Christmas gingerbread village coming to Woodbridge

Whisstocks Place in Tide Mill Way in Woodbridge will host the scene across Saturday, December 14 and Sunday, December 15.  

Whisstocks Square will be decorated with painted life size gingerbread house frames in front of tents and gazebos imitating a gingerbread house. 

Gingerbread Village poster (Image: Designed by Mary -Anne Bartlett of Art Safari , Woodbridge) Nearby businesses will also play host to a five foot gingerbread figure all designed in different colours.

Woodbridge Riverside Trust has hired out the square for the gingerbread village. 

A holiday gingerbread man that will be at the Christmas village (Image: Deben Travel , Whisstocks)

Clare Lightfoot, the organiser of the event, said: "I feel proud that an idea I spoke about has actually caught on and everyone is getting excited about it. 

"Running on a tight budget and lots of energy is great! It shows how people can work together for the community. 

"The vibe is just wanting to make people smile in an old fashioned way and gingerbreads do that to people." 

A life size gingerbread man that will be at the Christmas village (Image: The Woodyard Pizza Whisstocks) On the Saturday there will be an outside broadcast from Felixstowe Radio from 12pm to 3.30pm.

Also during these times children will be singing and dancing from the Stage Coach Performing Arts in Ipswich. 

They will be joined from 12.30pm to 2pm by the Pop Chorus which is a group of about 80 singers. 

Mini gingerbread men for the Christmas village (Image: Clare Lightfoot) Maeve's Tearooms is hosting a Gingerbread workshop from 12pm to 2.30pm where children can make and decorate their own biscuits. 

Father Christmas will also be on hand to greet children and give out gingerbread and candy candy canes tied up in ribbon in his Gingerbread Grotto on both days from 12.30pm to 3pm. 

There will also be food and drink available on both days offering a Christmas sausage BBQ, pizzas, sweets, mulled wine, beers and coffee.  

Gingerbread Wookie that will be at the Christmas village (Image: Aardvarks and Dragons, Whisstocks) The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company will be on show with their hand tooled Christmas gifts and festive music will be played all day to put you in the festive spirit. 

A life size gingerbread photo booth for families to remember their festive filled day will also be at the event. 

On the Sunday, Woodbridge Coastal Rowing Club and Sutton Hoo Ship's company volunteers will row up to the River Deben to welcome Father Christmas at 11:30am on the slipway, with The Tide Mill as a backdrop. 

Volunteers will row up to the River Deben to welcome Father Christmas (Image: Woodbridge Coastal Rowing Club) The Gingerbread Christmas village display and decorations will be kept up until the following weekend.