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News.com.au
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘Loud moaning': Swingers party takes over quiet villlage
Kinky revellers have descended on a sleepy English village for the country's biggest annual swingers festival, sparking noise complaints from conservative locals. Swingathon took place this weekend in the town of Allington, two hours north of London, and has attracted around 1000 amorous attendees. That's more than the number of residents who live in the quaint village, which has a listed population of just 897. The three-day festival features frisk play tents, pole dancing, foam parties, mobile dungeons and an array of sex games. But its presence in the quaint British hamlet has caused a stir among locals after X-rated noises took over its usually quiet streets, the New York Post reports. The annual festival first began back in 2020, and is becoming bigger each year, much to the chagrin of locals. 'We're becoming known as the swingers capital of England just because of this festival and that's not a title we want,' one anonymous resident told Southwest News Service. 'It's mostly elderly people and families here so you can imagine them spitting their tea out when they learned we were to be the home of Swingathon.' 'It's usually the talk of the village. Some say let consenting adults do whatever they want to do, but I know many are not pleased they have chosen here for such activities,' they added. 'It's just a bit seedy and sleazy isn't it? Not for me I'm afraid.' In prior years, residents have publicly complained about an onslaught of 'loud moaning and screaming sounds' coming from the site. 'God forbid a fella wants some peace and quiet in his lil' town,' one person commented on an Instagram post advertising the event. However, the organiser of the summertime sex festival insists there's nothing dirty about the event. 'Contrary to some beliefs, there are no keys in bowls, seedy music, lecherous individuals or a high level of STIs among this community,' Swingathon's Matthew Cole claimed. 'In fact, individuals within this community are respectful, conscientious, and more likely to practise safe sex or be regularly tested than the average person you might meet on a night out in a club,' the organiser added. 'The team are passionate about normalising the sexual freedom that alternative lifestyles provide and continue to strive against prejudice and adversity to bring the community a safe and inclusive social, play and learning space.' Tickets for the frisky festival go for around $250 USD ($A385), with live music, DJs, workshops and demonstrations that are advertised as being set in a 'safe, inclusive space' that 'celebrates diversity.' 'Disgusting. Where can I sign up?' asked another Instagrammer. 'Sexstival if you will,' wrote a second. 'How many CEOs are 'out of town working' this week?'
Daily Mail
19-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Swinging in the rain! Sex fetishists don't let thunderstorms and mud dampen their ardour at Britain's biggest swingers festival
Fetishists at the UK's biggest swingers festival haven't let the rain and storms put them off and have continued their wild weekend. Around one thousand kinky revelers have descended on a sleepy Lincolnshire village for Britain's biggest swingers festival taking place this weekend. The X-rated three-day extravaganza kicked off on Thursday and is now in its fifth year of attracting sexually adventurous guests from across the UK. Set in the middle of sleepy farmland near Grantham, this year's edition promises more risqué fun than ever before. And while attendees enjoyed a hot and sweaty first two days, basking in the UK's ongoing heatwave, ticketholders were less than impressed by the sudden rain. However they didn't let that stop their weekend of fun and many took to social media to emphasise the activities on offer and reassure organisers they would still be indulging their kinkier sides. For £200 a single ticket – or £250 per couple – attendees are treated to a raunchy line-up of saucy entertainment, including mobile dungeons, pole dancing, BDSM equipment stalls, and steamy hot tubs. Among the more eyebrow-raising activities on offer are spanking paddles for sale, kinky workshops, lingerie boutiques, foam parties and a game of butt-plug bingo. There's also a strong presence of kink culture, with dedicated 'play tents' and a focus on everything from bondage to consensual non-monogamy. Stalls selling sex toys, whips, chains and other NSFW gear line the grounds, as well as giant words written on the ground saying 'kink', 'play' and 'love'. But the rain has stopped some from enjoying. One attendee who goes by the social media name Baby Kink took to her TikTok to give a weather update. She said: 'Hi guys I'm down in the field today and it's a little bit wet - but not in the right way. 