On Sunday 20th May, Alresford in Hampshire will play host to the annual Watercress Festival with quirky family friendly entertainment and watercress-themed activities, including the World Record Watercress Eating Competition…
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Teams meet to play cricket in the sea
Every year, two yacht clubs challenge one another to a rather unusual cricket match, which takes place in the middle of the Solent…
Kites from around the world at Portsmouth festival
Portsmouth International Kite Festival will take place on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August, on Southsea Common, with displays by kite flyers from around the world…
Games, acrobatics and urban safaris at Winchester’s Hat Fair
This year’s Winchester Hat Fair will take place from Friday 30th June to Sunday 2nd July with free performances across the city…
Folk dancing and ‘Dandy Chargers’ at Jane Austen Regency Week
Jane Austen Regency Week is an annual 9-day festival, held in Hampshire, with music, talks, workshops, dancing and tours…
Eat your greens at the Watercress Festival
It’ll be a super salad Sunday in Alresford, Hampshire, as World Watercress Eating Championships take place at the annual Watercress Festival…
Tichborne Dole
What do a curse, a crawl and bags of flour have in common? Find out in our latest Curiosity of the Week, which looks at a charitable tradition…
Urban astronauts and mobile bathtubs at Winchester Hat Fair
The Hat Fair is the UK’s longest running festival of outdoor arts, and it’s free. This year’s event takes place from 1st to 3rd July in Winchester…
Time to eat your greens at the Alresford Watercress Festival
Alresford Watercress Festival will take place on Sunday 15th May 2016 in Hampshire, with a street cavalcade and the World Watercress Eating Championships…
Love your greens? Then head to the Watercress Festival in Hampshire
The Alresford Watercress Festival will take place on Sunday 17th May 2015 in Hampshire. The festival takes place every year to celebrate the local crop…
Horses and machinery come together at the British National Ploughing Championships
The 64th British National Ploughing Championships take place in Hampshire on 11th and 12th October 2014…
Portsmouth International Kite Festival is flying high this bank holiday
The free family-friendly Portsmouth International Kite Festival takes place over the bank holiday weekend, 23rd to 25th August 2014, on Southsea Common…
Get into the spirit of curiosity with the Carnival of Knowledge
Unique travelling parlour of enlightenment, Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge, journeys to Hampshire for the Curious Arts Festival (18th – 20th July)…
Acrobatics and magical journeys at the Winchester Hat Fair
This year, the 40th Hat Fair will take place in Winchester from 4th to 6th July, and promises an ambitious programme of free events from circus to dance…
D-Day Experience weekend in Southsea
Southsea, Portsmouth, is holding a free, family D-Day Experience on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings…