Welcome to Calendar Customs!
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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Festive Truck & Tractor Runs including Sedgefield
This is a modern tradition of a convoy of brightly decorated tractors and/or trucks making its way through a series of towns and villages spreading Christmas cheer and festivity through […]
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Southwold St Edmunds Sticky Buns
November 20th is the feast day of St Edmund; at Southwold it is celebrated by a dole of special buns at the local church which is dedicated to the saint. […]
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Fenny Stratford Firing the Fenny Poppers
The Fenny Poppers are six tankard-shaped miniature cannon which are fired every November 11th in memory of Dr Thomas Willis who died on this date; he was the grandfather of […]
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Dance
Chepstow Wassail and Mari Lwyd
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Ancient Custom
Dunmow Flitch Trials
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Dance
Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival
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December
Chester Saturnalia
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