'We still have amazing things happening today. Lots of games and karaoke and wet thing. She added that there was still plenty of fun to be had despite the terrible weather. Another swinger who went by the name Saurora Aurora took to her Instagram story to complain about the weather. She said: 'Good morning guys it's definitely a different morning, day today it's obviously the British summer weather of rain and cold so we're not fully clothed which is really boring, fully clothed and cold.' But she said it was 'really good to chat to people in the lifestyle' and added she would be doing some 'spicy workshops' which she was looking forward to later in the day and finished by telling her followers she was excited for the final day. Pictures posted on social media showed revellers enjoying their weekend of hedonism in Lincolnshire, dabbling in body to body painting, BDSM workshops and foam parties as well as educational workshops and erotic dances. The event has previously attracted criticism from nearby residents who complained about 'loud moaning sounds' coming from the site. But it has since relocated to a larger, more rural location as numbers increased and organisers say they are committed to challenging the 'sleazy' stigma around the festival. Matthew Cole, who started Swingathon in 2020, says it is not exclusive to traditional swingers and it is more an 'adult alternative lifestyle event'. He said: 'Contrary to some beliefs, there are no keys in bowls, seedy music, lecherous individuals or a high level of STIs amongst this community. 'In fact, individuals within this community are respectful, conscientious, and more likely to practise safe sex or be regularly tested than the average person you might meet on a night out in a club. 'The team are passionate about normalising the sexual freedom that alternative lifestyles provide and continue to strive against prejudice and adversity to bring the community a safe and inclusive social, play and learning space.' The festival says it celebrates a broad range of adult alternative lifestyles, including LGBTQ+ identities, consensual non-monogamy, kink, and more. The event with also feature live music, DJs, workshops, demonstrations, stalls and games - all in a 'safe, inclusive space' which 'celebrates diversity.' Matt and his wife Stacie say they remain committed to challenging stigma and they have taken steps to ensure both safety and credibility. They claim attendees are vetted in advance and the event has a 'strong focus on consent and personal responsibility.' Matt added: 'Swingathon is not a sex party, but rather a gathering of open-minded individuals where friendships and relationships can begin or thrive. 'It aims to bring together a community with an inclusive positive experience, where friendships and relationships begin, rekindle and flourish through the embracement of uniqueness, regardless of the rumour mill.' However, some residents still oppose having the 'seedy' festival on their doorsteps and say it is not welcome in their quaint rural hamlet. One resident, who did not want to be named, said: 'We're becoming known as the swingers capital of England just because of this festival and that's not a title we want. 'Its mostly elderly people and families here so you can imagine them spitting their tea out when they learned we were to be the home of Swingathon. 'It's usually the talk of the village, some say let consenting adults do whatever they want to do, but I know many are not pleased they have chosen here for such activities. 'It's just a bit seedy and sleazy isn't it? Not for me I'm afraid.'
Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
A thousand revellers descend on sleepy Lincolnshire village for Britain's biggest swingers' festival - featuring 'play' and 'kink' areas, hot tubs and foam parties
Around one thousand kinky revellers have descended on a sleepy Lincolnshire village for Britain's biggest swingers festival taking place this weekend. Dubbed Swingathon, the X-rated three-day extravaganza kicked off yesterday and is now in its fifth year of attracting sexually adventurous guests from across the UK. Set in the middle of sleepy farmland near Grantham, this year's edition promises more risqué fun than ever before. For £200 a single ticket – or £250 per couple – attendees are treated to a raunchy line-up of saucy entertainment, including mobile dungeons, pole dancing, BDSM equipment stalls, and steamy hot tubs. Among the more eyebrow-raising activities on offer are spanking paddles for sale, kinky workshops, lingerie boutiques, foam parties and a game of butt-plug bingo. There's also a strong presence of kink culture, with dedicated 'play tents' and a focus on everything from bondage to consensual non-monogamy. Stalls selling sex toys, whips, chains and other NSFW gear line the grounds, as well as giant words written on the ground saying 'kink', 'play' and 'love'. The event has previously attracted criticism from nearby residents who complained about 'loud moaning sounds' coming from the site. But it has since relocated to a larger, more rural location as numbers increased and organisers say they are committed to challenging the 'sleazy' stigma around the festival. Matthew Cole, who started Swingathon in 2020, says it is not exclusive to traditional swingers and it is more an 'adult alternative lifestyle event'. He said: 'Contrary to some beliefs, there are no keys in bowls, seedy music, lecherous individuals or a high level of STIs amongst this community. 