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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 March, 2019
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![Each September the new intake of students beginning the Kew Diploma in Horticulture take part in a race – and as gardeners they wear traditional garb of stout wooden clogs, […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Kew Clog and Apron Race")
Kew Clog and Apron Race
Posted on March 31, 2019 | No CommentsEach September the new intake of students beginning the Kew Diploma in Horticulture take part in a race – and as gardeners they wear traditional garb of stout wooden clogs, […] -
![Tichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_5156-115x115.jpg "Tichborne Dole")
Tichborne Dole
Posted on March 25, 2019 | 9 CommentsTichborne Dole is one of the longest established charity doles in the country, with a great legend attached to it. As Lady Mabella lay on her deathbed in the twelfth […] -
![Bushy Park near Hampton Wick is the setting for an annual appreciation of the beautiful Chestnut blossom on the trees, which were planted over 300 years ago in the Avenue. […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2570476528_fd0aa14a15_z-115x115.jpeg "Hampton Wick: Bushy Park Chestnut Sunday")
Hampton Wick: Bushy Park Chestnut Sunday
Posted on March 9, 2019 | 8 CommentsBushy Park near Hampton Wick is the setting for an annual appreciation of the beautiful Chestnut blossom on the trees, which were planted over 300 years ago in the Avenue. […] -
![An ash faggot is a bound bundle of sticks, and the ancient West Country custom of burning one at certain times of the winter for good luck is now rare, […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_7726-115x115.jpeg "Laymore Burning the Ashen Faggot")
Laymore Burning the Ashen Faggot
Posted on March 9, 2019 | No CommentsAn ash faggot is a bound bundle of sticks, and the ancient West Country custom of burning one at certain times of the winter for good luck is now rare, […] -
![Lots of places celebrate the coming of spring, but few have their very own giant – Calstock is the place to be on the evening of the early May Day […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_4648-115x115.jpeg "Calstock May Revels")
Calstock May Revels
Posted on March 9, 2019 | No CommentsLots of places celebrate the coming of spring, but few have their very own giant – Calstock is the place to be on the evening of the early May Day […]