Around 1,000 people went to the Thames Chase Community Forest centre in Upminster for its annual Apple Weekend over Octover 22 and 23, which was first established in the 1990s.
Poppy Newman , eight, and Jack Newman, 11, making apple bird feeders. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Just under 300kg of apples in 18 English varieties were sold at the event, alongside stalls and activities such as decoration making and willow weaving.
Around £1,000 raised will go toward the continued maintenance of the centre and its forest, which covers 40 square miles in Havering, Thurrock, Barking and Dagenham and Brentwood.
Emma Ingram, eight, making apple decorations. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Co-chair of the Thames Chase Trust, Mary Wright, said: “It went extremely well, we had a lot of visitors, people enjoying the apples, tasting them and buying them.
“The smell was delicious, as you can imagine.”
Find out more about the Thames Chase Community Forest at www.thameschase.org.uk
Oliver Axtell, two. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Apple trees for sale at the Apple Weekend. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Eliza Mifsud, three, and Janelle Mifsud, two. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Finley Greer, nine. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Jasmine Trott, six, getting her face painted. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Mia Little, nine, and Lily Little, six. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Elysia Grassi, three. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Harry Grassi, seven, making wooden faces. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Lynne Gifford and Sylvia Brown. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Programme manager Aisling Woodhead. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Rose Wall, nine. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
Emma Ingram, eight. Picture: Sandra Rowse (Image: Sandra Rowse)
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