![Illustration: Egremont Crab Fair and the Gurning [custom]](/img/CUMB-011.webp)
Custom
Egremont Crab Fair and the Gurning [custom]
Gurn your best.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Town main street
- Legend from
- Whitehaven
- Tone
- Whimsical
Pull a face through a horse collar.
Egremont's market and fair charter dates from 1266 or 1267. The fair goes on as the Crab Fair, which hosts the World Gurning Championships. In 2026 it featured the apple cart parade, the greasy pole and gurning, and Ged Eccles won the men's title.