This bank holiday Monday, the River Severn in Shropshire will play host to the unusual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta, with races, games and entertainment…
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Meet ‘Fast Donnie’ and a host of quirky competitors at Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge
Participants in York’s most unusual road race are undertaking final preparations on their gravity powered vehicles, ready for this bank holiday’s Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge…
A Cotswold custom with Football in the River
This bank holiday Monday in Gloucestershire, footballers will be swapping the turf for water, in a football match with a difference…
Slippery competition at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships
This bank holiday, Lancashire will host a sporting contest with a difference, as the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships take place in Stacksteads…
Celebrate plums in Pershore with a weekend of events
Over the bank holiday weekend, the market town of Pershore will be turning purple in tribute to the humble plum, with food, music, activities and quirky characters…
Gravity racing teams take on the Harewood challenge
On Sunday 19th August, the 3rd annual Harewood Hill-climb Soapbox Derby will take place in West Yorkshire, with expert teams and fun competitors taking on the challenge…
The Totnes Orange Races roll into Devon
Every year the Totnes Elizabethan Society organise a series of unusual races through the streets of the small Devon market town…
Paper plane championship takes off in Somerset
The World Paper Aeroplane Championship will take place over the bank holiday weekend in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset…
The All England Stone Skimming Championships in Cumbria
The annual All England Open Stone Skimming Championships will be taking place on Saturday 18th August at the National Trust’s Fell Foot Park in Cumbria…
Retro French cars in unique 24 hour race
This weekend, visitors to Snetterton Circuit will be able to watch strange-looking French relics take to the track in the 2CV 24 Hour Race…
A night-time cycle race with a twist
The Newport Nocturne, Shropshire’s annual floodlit cycle race, will take place on Saturday 18th August with winners rewarded in their weight in beer!
Competitive ice cream eating at Salcombe Town Regatta
Salcombe Town Regatta will take place from Saturday 11th to Saturday 18th August in Devon, with sailing events and daft competitions…
Colourful displays at Portsmouth International Kite Festival
See Japanese fighting kites and routines to music at this year’s Portsmouth International Kite Festival, on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th August…
Bog snorkelling, belly flopping and hay bale tossing at the World Alternative Games
The World Alternative Games will take place in Wales this month, with more than 60 quirky sporting events taking place over two weeks…
Competitors race against a steam train in Wales
On Saturday 18th August, the 35th annual Race the Train event will take place in Tywyn, Mid Wales, with competitors racing against a steam train…