A long-established charity event, celebrating a Freeman’s ancient “right” to bring sheep to market over the Thames, toll free; all in aid of raising funds for The Woolmen Charity and The Lord Mayor’s Appeal. This year’s Sheep Drive took place on Southwark Bridge with the Chartered Accountants’ Livery being represented in a few slots over the day.
It is a great day of entertainment, with sheep shearing, rare-breed sheep, great food, and stalls where livery and specialist wool companies celebrate their trades with interactive displays and sales of their wares.
The Woolmen Sheep Drive & Livery Fair showcases the important enduring contribution of London’s livery companies, from the formation of the City of London in years gone by through to modern times, both in respect of the continuous evolution of sustainable trades and the important charitable endeavours in support of the various challenges we face today.
