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Date |
Event |
Details |
Website
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01/02/2012 |
Floodlit Swan Feeds at Slimbridge |
18th
November to end of February 2012
WWT, Slimbridge,
Gloucestershire. Saturday and Sunday's only at 6.15pm. Enjoy the magical
winter spectacle of thousands of Bewicks Swans wintering on SwanLake in
floodlight. £5 adults, £3 children. |
WWT - Swan Feeds |
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01/02/2012 |
Ice
Skating @ Life |
12th
November 2011 to 19th February 2012
Life Science Centre,
Times Square,
Newcastle Upon Tyne..
10am-8pm Mon-Sat and 11am-6pm Sun. Open air winter ice rink for locals and
visitors to use. |
Ice Skating at Life |
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01/02/2012 |
Feast of Lights |
A
Celtic festival which marks the midpoint of winter, halfway between the
shortest day and the spring equinox. Also known as Candlemas Day because it
is the day on which the year's supply of candles for the church were
blessed. |
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02/02/2012 |
World Wetlands Day |
Celebrating adoption of the Convention on Wetlands since 1997. Why not take
the opportunity to visit a wetland centre. |
WWT
World Wetlands Day |
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02/02/2012 |
Candlemas |
Last
day of the Christmas season and marks the midpoint of winter, halfway
between the shortest day and the spring equinox. |
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04/02/2012 |
Vintage Tractor Show |
4th and 5th February 2012 Royal
Bath & West Showground, Somerset. 9am-5pm. 100's of vintage tractors and
implements on display with an auction on the Saturday. |
Tractor Show |
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04/02/2012 |
Scottish Snowdrop Festival |
4th February to 18th March 2012
Organised in cooperation with VisitScotland, National Trust for Scotland,
Scotland's Gardens Scheme and gardens around the country to bring you the
Scottish Snowdrop Festival. Find time to head outdoors and see these
beautiful little plants, set against the backdrop of castles, gardens,
woodlands and stately homes. 2012 sees 50 gardens across
Scotland
showcasing around 300 types of snowdrop. |
Snowdrop Festival |
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04/02/2012 |
Marsden Imbolc Fire Festival |
Marsden
Village
Centre, Huddersfield, Yorks HD7 6DU from 6.30pm-9.30pm. 1,500-strong lantern
and torch parade with fire-jugglers, antler-wearing drummers, Celtic
characters, fire druids, a 12ft Jack Frost and spring's Green Man. Through
woodland. Starts from Marsden Station HD7 6AX, then up Reddisher Road to
Tunnel End, into Waters Road then down the hill to the Watersedge area. With
a fire 'circus' accompanied by music and a firework finale. |
Fire Festival |
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05/02/2012 |
Clown Service |
3pm at
Holy Trinity Church in
Dalston, London. Afterwards performance by clowns in nearby school and a
chance to visit the Clowns Gallery Museum. Every year the first Sunday in
February a church service is held in memory of the British Clown Joseph
Grimaldi. |
Clown Service |
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05/02/2012 |
Avocet Bird Watching Cruises |
5th and 7th February 2012
Cruises from Starcross
and Exmouth Docks,
Devon. Various times depending on which day you choose to go. Take a 3-4
hour winter birdwatching cruise along the River Exe at low tide to see 40
species of wildfowl and waders, up to 20,000 plus birds can be expected. |
Avocet Cruises |
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06/02/2012 |
St Ives Silver Ball Hurling |
St
Ives, Cornwall. Starts at
9:30am on the beach when
the Mayor throws the Silver Hurling ball into the crowd. It involves a lot
of running through the town until one minute to 12noon when it arrives at
the Guildhall and handed back to the Mayor. Who then presents a prize of a
silver coin to the youngest member of the winning family. Info: The Silver
Hurling ball is the size of an orange, made from apple-wood and coated with
silver, flies through village streets of St Ives on Feast Monday in February
(on the Sunday nearest to Feb 3rd). At one time the games were played by the
men of the village, these days it is played by children. |
