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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, 2016
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![While there is now a booming revival in Wassailing throughout England and it isn’t possible to list all of them here, some events stand out as unique and the wassail […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "St Nicholas at Wade Wassail")
St Nicholas at Wade Wassail
Posted on January 10, 2016 | No CommentsWhile there is now a booming revival in Wassailing throughout England and it isn’t possible to list all of them here, some events stand out as unique and the wassail […] -
Mountain Ash Nos Galan Road Races
Posted on January 9, 2016 | No CommentsEvery New Years Eve, a series of road races are held in Mountain Ash in South Wales as a very healthy alternative way of ending the old year. The event […] -
![This new event literally blazed into the festival firmament in 2015 but draws on a host of ancient traditions. Before the Vikings invaded York (where there is a Viking Festival […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FLAMBOROUGH-FIRE-FESTIVAL-BURNING-VIKING-LONGSHIP-115x115.jpeg "Flamborough Fire Festival")
Flamborough Fire Festival
Posted on January 9, 2016 | No CommentsThis new event literally blazed into the festival firmament in 2015 but draws on a host of ancient traditions. Before the Vikings invaded York (where there is a Viking Festival […] -
![Every Boxing Day the residents of Winchelsea played a game in the street using a representation of a Frenchman’s Head. The custom began hundreds of years ago, when the French […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_7564-115x115.jpeg "Winchelsea Streete Game")
Winchelsea Streete Game
Posted on January 9, 2016 | 2 CommentsEvery Boxing Day the residents of Winchelsea played a game in the street using a representation of a Frenchman’s Head. The custom began hundreds of years ago, when the French […]