'In fact, individuals within this community are respectful, conscientious, and more likely to practise safe sex or be regularly tested than the average person you might meet on a night out in a club. 'The team are passionate about normalising the sexual freedom that alternative lifestyles provide and continue to strive against prejudice and adversity to bring the community a safe and inclusive social, play and learning space.' The festival says it celebrates a broad range of adult alternative lifestyles, including LGBTQ+ identities, consensual non-monogamy, kink, and more. The event with also feature live music, DJs, workshops, demonstrations, stalls and games - all in a 'safe, inclusive space' which 'celebrates diversity.' Matt and his wife Stacie say they remain committed to challenging stigma and they have taken steps to ensure both safety and credibility. They claim attendees are vetted in advance and the event has a 'strong focus on consent and personal responsibility.' Matt added: 'Swingathon is not a sex party, but rather a gathering of open-minded individuals where friendships and relationships can begin or thrive. 'It aims to bring together a community with an inclusive positive experience, where friendships and relationships begin, rekindle and flourish through the embracement of uniqueness, regardless of the rumour mill.' However, some residents still oppose having the 'seedy' festival on their doorsteps and say it is not welcome in their quaint rural hamlet. One resident, who did not want to be named, said: 'We're becoming known as the swingers capital of England just because of this festival and that's not a title we want. 'Its mostly elderly people and families here so you can imagine them spitting their tea out when they learned we were to be the home of Swingathon. 'It's usually the talk of the village, some say let consenting adults do whatever they want to do, but I know many are not pleased they have chosen here for such activities. 'It's just a bit seedy and sleazy isn't it? Not for me I'm afraid.'
Telegraph
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Now is not the time for a sexy drama with a potentially murderous nurse
The first series of The Couple Next Door (Channel 4) was an erotic thriller set in Leeds, a concept I'm still laughing about two years later. It was about a nice young couple who became embroiled in a relationship with their neighbours, who happened to be Britain's hottest swingers, and ended up as a case of attempted murder. It did good business, ratings-wise, so we're back in the neighbourhood for another spin. Same street, different couples, although the local Peeping Tom (Hugh Dennis), is still around, doing a spot of community service. This time, the nice young duo are doctors: heart surgeon Lottie (Annabel Scholey, a dead ringer for the Princess of Wales) and anaesthetist Jacob (Sam Palladio). Along comes a foxy redhead, Mia, who pitches up at the hospital one day to start work as a nurse. Soon she has moved into the house directly across the street from Lottie and Jacob. She wastes no time befriending them, and by 'befriending' I mean trying to seduce them both. Which doesn't take long. Until the end of episode three, in fact, if you want to skip straight to the soft porn. 'Do you think I go around Europe having threesomes?' Mia asks, and the answer on this evidence is: absolutely, yes. If you're wondering how a nurse can afford to rent the kind of house suitable for a double-income household of hospital consultants – well, Lottie and Jacob wonder about that too. Everything about Mia is mysterious. Series one felt as if it was trying to do something different, but series two is the familiar tale of a malevolent female who worms her way into a household (Fatal Attraction, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, etc). Mia is running from something in her past, which is glimpsed in flashbacks. She claims to be from Norway, which doesn't impress the ward sister, who huffs: 'You might think that makes you exotic but we have all sorts in here, so don't go thinking you're special.' There is a taste issue – the suggestion of a nurse being involved in patient deaths inevitably brings to mind Lucy Letby – but you don't come to Channel 4 looking for good taste. Overall, it's enjoyably trashy despite an unsophisticated script and some hammy acting. The whole thing feels unreal. Aimed at an international market (it's a co-production with Starz in the US), it maintains the glorious fiction that the Leeds suburbs look exactly like the set of Desperate Housewives.