St Ives Hurling
Info
on Hurling can be found at
Wiki and
St Ives Silver Ball |
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06/02/2012 |
Queens Accession Royal Gun Salute |
Hyde
Park, London at 12 noon. Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a 41 gun
salute. Whist at 1pm at the Tower of London they fire 62 rounds. Tower of
London and Hyde Park have gun salutes to mark the anniversary of the Queen
coming to the throne. |
Gun Salutes
royal.gov.uk |
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10/02/2012 |
Showzam Festival |
10th to 19th February 2012 Blackpool,
Lancashire. A 9 day festival of circus, magic and new
variety which takes place every year in Blackpool, with street artists
around town and at various famous landmarks as well as a mix of free and
ticketed events showcasing magicians, performing insects, burlesque dancers,
live music and more. |
Showzam |
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11/02/2012 |
Jorvik Viking Festival |
11th to 19th February 2012 Jorvik
Viking Centre, York. Many events and activities over 5 days including
battle re-enactments and a Viking market. |
Viking Festival |
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11/02/2012 |
Scarecrow Festival |
11th to 19th February 2012 Tatton
Park,
Cheshire. Hunt scarecrows which are dotted around the gardens as part of
their week long festival. Closed Monday's. |
Tatton Park |
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14/02/2012 |
Valentines Day |
This
was originally thought to be the day on which birds chose their mates. There
are many traditions and tales associated with romantic activities on this
day. |
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14/02/2012 |
National Nest Box Week |
14th to 21st February 2012
Launched every year on
February 14th since 1997. It is used to encourage everyone to put up nest
boxes to help our breeding birds and wildlife. |
Nest Box Week |
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15/02/2012 |
Fort
William
Mountain Festival |
15th to 19th February 2012 Fort William,
Scotland. A
celebration of mountains and the culture that surrounds them! During the
best winter walking and climbing conditions of the year, the Festival offers
a programme of lectures, films, activities, exhibitions, plays and music.
There is also a photographic competition. |
Mountain Festival |
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17/02/2012 |
London Fashion Week |
17th to 22nd February 2012
The Exhibition is held at
the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road London. |
London Fashion Week |
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18/02/2012 |
Bristol Classic Bike Show |
18th and 19th February 2012 The
Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. 10am-5pm. 100's of club,
trade, autojumble and private displays all to do with classic motorbikes.
Events are indoors. |
Classic Bike Show |
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18/02/2012 |
English Civil War
Weekend |
18th and 19th February
2012 Weymouth Old Harbour, Dorset. 11am-5pm each day. Celebrating the
largest Battle and Seige in Dorset of February 1645. |
Pike &
Shot |
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18/02/2012 |
Charity Pancake Olympics |
High
Street, Littlehampton,
Sussex.
11am-1pm. Teams of 4 compete in Olympic style disciplines, including Pancake
Curling and relays, but unlike the real thing it involves a lot of pancakes.
The Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes are frying pans! |
Pancake Olympics |
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18/02/2012 |
Living History in
Worcester |
Guildhall, Worcester. 10am-4pm. In total at 3 venues within Worcester there
will be 17th century Living History Displays including camps with soldiers
doing, pike, musket and canon drill and firing displays, as well as crafts
etc. |
Worcester Living History |
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18/02/2012 |
StuntFest |
Santa Pod Raceway, nr Wellingborough, Northants. 2pm-5pm. Monster
Truck, Freestyle Motocross, Jet Car show, Caravan Racing, Stunt riders,
funfair, loads of stuff going on and ending with a firework display. |
Stunt Fest |
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19/02/2012 |
Brighton Half
Marathon |
Madeira Drive/Seafront,
Brighton,
Sussex.
