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Royal Oak Ramsbottom - Black Pudding Throwing Championships

Meaty mayhem as Lancashire hosts quirky championship

Lancashire is famous for the production of the regional delicacy, black pudding. So, it makes a fitting home for the annual World Black Pudding Throwing Championships…

World Belly Board Championships

Surfing tradition at the World Belly Board Championships

Watch a thoroughly old-school surfing event in Cornwall this weekend as the World Belly Board Championships 2019 take place on Perranporth Beach…

All Hallows by the Tower - City of London

Doggett’s Coat & Badge, a boat race with a difference

This week, watch London’s oldest continuously-running sporting challenge on the River Thames…

Totally Thames 2019 - London

Heritage, odours and tours at Totally Thames

Enjoy a scented heritage exhibition, boat trips, night-time kayaking, and illuminated walking tours at a month long event celebrating the Thames…

Bramble Bank Cricket Match 2016

Cricket ground swapped for the sea in unusual match

Once a year, two nautical clubs challenge one another to a rather unusual cricket match, taking place in the middle of the Solent…

Vintage By The Sea 2018

Immersive art and a pop up schoolroom at Vintage by the Sea

Head to the Lancashire seaside and enjoy a vintage bike ride, a pooch parade, break dancing lessons and some seaside mini golf with a difference…

Football in the River - Bourton on the Water - Cotswolds

A quirky bank holiday ball game in the Cotswolds

This bank holiday Monday in Gloucestershire, footballers will be swapping the turf for water, in a football match with a difference…

World Gravy Wrestling Championships 2016

A food fight with a difference in Lancashire

This bank holiday Monday, a village in Lancashire will be hosting a sporting contest with a difference…

Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge - Photo Minster FM

Soapboxes take to the cobbles in York

Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their person-powered vehicles, ready for the fourth annual Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…

Desmond family canoe paddler

A coast to coast canoe trail launches

The UK’s first coast to coast canoe trail launches this month, with a fortnight of celebrations organised by the Canal & River Trust…

World Bog Snorkelling Championships 2017

A wade through the World Bog Snorkelling Championships

Put your snorkelling skills to the test this bank holiday weekend by wading through a Welsh bog…

Totnes Orange Races 2017 - Contrary Life

Fun fruit races in Devon

Every year the Totnes Elizabethan Society organise a series of unusual races through the streets of the Devon market town…

Harewood Soap Box Derby - Harewood Hill Climb

Roll on down to Harewood’s Soapbox Derby

This weekend, teams will be competing in the 4th annual Harewood Hill-climb Soapbox Derby in West Yorkshire…

All England Stone Skimming Championships 2016 - Contrary Life

You’re only a stones throw away from being a champ

This weekend, why not put your stone skimming skills to the test at this year’s quirky championships in the picturesque Lake District?

2CV 24 Hour Race - Photo: Neil Lambert

Quirky 24 hour car race in Norfolk

This month, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in a unique 24 hour race…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Lip-sync challenges and live street art at Another Fine Fest
Another Fine Fest 2017 - Ulverston - Cumbria - Contrary Life

Today and tomorrow, Ulverston will come alive with everything from live street art to lip sync challenges as Another Fine Fest returns to the Cumbrian town…

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