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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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Archive for January, 2011
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![The annual Maldon Mud Race is a charity fundraising events with its origins as a bright idea in the local pub in the 1970s. Competitors, often in fancy dress, must […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5636-115x115.jpg "Maldon Mud Race")
Maldon Mud Race
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe annual Maldon Mud Race is a charity fundraising events with its origins as a bright idea in the local pub in the 1970s. Competitors, often in fancy dress, must […] -
![As all Winnie the Pooh fans will know, Pooh Sticks is the game of dropping twigs into a stream from the bridge above and seeing whose stick emerges first from […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Pooh-Sticks-115x115.jpg "Sandford Lock World Pooh Sticks Championships")
Sandford Lock World Pooh Sticks Championships
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsAs all Winnie the Pooh fans will know, Pooh Sticks is the game of dropping twigs into a stream from the bridge above and seeing whose stick emerges first from […] -
![The Wife Carrying Races at Dorking are a relatively recent addition to the calendar and have apparently spread to the UK from a long-established Scandinavian tradition -legend has it that […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_8239-115x115.jpeg "Dorking Wife Carrying Races")
Dorking Wife Carrying Races
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe Wife Carrying Races at Dorking are a relatively recent addition to the calendar and have apparently spread to the UK from a long-established Scandinavian tradition -legend has it that […] -
![The Ba’ at Kirkwall is a fiercely contested mass-handball game in the streets of the town. It takes place twice a year on Christmas Day and New Years Day, (unless […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Kirkwall-Ba-115x115.jpg "Kirkwall Ba’")
Kirkwall Ba’
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe Ba’ at Kirkwall is a fiercely contested mass-handball game in the streets of the town. It takes place twice a year on Christmas Day and New Years Day, (unless […] -
![Every August Bank Holiday Sunday a special lakeside service is held on the shores of Semerwater, which coincides with the Flower Festival at Stalling Busk. The vicar of Askrigg takes […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_8953-115x115.jpg "Semerwater Lakeside Service")
Semerwater Lakeside Service
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsEvery August Bank Holiday Sunday a special lakeside service is held on the shores of Semerwater, which coincides with the Flower Festival at Stalling Busk. The vicar of Askrigg takes […] -
![Beltane is the night preceding May Day so is also known as May Eve and was celebrated especially in Scotland and Ireland with rituals dating back many hundreds of years. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_4982-115x115.jpg "Beltane Rites")
Beltane Rites
Posted on January 22, 2011 | No CommentsBeltane is the night preceding May Day so is also known as May Eve and was celebrated especially in Scotland and Ireland with rituals dating back many hundreds of years. […] -
![Spalding is the centre of UK bulb growing and each spring celebrates this by hosting the annual Flower Parade of tulip-covered floats interspersed with marching bands, entertainers and jugglers. The […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_1718-115x115.jpg "Spalding Flower Parade")
Spalding Flower Parade
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 11 CommentsSpalding is the centre of UK bulb growing and each spring celebrates this by hosting the annual Flower Parade of tulip-covered floats interspersed with marching bands, entertainers and jugglers. The […] -
![This is a traditional fair for Gypsies and travelling people to meet up and trade and it dates back literally hundreds of years, the Charter being granted in 1476. It […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_00061-115x115.jpg "Stow Horse Fair (October)")
Stow Horse Fair (October)
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 21 CommentsThis is a traditional fair for Gypsies and travelling people to meet up and trade and it dates back literally hundreds of years, the Charter being granted in 1476. It […] -
![The Antient Scorton Silver Arrow Tournament is one of the longest established and recorded sporting fixtures in the World, dating back to the late seventeenth century (and the spelling IS […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_1956-115x115.jpeg "Scorton Silver Arrow Tournament")
Scorton Silver Arrow Tournament
Posted on January 22, 2011 | 4 CommentsThe Antient Scorton Silver Arrow Tournament is one of the longest established and recorded sporting fixtures in the World, dating back to the late seventeenth century (and the spelling IS […] -
![William Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated every April in his home town of Stratford upon Avon. The Bard was born in 1564 and this event has been held for many years […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Shakespeares-Birthday-115x115.jpg "Stratford Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations")
Stratford Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrations
Posted on January 21, 2011 | No CommentsWilliam Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated every April in his home town of Stratford upon Avon. The Bard was born in 1564 and this event has been held for many years […]