The Britannia coconut dancers are pleased to announce we will be performing our boundary dance on Easter Saturday 16th April 2022.  After a great amount of hard work, the team have now secured the funding required for the traffic management for the days event.

It has to be said that the situation we were left with was extremely unfortunate and not of the teams making and discussions surrounding those events are currently ongoing.

The team are not and will not be used within the political arena, in previous years the team have always had support from our local and county councillors the current situation we are in was the result of some very unprofessional conduct.

Our towns Heritage is important and comes with responsibilities, we are sad to see that some people feel our team should be side-lined and feel debate is the way forward for all concerned.

We would like to thank the whole community and the local businesses for their support during this time and we all are looking forward to an amazing day with everyone.

With thanks to the below for their generous donations in helping or tradition continue

Mark Butterworth

When hearing of the shortfall in funding for the traditional Easter Saturday boundary dance by the Britannia Coconutters, The Sutton Group of Companies sought to see if it could help out. The COVID pandemic has prevented the event from happening for the last two years, so it would be a real shame for the town of Bacup if it couldn't take place this year, now that we are free from restrictions. The Group, which includes Wynsors, Limelight Signs and JBI Footwear, employs many local people from Rossendale. With our support we hope the local community will be able to enjoy the return of this long-established tradition. It has always been a favourite on the calendar, which is hopefully back for years to come.

Andrew Lyth - JVT Construction



Stephen Greenhalgh - J & J Ormerod