January 6 Haxley, Lincs Haxey Hood Game	Shrove Tuesday Ashbourne, Derbys Shrovetide Festival
Shrove Tuesday Winster, Derbys Pancake Day Race	Easter Monday Hallaton, Leics Bottle-kicking and Hare-pie Scramble
Whit Monday Enderby, Leics Selling of the Keep of the Wether	May 29 Castleton, Derbys Garland Day
May to end of August Wye Dale District, Derbys Well-dressing	First Thursday, Friday, Saturday in October Nottingham, Notts Goose Fair
November 23 Laxton, Notts Court Leet	December 21 Old Bolingbroke, Lincs Candle Auction

Every other Sunday Castle Rising, Norfolk Bede House Procession	February 2 Woodbridge, Suffolk Bread Dole
Early February King's Lynn, Norfolk Roundabout Riding	Easter Monday Thaxted, Essex Morris Dancing
Whit Sunday (+ other dates) Walsingham, Norfolk Pilgramage to the Shrine	Whit Monday (4-yearly) Dunmow, Essex Dunmow Flitch Trial
Late May of early June Southwold, Suffolk Trinity Fair	June 22 Cambridge Coin Throwing at Midsummer Fair
Early July Tollesbury, Essex Gooseberry Fair	Early September Southend, Essex Whitebait Festival
October 20 Colchester, Essex Oyster Feast	1st Monday in December Brigthlingsea, Essex Cinque Port Deputy Election

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Cornwall

February 4 (nearest Monday) St. Ives Hurling the Silver Ball	Shrove Tuesday St. Columb Major Hurling the Silver Ball
May 1 Padstow 'Obby 'Os Ceremony (Morris Dancing)	May 8 (nearest Saturday) Helston The Furry Dance
June 20 (Midsummer eve) Carn Brae First Bonfire in Chain Across Cornwall	Summer Months St. Wenn and district Cornish Wrestling Championships
Monday after August 12 Marhamchurch Revel in honour of St. Morweena, founder of the village	Early September Various sites Gorsedd of the Cornish Bards
September 25 Summercourt Cornwall's largest Fair	End of Septemeber St. Keverne 'Crying the Neck'

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Devon, Dorset, Somerset

January 17 Carhampton, Somerset Wassailing the Apple Trees	Shrove Tuesday Corfe Castle, Dorest Street Football
May 1 Minehead, Somerset Hobby Horse Ceremony	Spring Bank Holiday Monday Kingsteignton, Devon Ram Roasting Ceremony
Wednesday before September 20 Barnstaple, Devon Traditional Fair	September (second Tuesday) Widecombe, Devon Pony and Sheep Fair
October (last Thursday) Hinton St. George, Somerset Punky Night Celebrations	November 5 Ottery St. Mary, Devon Tar-barrel Rolling
November 5 Shebbear, Devon Turning the Devil's Stone	Christmas-tide Glastonbury, Somerset Cutting the Holy Thorn
Christmas Eve Dunster, Somerset Burning the Ash Faggot

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Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire

Shrove Tuesday (day before Ash Wednesday) Olney, Bucks Pancake Day Race	Whit Tuesday St. Ives, Hunts Dicing for Bibles by local children
First or second Saturday in May Ickwell Green, Beds May Day Festival and Crowning of the May Queen	June 4 Eton College, Bucks 'Speeches' and Procession of Boats on the Thames
June 29 (Sunday following St. Peter's Day) Wingrave, Bucks Hay Strewing in Church	Last Monday in September Dunstable, Beds Statute Fair
November 11 Fenny Stratford, Bucks Firing the Fenny Poppers	Midnight, first Sunday after November 12 Broughton, Northants Tin Can Band Parade
Saturday nearest St. Andrew's (Nov 30) Eton College, Bucks Wall Game

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Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire

Daily (on request) Winchester, Hants Wayfarer's Doles at the Hospital of St. Cross	March 25 Tichborne, Hants Tichborne Dole
Second Tuesday after Easter Hungerford, Berks Hocktide ceremonies in the memory of John of Gaunt	May Day Oxford, Oxon May Carol on Magdalen Tower
May Day Southampton, Hants May Carol at the Bargate	May 29 (Oak Apple Day) Great Wishford, Wilts Grovely Procession
Spring Bank Holiday Bampton, Oxon Morris Dancing	Saturday nearest June 19 Abingdon, Berks Morris Dancing and Election of Ock Street Mayor
Monday after June 29 Yarnton, Oxon Meadow Mowing Rights and Mead Balls	October 21 Portsmouth, Hants Trafalgar Day Ceremony

