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This site aims to list the wide variety of traditional and unusual events that take place each year in the UK and to help visitors take part in them. Each event has its own page giving details of its timing and location, as well as a very brief history and notes on what to expect. Enjoy!
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![Gloucester Day is a modern commemoration of the raising of the Siege of Gloucester in on 5th September 1643, as a result of which the Parliamentarian town became known as […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_0364-115x115.jpeg "Gloucester Day")
Gloucester Day
Posted on June 2, 2014 | No CommentsGloucester Day is a modern commemoration of the raising of the Siege of Gloucester in on 5th September 1643, as a result of which the Parliamentarian town became known as […] -
![The Gold Hill Cheese Race takes place as part of the annual Food and Drink Feastival, and it is a series of races and relays in which the competitors race […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_1643-115x115.jpeg "Shaftesbury Gold Hill Cheese Race")
Shaftesbury Gold Hill Cheese Race
Posted on March 9, 2022 | 2 CommentsThe Gold Hill Cheese Race takes place as part of the annual Food and Drink Feastival, and it is a series of races and relays in which the competitors race […] -
![Advent Windows are illuminated displays which are lit in the build up to Christmas, beginning like Advent Calendars and candles on December 1st and generally with Christian themes based around […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_6801-115x115.jpeg "Advent Windows (including Askrigg)")
Advent Windows (including Askrigg)
Posted on September 6, 2021 | No CommentsAdvent Windows are illuminated displays which are lit in the build up to Christmas, beginning like Advent Calendars and candles on December 1st and generally with Christian themes based around […] -
![Wassailing is a traditional luck-bringing custom dating back at least a few hundred years; the word has its origins in the Old English toast “waes hael” meaning Good Health. Wassailing […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_4814-115x115.jpg "Stroud Wassail")
Stroud Wassail
Posted on February 2, 2018 | No CommentsWassailing is a traditional luck-bringing custom dating back at least a few hundred years; the word has its origins in the Old English toast “waes hael” meaning Good Health. Wassailing […] -
![The Mapleton Bridge Jump saw brave souls launching themselves from the parapet of Okeover Bridge into the chilly waters of the River Dove about 30 feet beneath; they then swam […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Mapleton-Bridge-Jump-115x115.jpg "Mapleton Bridge Jump")
Mapleton Bridge Jump
Posted on January 1, 2018 | 3 CommentsThe Mapleton Bridge Jump saw brave souls launching themselves from the parapet of Okeover Bridge into the chilly waters of the River Dove about 30 feet beneath; they then swam […] -
![Ascension Day is an important landmark in the Christian calendar, commemorating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It takes place on the 40th day after Easter and is always a […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_3002-115x115.jpg "Ascension Day Rooftop Singing")
Ascension Day Rooftop Singing
Posted on May 17, 2015 | 3 CommentsAscension Day is an important landmark in the Christian calendar, commemorating the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It takes place on the 40th day after Easter and is always a […] -
![Most well-dressing customs take place in Derbyshire and the Peak District, so the tradition at Bisley in Gloucestershire is very unusual for its location. Every Ascension Day afternoon there is […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_3044-115x115.jpg "Bisley Well Dressing")
Bisley Well Dressing
Posted on June 1, 2014 | 2 CommentsMost well-dressing customs take place in Derbyshire and the Peak District, so the tradition at Bisley in Gloucestershire is very unusual for its location. Every Ascension Day afternoon there is […] -
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![There are now a few cheese-rolling events in the UK and the latest addition to their number was the short-lived one held at Chester on Shrove Tuesday. It was associated […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/chester-cheese-115x115.jpg "Chester Cheese Rolling")
Chester Cheese Rolling
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 1 CommentThere are now a few cheese-rolling events in the UK and the latest addition to their number was the short-lived one held at Chester on Shrove Tuesday. It was associated […] -
![The annual cheeserolling event is famed for the steepness of its course and the hazards to the competitors as they hurtle downhill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese. Because […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/IMG_0189-115x115.jpg "Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling")
Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling
Posted on June 4, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe annual cheeserolling event is famed for the steepness of its course and the hazards to the competitors as they hurtle downhill in pursuit of a Double Gloucester cheese. Because […]