the beneficiary of the event.

During the 2013 festival, a new event was held at Bothwell Primary School called 'The Scarecrow Festival of Transport'.
It was intended to be a celebration of transport throughout the ages.
Various people from the village donated their automobiles for the event, such as Boyd Tunnock of the local company Tunnock's, and Bentley Glasgow.
In the autumn of 2010, inspired by a number of  festivals already held in villages across the UK, Brighter Bothwell developed  The  Bothwell Community Scarecrow Festival to extend and develop the feeling of community in Bothwell and to support the local economy. The first festival took place in September 2011, and subsequently every year after.
The festival has become very popular and the main street is filled with imaginative scarecrows from August onwards. Many local businesses make their own scarecrows, as do the local children whose gardens are also filed with scarecrows at the time of year. Yorkhill Children's foundation is the beneficiary of the event.
During the 2013 festival, a new event was held at Bothwell Primary School called 'The Scarecrow Festival of Transport'. It was intended to be a celebration of transport throughout the ages. Various people from the village donated their automobiles for the event, such as Boyd Tunnock of the local company Tunnock's, and Bentley Glasgow.
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