The National Town Criers’ Competition

Gun Gardens, Rye, East Sussex

Saturday, 11 October 2025

Join Rye’s Town Crier’s Paul Goring and Arabella Ansar as they host the 72nd National Town Criers' Championship in its new location of Rye.

Town criers from around the country take part in this spectacular event. Judging will be based on volume, diction, clarity and inflection.

The Championship will take place on Saturday 11th of October 2025 in the Rye Gun Gardens (TN31 7HH).