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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 July, 2018
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![Changing the Guard is the name given to the daily formal ceremony in which the soldiers responsible for protecting the palace are relieved by the next group to take over […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/14383299579_daf5b1acd6_b-115x115.jpg "Buckingham Palace: Changing the Guard")
Buckingham Palace: Changing the Guard
Posted on July 30, 2018 | 1 CommentChanging the Guard is the name given to the daily formal ceremony in which the soldiers responsible for protecting the palace are relieved by the next group to take over […] -
![The May Tree Fair at St Germans is a traditional annual celebration of the coming of summer, which was revived in 2012. Originally held around the Old Nut Tree (sadly […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_2543-115x115.jpeg "St Germans May Tree Fair")
St Germans May Tree Fair
Posted on July 12, 2018 | No CommentsThe May Tree Fair at St Germans is a traditional annual celebration of the coming of summer, which was revived in 2012. Originally held around the Old Nut Tree (sadly […] -
![Each June in both Bodmin and St Keverne, ceremonies are held in remembrance of the participants in the Cornish Rebellion of 1497. Thomas Flamank of Bodmin and blacksmith Michael Joseph […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_9632-115x115.jpeg "Bodmin & St Keverne An Gof Cornish Rebellion Commemorations")
Bodmin & St Keverne An Gof Cornish Rebellion Commemorations
Posted on July 12, 2018 | No CommentsEach June in both Bodmin and St Keverne, ceremonies are held in remembrance of the participants in the Cornish Rebellion of 1497. Thomas Flamank of Bodmin and blacksmith Michael Joseph […] -
![The final battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought in Nottinghamshire on 16th June 1487, when the Yorkist forces were defeated by those of Henry VII. Henry claimed […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "East Stoke: Battle of Stoke Field Anniversary")
East Stoke: Battle of Stoke Field Anniversary
Posted on July 12, 2018 | No CommentsThe final battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought in Nottinghamshire on 16th June 1487, when the Yorkist forces were defeated by those of Henry VII. Henry claimed […] -
![Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire was for many years the home of Richard III, and the event staged here each July celebrates the connections of the King and the little […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_3291-115x115.jpg "Middleham Richard III Festival")
Middleham Richard III Festival
Posted on July 9, 2018 | 5 CommentsMiddleham Castle in North Yorkshire was for many years the home of Richard III, and the event staged here each July celebrates the connections of the King and the little […] -
![Only one tulip show remains in the UK calendar, and that’s the annual event staged by the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society; the Society dates from the 1830s […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/5614510948_555a215c52_z-115x115.jpg "Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society Show")
Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society Show
Posted on July 7, 2018 | No CommentsOnly one tulip show remains in the UK calendar, and that’s the annual event staged by the Wakefield and North of England Tulip Society; the Society dates from the 1830s […]