A non-commercial listing of hundreds of amazing events - many free.
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These picture galleries are in approximate month order. For more information, please see the main Free-Events page.
The www.free-events.co.uk website lists hundreds of events in the UK. Many make ideal family days out and holiday ideas, whilst others are more adventurous, colorful, exciting, and even eccentric or quirky. We include carnivals and parades, firework displays, music festivals, county agricultural shows, pet shows, village fates, sporting events, air shows, boat shows and many charity events. You will find event descriptions, dates, times and locations, and links to further information - blue for external information, red for internal pages with event descriptions and photographs. The main page lists brief descriptions of events in date order for the year ahead. If you would like your event considered for inclusion, please see the contacts page. |
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January
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London
New
Years Day
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Arun Divers Charity Leap |
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London Twelfth Night |
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London
Icesculpting Festival
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Bolney
Wassail
Video: Procession Orchard Dancing
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Bracknell Wassail |
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Hartley Wintney Wassail |
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Pentacle
Wassail, Nr Eastbourne Video: Procession Orchard Dancing |
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Thames Path Ultra [archived event] |
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Firle Wassail [archived event] |
February
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Waitangi Pub Crawl, London |
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Marsden
Imbolc Festival
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London Chinese
New Year
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Slaithwaite
Moonraking
Video Music1 Music2 Procession
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Barnardo's
Big 5km
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Brighton Half
Marathon
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Maslenitsa Russian Festival, London |
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March
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Cardiff St Davids Day |
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Bath
Half Marathon
|
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Bognor Clowns Parade [archived event] |
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Sport Relief 1 Mile |
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Nuts Challenge - Dorking |
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London St Patricks Day
Video 2014: Parade
Trafalgar
Square |
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Brent St Patricks Day [archived event] |
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Reading
Half Marathon
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Horsham Piazza Italia |
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Head of the River London |
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The Boat Race |
April
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Bolney
Pram Race
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Sharrow Lantern Carnival
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Brighton Marathon |
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Gumball Rally |
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Southampton Vaisakhi |
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London Marathon
|
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Powerboat
& Rib Show, Porsmouth
[archived event]
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London Amateur Radio Show |
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Superheroes Challenge |
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Bracknell Half Marathon |
May
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Chobham Carnival |
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Boishakhi
Mela, London
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Brighton Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day |
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Periplum, Brighton [archived event] |
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Hastings Jack In The Green |
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Rochester Sweeps Festival |
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Lewes Garland Day |
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Eastbourne Magnificent Motors |
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London Canalway Cavalcade |
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Hastings1066Bike Festival & May Day Run
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Spalding Flower Parade [archived event] |
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Downton Cuckoo Fair |
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Kingston May Merrie |
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Harness Horse Parade |
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Rickmansworth Festival |
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Dunstable Amateur Radio Boot Sale |
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Battle of Lewes |
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Brockworth Cheese Rolling |
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Tetbury Wool Sack Races |
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Birmingham Pride |
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Cotswold Olimpicks |
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Luton Carnival |
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Reading Community Carnival [archived event] |
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June
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Epsom
Derby
Video - Party at the Music Stage 2010
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Camden Green Fair & Bike Fest [archived event] |
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London Carnival de Cuba [archived event] |
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Cambridge Strawberry Fair |
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Willow
Festival, Peterborough Video |
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Race
For Life, Hyde Park Video |
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Diamond Jubilee Concert Big Screens Hyde Park [archived event] |
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Kemptown Carnival Brighton |
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London Paradise Gardens [archived event] |
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London West End Live |
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London Gladstonbury Park Funday |
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Lewes Raft Race
|
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Tottenham Carnival |
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Bognor Proms in the Park |
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Newbury Amateur Radio Boot Sale |
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Twickenham Carnival |
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London Brighton
Bike
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Salisbury Festival |
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Maidenhead Carnival |
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2013 Video: Start Old Steine |
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Adur Beach Dreams |
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Stonehenge Summer Solstice |
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Medway Fuse Festival |
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Royal Ascot Races |
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Hovercraft Championships |
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Pangbourne Village Fete |
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Leigh Folk Festival |
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World
City Music Village, Clissold Park
|
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Cowes Round The Island Race |
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Bracknell Big Day Out |
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Greenwich
Festival
2011 Video: Les Girafes |
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Chichester Festivities Night Carnival |
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Portsmouth Festivities |
July
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Bristol St Paul's Carnival |
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Henley Regatta |
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Winchester Hat Fair |
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2013 Video Parade Trafalgar Square Previous Videos: Parade Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square Fountain |
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Aldershot Military Show |