Daily Mail
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Leave us alone! Furious pensioners in sleepy rural village insist they are NOT swingers and that they want nothing to do with 'outrageous' sex festival set to take place in their local field
As temperatures soar across the country, it is heating up in a sleepy Midlands village with the 'unwelcome' arrival of a sex festival. Residents from Allington a town on the outskirts of Grantham, Lincolnshire, fear that their idyllic hometown has now become' synonymous with swingers!' Retired business consultant David hit out at the 'unwanted sleaze on our doorsteps' and believes such events should be kept further afield. He has lived in quaint Allington for 20 years and said: 'I'm not being a prude or being NIMBY but if consenting adults are behaving like that, don't do it in our space!' David, 71, who declined to be fully named said the Swingathon now running in his desirable village for the fourth year was 'beyond a joke.' The grandfather said: 'Our beautiful and peaceful little village has become synonymous with swingers. It's outrageous, and we don't welcome it. 'We don't want it here. It is sleaze on our doorstep.' He was speaking out ahead of an X-rated Swingathon being staged next weekend in huge fields in the outskirts of his village. The sex and fetish festival features 'play tents', pole dancing, hot tubs, foam parties, mobile dungeons and butt-plug bingo. Billed as an 'alternative lifestyle festival' with tickets costing up to £265 with a camping spot, revellers can also browse and buy sex toys, cool each other down with water hoses and frolic around naked or in skimpy underwear. Marquees are filled with kinky whips and chains, spanking paddles and bondage equipment. Another shocked local Mark told MailOnline: 'The mind boggles and it's not something we really want our village to be associated with.' The accountant, 61, and father-of-two teenage daughters, added: 'As along as they keep their activities away from view, I suppose we can't complain. 'But we don't want to be known as the most sexually liberated village in Britain. 'We're more about tea and cake fairs at the the village hall, vegetable and produce shows, parish council meetings, cycling and walking. 'In 2020 we were voted the best kept village in the county!' He pointed out that the fields where the sex festivals is being held belongs to Arena UK, a championship equestrian show ground which this weekend is hosting a qualifying showjumping and dressage event. Allington is described as a 'charming village situated on the edge of the beautiful Vale of Belvoir' which has just one pub The Welby Arms, a primary school, kids' playground and wedding and function venue Allington Manor but not one single shop. In contrast, some locals say they have no problem with the raunchy festival. Nep Reeves joked: 'We're all waiting for an invite!' The retired HGV driver: 'None of the visitors bothers us. They come in from the A1, have their fun, then go out.' Mr Reeves, who has lived in the village for 25 years, said: 'It's a lovely place, very quiet and peaceful. It is mainly retired people here. 'The Swingathon use to be held at another venue but it's been in our village for the past three of four years and is now in its fifth year in Lincolnshire.' He added: 'It's all a bit of fun and doesn't cause me or my family any concern.' His neighbour Chris Dicken said: 'I have no strong feelings either way.' The 80-year-old grandad grinned: 'I'd probably be jealous of them all! 'It doesn't make me angry, I'm very open-minded.' A woman, whose grand daughter attends the primary school, said: 'We all know the sex festival goes on which people from all over come to. 'But we've know idea if people from the village attend. 'I don't have a problem with the carryings on of consenting adults - whatever floats their boat!' Engineer Jack Webster said of the raunchy revellers: 'They can do whatever they want to, we don't even notice they are there.' The dad-of-two, 38, added: 'There's a couple of jokes on the local WhatsApp group with people asking "Are you going to the Swingathon?" But it's all light hearted banter which passes after 24 hours.' Dawn Wilson, who grew up in the village and is a bar tender at the only pub, said: 'I know some people have been shocked by the festival but it doesn't bother me one bit! 'Whether the visitors come into the pub I have no idea because they don't heave a big sign on their heads saying 'We're swingers!' She added: 'Most of us find it quite funny. It's not illegal and they're not causing us any bother.'
