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Garsington Opera (photo: Mark Douet)

Explosive performances and edible maps at SO Festival

SO Festival returns to Skegness for the 9th year, from Tuesday 27th June to Sunday 2nd July, with free performances, art and workshops…

World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Championships may leave you with egg on your face

For the 12th year running, Swaton Vintage Day will be hosting the prestigious World Egg Throwing Championships, on Sunday 25th June…

Countryside Lincs 2017 - Lincolnshire Showground

Get hands-on at Countryside Lincs

Countryside Lincs is a family event, taking place at Lincolnshire Showground on Sunday 9th April, with hands-on learning experiences…

Gainsthorpe Medieval Village - Lincolnshire - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

Gainsthorpe Medieval Village

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a deserted village, and former den of thieves, which can be found in North Lincolnshire…

Haxey Hood 2018 - Lincolnshire

Follow the Fool to Lincolnshire’s Haxey Hood game

The Haxey Hood Game, a 700 year old quirky British tradition, is played annually on the 12th day of Christmas in Lincolnshire…

World Egg Throwing Championship 2016

Will you end up with egg on your face at the World Egg Throwing Championships?

For the 11th year running Swaton Vintage Day will host the increasingly prestigious World Egg Throwing Championships on Sunday 26th June…

Transe Express Mu - Angelina Lombardo

Nine days of free performances with SO Festival

SO Festival, the free arts festival, is set to return to East Lincolnshire this summer for nine days packed full of incredible performances…

The World Egg Throwing Championships

Quirky championship in Lincolnshire may leave you with egg on your face

For the 10th year running, Swaton Vintage Day will host the increasingly prestigious World Egg Throwing Championships, on Sunday 28th June 2015…

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Head to Lincolnshire for the traditional Haxey Hood Game

The Haxey Hood Game is a 700 year old tradition played on the 12th day of Christmas in Lincolnshire, and is the second oldest surviving tradition in the UK…

The World Egg Throwing Championships

Competitors all set to crack the 9th World Egg Throwing Championships

For the 9th year running Swaton Vintage Day, Lincolnshire, will host the increasingly prestigious World Egg Throwing Championships on 29th June 2014…

Dirty Weekend - Rat Race - Burghley House

Have a Dirty Weekend at Burghley House

Get ready for a Dirty Weekend this May as the grounds of 16th century country estate, Burghley House, transforms into the longest assault course in the world…

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The Fool and his Boggans gather for the Haxey Hood Game

The Haxey Hood Game is a 700 year old tradition played on the 12th day of Christmas and the second oldest surviving tradition in the UK…

Heckington Windmill - 8 sails - Sleaford - Lincolnshire

Heckington Windmill

Our latest Curiosity of the Week is Heckington Windmill, the only remaining eight-sailed windmill in the country…

Cogglesford Watermill - Sleaford - Lincolnshire

Milling day at Cogglesford

Head to Cogglesford Mill in Lincolnshire for milling day on 10th November 2013 and see flour produced as it would have been 200 years ago…

The World Egg Throwing Championships

It’s no yolk, it’s the World Egg Throwing Championships 2013

Every year as part of Swaton’s Vintage Day a challenge takes place between competitors who travel from all over the world. This challenge? It’s none other than the World Egg Throwing Championships!

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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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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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