Middle of February: Chinese New Year celebrated in London Chinatown.
Middle of March: Cheltenham Gold Cup. First important racing of the year
Last week of March: University Boat Race. Very popular rowing competition on the Thames between Oxford and Cambridge.
Shrove Tuesday 火曜日 3月4日: Purbeck Marblers and Stonecutters Day, zamek Corfe, Dorset . Traditional soccer match played in the streets of the town.
土曜日 4月5日: Grand National Race, Aintree, Liverpool. Very difficult horse race with almost every Brion placing a bet.
Maundy Thursday 木曜日 4月17日: The queen gives alms in a cathedral.
Good Friday 金曜日 4月18日: Marbles Championship. Tinsley Green, Crawley, Sussex.
Easter Monday 月曜日 4月21日: Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle-Kicking, Hallaton, Leicestershire.
4月30日-5月3日 : Minehead Hobby Horse, Minehead, Somerset. Three days holiday based on pagan rites
木曜日 5月1日: Padstow Hobby Horse, Padstow, Cornwall
木曜日 5月8日: Helston Furry Dance, Helston Cornwall.
Early May: England Cup Finals, Wembley, London.
Spring Bank Holiday月曜日 5月26日: Monday Cheese Rolling, Brookworth, Glloucestershire. Rolling a round cheese down the slope - one of the strangest English traditions.
May-July: Glyndbourne Opera Festival, East Sussex. The greatest and most snobbish opera festival in the UK.
Turn of May: Bath International Festival. International meeting of artists from all over the world.
Last week of May: Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Londyn.
June: Aldeburgh Festival of modern music established by Benjamin Britten.
Early June: Cotswold Olympic Games, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Countryside "olympic games".
First week of June: Derby race at Epsom in Surrey. The most expensive derby in the world, Coronation Cup and Oaks.
Queen's birthday 木曜日 6月12日: Trooping the Colour, Horse Guards Parade, London.
Middle of June: Appleby Horse Fair. Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria.
middle of June: Royal Ascot, Berkshire. Famous horse race attended by the royal court
火曜日 6月24日: Midsummer Day Ritual, Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Summer solstice festival
Last week of June and first week of July: Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, London. Always sold out famous tennis tournament.
First week of July: Henley Royal Regatta, Oxfordshire. Row boats race attended by the higher class.
First week of July: Tynwald Ceremony, St Johns, Man Island.
Early July: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset. Very popular rock music festival. Worth to see.
土曜日 7月12日: Durham Miners Gala, Durham. Miners' Parade.
Middle of July: British Open Golf Championship, at various locations.
Third week of July: Swan Upping, The Thames between Sunbury and Pangbourne. Traditional counting of young swans on the Thames.
Last week of July: Royal Tournament, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Londyn. Military equipment exhibition
End of July: Cambridge Folk Festival.
End of July: Womad, Reading. Three-days world music festival.
July/early August: Promenade Concerts, Royal Albert Hall, London. Classic music concerts with Last Night of the Proms.
月曜日 8月25日 August bank holiday: Notting Hill Carnival, very loud festival of Caraibean immigrants.
月曜日 8月25日 August bank holiday: Reading Festival, Berkshire. Three-days hard rock concerts.
日曜日 8月24日: Plague Memorial, Eyam, Derbyshire.
日曜日 9月1日: Oyster Ceremony, Colchester, Essex.
Autumn: Blackpool Illuminations, Lancashire. Fireworks
月曜日 9月8日: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. Pagan dances in medieval costumes. Very famous tradition.
Turn of October: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. One of the most important in Europe.
日曜日 11月2日: London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally. Meeting of woners of the old cars and a drive from London to Brighton.
水曜日 11月5日: Guy Fawkes Night. Fireworks and bonfires commemorating the Gundpowder plot in 1605. Celebrated everywhere, but particularly noisily in Ottery St. Mary in Devon County and in Lewes in East Sussex.
Middle of November: Lord Mayors Procession and Show, City of London . A solemn parade celebrating new Mayor of London City.
水曜日 12月31日: Tar Barrels Parade, Allendale Town, Northumberland. Fireworks parade. |
