JANUARY

London Boat Show
Excel in London's Docklands

Hotels in the Docklands

23rd January 2010 - 2 day rally

Arden Grange Aviemore Sled Dog Rally Aviemore

Hotels in the Aviemore area
 

2 - 5 June  2010
Royal Bath and West Show
Shepton Mallet, Somerset

Hotels in Bath

See web for dates
Vodafone Derby (Epsom)

Tickets 01372 470047

Hotels in this area

15 - 19 June 2010
Royal Ascot - this famous meeting is being held once again at home in Berkshire.
Hotels Ascot

Saturday  June
Trooping the Colour, honours the sovereign's official birthday ( born 21 April) - Horse Guards Parade.   Each year, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family attend the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The Queen attends the ceremony to take the salute from thousands of guardsmen who parade the Queen's colour (or flag). This dates back to the earliest times of armed conflict, when each leader needed his own colours to stand out in the smoke and dust of battle. The flag was trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment.

Hotels London general

23, 24 June 2010

Lincolnshire Show

Hotels in Lincoln
 

June 2010 - promises to be a stunner, just have to work out the date.

The Royal Highland Show - Edinburgh. The highlight of the Scottish showing year.

Tickets can be obtained in advance by calling 0131-335 6236

Hotels Edinburgh

Silverstone

Hotels middle England

21 June - 4 July 2010
The 2010 Wimbledon Championships

Hotels London general

30 June - 4 July 2010
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley-on-Thames

Hotels London general

2 - 17 July 2010  see web for details
Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Ticket hotline 01242 227979

Hotels Cheltenham

4 to 7 July 2010
Royal International Agricultural Show  
Stoneleigh, Warwickshire - Showcasing the best of British food, farming and country living, the Royal opens a window on the countryside, enabling visitors to see the country’s finest display of livestock, country shopping and agri-business companies

Hotels this area

7-12 July 2009 - check web for 2010 dates
Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
East Molesey, Surrey
Hotels London general

July
Foster's British Grand Prix
Silverstone

Hotels middle England

5 - 11 July 2010
International Musical Eisteddfod
Llangollen, Clwyd

Hotels Llangollen

13 - 15 July 2010
Great Yorkshire Agricultural Show
Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Hotels Harrogate

17July  -  6 August 2010

Keswick Convention  A huge Christian event held over three weeks in the lovely Lake District-

Hotels Lakes

8 July to 11 July 2010

Barclays Scottish Open

Loch Lomond Golf Club

Hotel at Luss loch Lomond

Saturday 24 -  Friday 30 July 2010

Clan Gathering

St Andrews

Hotels in the St Andrews area

August 2010

The Tall Ships' Races - see webs for specific dates
Hartlepool

Hotels in Liverpool  Hotels in Hartlepool   Information page for North West England

Dates to be confirmed for 2010

Open Golf Championship

Carnoustie

Carnoustie Links Hotel

31 July - 2 August 2009 - 2010 date to be set

EDF Energy Bristol Harbour Festival - live music, street performances, music stages,  dance stage, street theatre and water displays, and all sorts of live entertainments. Also a Saturday Night Fireworks presentation.

Hotels in Bristol

July - August - see web for up to date dates
Glorious Goodwood - The famous July races, described by King Edward VII as 'a garden party with racing tacked on' are world renowned... the five-day Festival Meeting is a riot of colour, fashion, famous faces and spectacular hats...
Goodwood Racecourse

Hotels at Chichester

Hotels at Arundel

Hotels at Worthing

31 July - 7  Aug 2010
Skandia Cowes Week Sailing Regatta  
The Solent

Hotels south England

Hotels Shanklin

Hotels Sandown

6 - 30 August 2010
Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Hotels Edinburgh

6 - 9 August 2009 -  2010 dates to be fixed

Bristol International Balloon Festival  It's an amazing spectacle, especially the night glow and there is plenty else to see and do.

Hotels in Bristol

Hotels Edinburgh

14 - 30 August 2010

Edinburgh Book Festival

Hotels Edinburgh

13 Aug - 5 September 2010
Edinburgh International Festival

Hotels Edinburgh

Last weekend in August

Notting Hill Carnival

Hotels London general

27 - 30 August 2009 - 2010 date to be fixed

Johnnie Walker Championship

Gleneagles Hotel

Hotels in Kirkcaldy
 

For Edinburgh general events visit our Edinburgh Tour page

SEPTEMBER

Great Yorkshire Showground
Tickets: 0870 758 3333

Hotels Harrogate

Hotels Birmingham

7 - 10 October 2010

Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

St Andrews, Carnoustie & Kingsbarns

Carnoustie Links Hotel

Hotels in St Andrews

Macdonald Rusacks Hotel St Andrews
 

Masses of attractions including white knuckle rides, family rides children's
rides, games stalls, sideshows, a crafts marquee, market stalls.
Nottingham Goose Fair
Nottingham

Hotels Nottingham

NOVEMBER

Bonfire night

Craft & Hobby Fair

NEC Birmingham

Hotels Birmingham

Edinburgh Christmas Continental Market

Around 23th November to 24th December

10am to 8pm. East Princes Street Gardens

Hotels Edinburgh

DECEMBER 2009

Edinburgh Christmas Continental Market

23rd November to 23rd December (check site for date)

10am to 8pm. East Princes Street Gardens

Hotels Edinburgh

Useful sites:

RHS Flower Shows   - Dates for flower show events with RHS

British Motor Racing Circuits - All the circuits - Oulton Park, Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Goodwood, Mallory Park and more

Aeroflight - web site listing UK air shows

Heritagecities - web site with information for what's on in six cities in the UK

English Heritage  -  celebrate our English heritage - places and events in England

RSPB   -   'The RSPB is the UK charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and wildlife, helping to create a better world for us all..'

National Trust

Historic Houses Association

Treefest Scotland - All about trees, love them and hug them - events for all.

The Booth Want to know what's happening at theatres in the north of Scotland - buy tickets on-line, save queuing.

Highland Games in Scotland. Toss the caber, tug-o-war -it's all fun.

Attraction Bank  for lots of different attractions throughout the UK.

Sheffield Events Listings  comedy night, bonfire night - see what else is on in Sheffield

Hotels in the UK Hotel chains and groups in the UK

Odds and sods:

NEC -  bags of events held in Birmingham - it is at the hub of the UK motorway network, enabling visitors to travel directly from the M6, M1, M40 and M42. The M6 Toll offers reliably shorter journey times through the West Midlands. It runs between Junctions 4 and 11 of the M6, and there is easy access to The NEC from Junction T1 of the toll road. The NEC has its own on-site car parks while the city-centre venues are served by a car park at The NIA and others in the immediate vicinity