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Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark

Early January All Islands La Grand' Querrue - Plough Festival	Shrove Tuesday Jersey Rabbit Shooting
Dimanche de Brandons (1st Sunday in Lent) All Islands Fire Festival	Good Friday All Islands Egg Rolling; limpets and gache, a local cake, are eaten
Midsummer Eve Jersey Fisherman row round Le Cheval Guillaume rock	Last week in July St. Helier, Jersey Battle of Flowers
Throughout November Guernsey Eisteddfod Festival	December 23 Guernsey La Longue Veille Knitting Festival
December 31 All Islands Log-burning to celebrate old years' passing

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Surrey, Sussex, Kent

Late January Guildford, Surrey Dicing for Maids' Dole	Early February Wotton, Surrey Forty-Shilling Day
Good Friday Alciston, Surrey Skipping	Easter Monday Biddenden, Kent Bread and Cheese Dole
May 11 (Ascension Day and Rogationtide) Folkestone, Hastings Blessing Sea and Fisheries	Whit Monday Charing, Kent Hooden Horse and Morris Men
May Rye, Sussex Scrambling for Hot Pennies	May Newington, Kent Blessing the Cherry Orchards
Early June Rochester, Kent Medway Court of Admiralty	July 25 Ebernoe, Sussex Horn Fair
November 5 Lewes, Sussex Guy Fawkes' Day Celebrations	November 5 (nearest Saturday) Lamberhurst, Kent Guy Fawkes' Day Celebrations
November 5 Rye, Sussex Burning the Boat

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London

February 3 (St. Blaise's Day) St. Ethelreda's. Ely place Blessing of the Throats	Mid-February for three days Royal Albert Hall English Folk Dance and Song Society Festival
February 20 (around) St. Botolph's, Bishopgate Sir John Cass Commemoration Service	Thursday nearest March 31 St. Clement Danes, Strand Oranges and Lemons Children's Service
Good Friday The Widow Son's Pub, Devons Road The Widow's Bun	Second Saturday in May Hayes Common Merrie England May Queens' Festival
May 21 Tower of London Cermony of the Lilies and the Rosed to commemorate the death of Henry IV	Thursday after July 4 Vintners' hall to Church of St. James, Garlick Hill Vintners' Procession
From Monday in third week of July The Thames between Blackfriars and Henley Swan-upping	August 1 or near London Bridge to Chelsea Bridge Watermen's Race
August 12-14 Mitcham Mitcham Fair	First Sunday in October St. Mary at Hill, Eastcheap Costermongers' Harvest Festival

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Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire

Shrove Tuesday Atherstone, Warks Street Foortball	Palm Sunday Hentland, Herefs Pax Cakes Distribution
Spring Bank Holiday Monday Endon, Staffs Well-Dressing	Whit Sunday St. Briavels, Glos Bread and Cheese Dole
Whit Monday Cooper's Hill, Brockworth, Glos Cheese Rolling	Whit Monday Lichfield, Staffs Court of Array and Greenhill Bower
May 29 Aston on Clun, Shrops Arbor Tree Day	May 29 Worcester, Worcs Oak Apple Day at Guildhall
Saturday after June 24 Bromsgrove, Worcs Court Leet Procession	Sunday after September 4 Abbots Bromley, Staffs Horn Dance
Sunday on or after September 19 Painswick, Glos Clipping the Church	First Monday in October King's Norton, Warks Mop Fair

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Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire

New Year's Eve Allendale Town, Nthld Tar-barrel burning	Shrove Tuesday Scarborough, Yorks Ringing of the Pancake Bell and Shrovetide Skipping
Shrove Tuesday Sedgefield and Alnwick, Nthld Shrovetide Football	Third Thursday in March Market Weighton, Yorks Kipling Cotes, Derby
Good Friday Midgley, Yorks Pace Egg Play	Day before Ascension day (six weeks after Easter) Whitby, Yorks Planting the Penny Hedge
Whitsun Bank Holiday Week Holmfirth, Yorks Folk Festival (dance/music/food/entertainment)	July 4 Whalton, Nthld Bale Fire
Nightly at 21.00hrs Ripon, Yorks Wakeman's Horn Blowing	Boxing Day Sheffield, - at Grenoside and Handsworth, Yorks Sword Dancing

