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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, 2022
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![Coddington holds a very special place in the history of Mothering Sunday, as the place where the ancient custom was revived for modern times. The Rector’s daughter Constance Penswick Smith […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_1280-115x115.jpeg "Coddington Mothering Sunday")
Coddington Mothering Sunday
Posted on March 28, 2022 | No CommentsCoddington holds a very special place in the history of Mothering Sunday, as the place where the ancient custom was revived for modern times. The Rector’s daughter Constance Penswick Smith […] -
![The Axbridge Pageant is a huge event which only happens every ten years, and is a rare survivor of the pageant craze which swept the British Isles through the twentieth […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Finale_scene_of_the_pageant-115x115.jpeg "Axbridge Pageant")
Axbridge Pageant
Posted on March 24, 2022 | No CommentsThe Axbridge Pageant is a huge event which only happens every ten years, and is a rare survivor of the pageant craze which swept the British Isles through the twentieth […] -
![The Gold Hill Cheese Race takes place as part of the annual Food and Drink Feastival, and it is a series of races and relays in which the competitors race […]](https://calendarcustoms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_1643-115x115.jpeg "Shaftesbury Gold Hill Cheese Race")
Shaftesbury Gold Hill Cheese Race
Posted on March 9, 2022 | 2 CommentsThe Gold Hill Cheese Race takes place as part of the annual Food and Drink Feastival, and it is a series of races and relays in which the competitors race […]