Culture and Community
Oundle hosts a number of annual events, notably:
- The Oundle International Festival (OIF) is an annual music festival and pipe organ school, founded in 1985, with the training of young organists as its core. These summer schools are centred on a Frobenius organ in the Oundle School chapel. A concurrent festival programme for the public was also planned as a recurrent feature.
- The Oundle Festival of Literature also takes place annually.
- The Oundle carnival has taken place since 2009.
- The World Conker Championships have taken place in the nearby village of Ashton on the second Sunday of October since the championship started in 1965.
A farmers' market is held in the Market Place on the second Saturday of every month. There is also a park with swings and climbing frames, as well as a skatepark which was built in 2005. A fair annually attracts many locals.
Oundle school makes various facilities available to the public at times. These include the 'Great Hall', the Stahl Theatre, and a 47.5 yards (43.4 m) long swimming pool (not quite Olympic length).
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