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Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Lancashire, Isle of Man

Good Friday Liverpool, Lancs Burning Judas	Good Friday, Easter Tuesday and following Saturday Workington, Cumb Uppies and Downies
Easter Saturday Bacup, Lancs Nutters' Dance	Easter Monday Preston, Lancs Egg Rolling
May 1 Knutsford, Cheshire May Day Ceremonies	First Thursday in June Neston, Cheshire Club Day Procession
Saturday nearest July 2 Ambleside, Westmld Rushbearing Procession	July 5 St. Johns, Isle of Man Tynwald Ceremony
July, date usually depending on tides Peel, Isle of Man Viking Festival	Saturday nearest to August 5 Grasmere, Westmld Rushbearing Procession
Thursday nearest to August 20 Grasmere, Westmld Annual Sports	Third Saturday in September Egremont, Cumb Crab Fair
About a fortnight around October 31 Antrobus and Comberbach, Cheshire Soul-Caking Play

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Wales (Cymru)

Old New Year's Day (January 12) Cwm Gwaun, Pembroke Traditional Celebrations Llandysul, Cardigan Church Festival and pwnc chanting	March 1 All Wales St. David's Day celebrations
Monday before Easter Anglesey Easter Egg Clapping	First Week of July Llangollen, Denbigh International Musical Eisteddfod
July 31 Tenby, Pembroke St. Margaret's Fair	First week of August Different place each year Royal National Eisteddfod
Saturday of week including August 19 Cilgerran, Cardigan Coracle Race	Christmas Season Tanad Valley, Denbigh and Montgomery Welsh Carol Singing Pen-coed, Glamorgan Mari Lywd Mummers

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Southern Scotland

January 25 Scotland generally Burns Night	Around February 2 Jedburgh, Roxburgh Jeddart Ba' Game
March 1 Lanark, Lanark Whuppity Stoorie	Second week in June Dumfries, Dunfries Festival of Good Neighbours
Usually third week in June Peebles, Peebles Beltane Festival	Third week in June Melrose, Roxburgh Melrose Festival
Saturday in June depending on tides Cockenzie, East Lothian Children's Gala Day	Friday and Saturday evenings, third week in June Innerleithen, Peebles Cleiking the Devil
Last Friday in July Langholm, Dumfries Common Riding	Second week in August Queensferry, West Lothian The Burry man and Ferry Fair
Third Saturday in August Irvine, Ayr Marymass Fair

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West Highlands and Hebrides

Last Saturday in May Drumnadrochit, Inverness Piping and Dancing	First Friday and Saturday in June Aberfeldy,Perth Folk Festival
July Inverness, Inverness Durness, Sutherland Highland Games	August Fort William, Inverness Portree, Isle of Sky, Inner Hebrides Isle of Arran, Bute Highland Games
Second Thursday and Friday in September Inverness, Inverness Piping Championships	September Oban, Argyll Highland Games
First week in October Sites chosen each year National Gaelic Mod	December 31 Comrie, Perth Flambeaux Procession

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Morayshire, Nairnshire, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Angus

Evening of January 11 Burghead, Moray Burning the Clavie	Saturday nearest June 12 Aberdeen Highland Games
Usually around June 12 Aberdeen Riding of the Marches	Saturday in late June Dundee, Angus Highland Games
Usually second Saturday in July Tomintoul, Banff Highland Games	Sunday in mid-July Aikey Brae, near Old Deer, Aberdeen Aikey Fair
Fourth Saturday in August Strathdon, Aberdeen Lonach Highland Gathering and Games	Usually second week in September Braemar, Aberdeen Braemar Highland Gathering and Games
Evening of December 31 Stonehaven, Kincardine Swinging the Fireballs

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Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Caithness

Last Tuesday in January Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland Up-Helly-Aa	A Wednesday in August St. Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Boys' Ploughing Match
Christmas Day and New Year's Day Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Ba' Game

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