9.45am start. Around 5,000 runners take part in this charity event. |
Half Marathon |
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19/02/2012 |
Avocet Bird Watching Cruises |
19th and 20th February 2012
Cruises from Starcross
and Exmouth Docks,
Devon. Various times depending on which day you choose to go. Take a 3-4
hour winter birdwatching cruise along the River Exe at low tide to see 40
species of wildfowl and waders, up to 20,000 plus birds can be expected. |
Avocet Cruises |
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21/02/2012 |
The Great Spitalfields Pancake Race |
Old
Truman Brewery,
Brick Lane,
London
at 12.30pm. Teams of pancake flippers, in costume run up and down Dray Walk
for the prize of an engraved frying pan. Also prizes for best dressed team. |
Pancake Race |
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21/02/2012 |
Olney Pancake Race |
Market Place, Olney, Buckinghamshire. Starts at 11.55am and is a 415 yard
street race ending at the Church. Participants are female only, wear
traditional costume and carry a frying pan containing a pancake. On crossing
the line the winner tosses the pancake. |
Pancake Race |
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21/02/2012 |
Shrove Tuesday Skipping Festival |
Scarborough, Yorkshire. A mile of 'the front' is used for the skipping
festival and pancake races. The event is set off with the ringing of the
pancake bell in the museum. |
Shrovetide Skipping |
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21/02/2012 |
Shrovetide Fair and Pancake Races |
Guildhall, Lichfield, Staffordshire. 12 noon. Shrovetide Fair opens with
ancient ceremony, Civic Procession and Pancake Races. Pancake races take
place in Bore Street and the Fair is in Market Square. The 300 year old
Shrovetide Fair is opened by the Town Crier's proclamation in the Market
Square at noon. The 'pan on bell' then sounds from St Mary's church and
children who follow the mayor onto the funfair rides can have their first go
free. Free event to spectators. |
Shrovetide Fair and Pancakes |
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21/02/2012 |
Atherstone Ball Game |
Atherstone, Warwickshire. Starts 3pm. A game played with a water-filled ball
decorated with local football team's colours. The game lasts 2 hours from
kick off at 3pm. It’s played in the streets, all shops in vicinity are
boarded up and closed. It originates from the reign of King John as a
contest between men from Warwickshire and Leicestershire, who competed for a
bag of gold. |
Atherstone Ball Game
The Ball Game
Images from 2011 |
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21/02/2012 |
Cornish Hurling |
St
Columb Major,
Cornwall.
Mid afternoon around 4.30pm. An ancient game with few rules is played over a
25 square mile playing field on Shrove Tuesday. In mid afternoon a man
climbs a ladder in the town, throws a silver covered applewood ball to the
opposing teams of townsmen and countrymen below, shouting "Town and country
do your best, for this parish I must rest". The teams scramble for the ball
in order to pass it through their goal, one a mile into the country, the
other a mile out of the other side of town. |
Hurling in Cornwall |
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21/02/2012 |
Ahsbourne Royal Shrovetide Football |
21st and 22nd February 2012
Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Starts at 2pm each day. Game lasts until 10pm, if
goal scored before 6pm then new ball allocated until end of game. If goal
scored after 6pm then it ends for that day. The majority of the able bodied
men, women and children take to the streets to play the largest, most insane
football game in the world. Shops are boarded up. The Goals are 3 miles
apart on the sites of Old mills, one at Clifton and one at Sturston. A goal
is scored by a player striking the mill wheel three times with the Ball. The
ball may be kicked, carried or thrown, but generally proceeds in a series of
'hugs' invisible to the spectator. |
Ashbourne Football |
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21/02/2012 |
Winster Pancake Races |
Main Street,
Winster, Derbyshire. 2pm start. |
Pancake Races |
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24/02/2012 |
National Wedding Show |
24th to 26th February 2012 Olympia,
London. Opens 10am each day. Everything under one roof for weddings,
including catwalk shows of wedding wear and over 250 exhibitors. |
Wedding Show |
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24/02/2012 |
Wakefield Rhubarb Festival |
24th to 26th February 2012 Wakefield
Cathedral Precinct. Cookery demonstrations, themed meals, tours of the
forcing sheds, and more. |
Rhubarb Festival |
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25/02/2012 |
Avocet Bird Watching Cruises |
Cruises from Starcross and Exmouth Docks,
Devon. Various times depending on which day you choose
to go. Take a 3-4 hour winter birdwatching cruise along the River Exe at low
tide to see 40 species of wildfowl and waders, up to 20,000 plus birds can
be expected. |
Avocet Cruises |
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26/02/2012 |
Roaming Robots |
Metrodome, Barnsley, Yorkshire. 12pm and 3.30pm. Two 2 hour shows where
Robots battle it out live with major damage and trying to beat the house
robot. Audience gets chance to interact with roboteers, visit pits between
battles or have a go! |
Robots |
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26/02/2012 |
Wessex Countryside Alliance Point to Point |
Held
at Badbury Rings, Wimborne Dorset. Includes countryside activities, hound
parades, a mini-beagle meet, jousting competition and more. |
Badbury Rings, Point to Point |
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26/02/2012 |
Iron Trunk Aqueduct
Open Day |
near Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire. Open day showing the history of the aqueduct built by
Benjamin Beaven, as well as experts explaining what repairs are being done
and why together with a guided circular walk. Free event but booking
required. |
National Waterways |
