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The Drum - Birmingham

The third annual Afridiziak Gifts and Occasions Winter Fair 2012

The Drum in Birmingham is holding a unique shopping event that brings together exhibitors offering affordable cultural gifts you won’t find on the shelves of local high street shops or department stores…

Prickwillow Ploughing Festival, Prickwillow Engine Museum

Prickwillow Ploughing Festival

The 2nd Prickwillow Ploughing Festival will take place 6th and 7th October 2012 on Green Farm Prickwillow and in the Prickwillow Engine Museum…

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Know your onions this September

Newent Onion Fayre is a one day street festival which takes place on 8th September 2012 with an onion show, stalls, entertainment and an onion eating contest…

Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Festival

Ironbridge Gorge International Heritage Festival

The Ironbridge Gorge will be celebrating its special status as a World Heritage Site in September with a packed programme of free activities…

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Great games at Grasmere Sports and Show

The 2012 annual Grasmere Sports and Show is a celebration of Lakeland sports which takes place on 26th August in Grasmere, Cumbria…

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Football makes a splash in the Cotswolds

Football in the River is an annual event that takes place in the River Windrush, Bourton-on-the-Water. See the teams making a splash on 27th August 2012…

Llandrindod Wells Victorian Festival

Step back in time with the Victorian Festival

Step back in time to the 1800s with the Victorian Festival at Llandrindod Wells, 18th – 26th August 2012…

Ambleside Traditional Sports 2014

Traditional wrestling, fell running and more at Ambleside Sports 2012

Ambleside Traditional Sports Day took place on 26th July 2012 and included a 9 mile fell run, cycle races, hound trails and of Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling…

Garlic Festival 2014 - Isle of Wight

Pungent produce and family fun at the Garlic Festival

There will be a whole host of garlic-based food and entertainment at the Isle of Wight’s Garlic Festival on 18th & 19th August 2012…

World Snail Racing Championships

It’s ready steady slow! As snails slug it out to be champion

For more than 25 years the World Snail Racing Championships have been held at Congham, near King’s Lynn, in Norfolk. The event attracts people of all ages and this year takes place on 18th August 2012…

Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2012 (Image ©Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Ltd)

Bristol is all aglow as the Balloon Fiesta lands

The Bristol Balloon Fiesta takes place from 9th – 12th August 2012 and features not only hot air balloons but fireworks, air displays, a fairground, a craft fair and sports activities…

World Pea Shooting Championships at Witcham (photo Richard Marsden)

World Pea Shooting Championships 2012

The 14th July 2012 at Witcham in Cambridgeshire sees the 42nd holding of the World Pea Shooting Championship & Village Fair on the Green…

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Give it some welly!

The Welly Wanging World Championships are held annually in the village of Upperthong as part of their Gala weekend, this year’s competition takes place on 24th June 2012…

The World Egg Throwing Championships

The 2012 World Egg Throwing Championships

The World Egg Throwing Championships will be held on 24th June 2012 at Swaton, Lincolnshire and will be hosted by Swaton Vintage Day…

SO Festival, free festival in Skegness, 29 June - 1 July 2012

SO Festival, a free festival in Skegness

SO Festival is a free three-day festival in Skegness, taking place from 29th June to 1st July 2012…

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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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HandleBards hit the pedals again to bring you a summer of outdoor theatre
HandleBards A Midsummer Night's Dream ©Rah Petherbridge Photography

The HandleBards are a Shakespearean troupe who tour by bike. And to celebrate their 10th anniversary, they’re climbing back into the saddle…

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