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Brighton Paddle Round The Pier |
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Norwich Mayors Celebration
Video Chapelfield Gardens Music
|
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Bedford River Festival |
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Godiva Festival |
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Brighton Carnival [Event not current]
|
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London Pleasure Gardens - Silo-D Fireworks [archived event] |
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More London - Free Events at The Scoop |
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Basingstoke Live |
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Bermondsey Beat |
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Lewisham Peoples Day |
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Uckfield Festival |
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Thanet
Pride, Margate
|
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Newport Main Carnival IOW |
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Crowthorne Carnival |
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McMichael Radio Rally |
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Ealing Summer Festivals |
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Bupa Great Runs |
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Lambeth Country Show |
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Eastbourne Extreme |
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War and Peace |
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Hastings
Pirate Day
Video: Procession Music Stage |
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London Rise Festival [archived event] |
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Maidstone River Festival |
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Swanage Carnival |
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Bognor Rox Festival |
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Bristol Ashton Court Festival [archived event] |
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London Pakistan Festival |
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Crawley Mela |
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London Diaspora Music Village [archived event] |
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Worthing Rod & Custom |
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Croydon Summer Festival [archived event] |
August
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Video: 2012 Parade 2013 Parade
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Balloons Over Basingstoke [archived event] |
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Eastbourne Airbourne |
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London Klezfest in the Park |
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London Carnaval del Pueblo |
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Cardiff Festival |
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Cowes
Week
Video: Music Stage 1 Music Stage 2 Fireworks
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Margate
Carnival
Video: Parade
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Hastings
Old Town Carnival
|
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Bristol Balloon
Fiesta
2013 Video |
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Arundel
Festival
2013 Video, Procession
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Arundel Bathtub Race |
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Plymouth Firework Championships |
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Northampton Balloon |
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World Triathlon, London |
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Pride
Swindon
|
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Richmond On The Edge Festival |
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Southend Carnival |
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Bournmouth
Air Festival
|
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Worthing Birdman Rally |
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Go Fast Speed Days, Eastbourne [archived event] |
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London Mela |
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Notting Hill Panorama |
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Notting
Hill Carnival
Video1 Video2 Video3 Video4 Video5
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The Great Dorset Steam Fair |
September
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St Giles Fair, Oxford |
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A list of the Bonfire Societies.
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Uckfield Bonfire |
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Women's
5k Hyde
Park
|
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British Duck Race |
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London Hyde Park Last Night of the Proms |
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Ace Motorcycle
Run
|
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London
Great
River Race
|
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National Speed Trials, Brighton
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Tour of Britain Cycle |
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London Thames Festival |
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Skyride |
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Kingston Carnival |
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Bristol Kite Festival |
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Mayfield
Bonfire
|
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Bewl
Barrel Race
|
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London Taivstock Festival |
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White Air Extreme, Brighton [archived event] |
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London Gorilla Run |
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Pride Reading |
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Ryde Illuminated Carnival |
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Crowborough Bonfire |
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Yellow Umbrella Day |
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La Machine Liverpool [archived event] |
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Burnham Carnival |
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Burgess Hill Bonfire
Video: Procession Fireworks Bonfire |
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The Bristol Do [archived event] |
October
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Rotherfield
Bonfire
Video: 2013 Fireworks 2012 Procession |
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Eastbourne Bonfire |
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Brent
Diwali
Videos: Procession Fireworks |
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Video: Procession Bonfire Fireworks Ninfield Bonfire
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Hastings Bonfire
Video: 2012 Procession 2013 Fireworks |
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Illminster Carnival |
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Fletching Bonfire
Video: Procession Bagpipes Fireworks |
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Nevill Bonfire |
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London Diwali |
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London 10k Nike Run [archived event] |
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Wimbledon Road Race |
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Abingdon Marathon |
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Newick Bonfire
2013 Video: Bonfire
Bishop & Fireworks Late
Procession |
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Firle Bonfire
|
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Clapham Common Fireworks |
November
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Gunwharf Quays Firework Display, Portsmouth |
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London
to Brighton Veteran Car Run
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London Radio & Electronics |
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Wells Carnival |
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Lewes
Bonfire
2013 Video: Procession
Procession
2 Waterloo
Fireworks
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Brockham Bonfire & Fireworks |
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London Lord Mayors Parade |
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East Hoathly Bonfire
Video: Procession Fireworks |
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Bridgewater Carnival |
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Weston-S-Mare Carnival |
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Robertsbridge
Bonfire
Video 2012: Procession Fireworks Video 2013: Procession Fireworks
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Barcombe Bonfire |
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Oxford Lantern Procession & Christmas Lights |
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Devizes
Christmas Festival
Video Parade
Fireworks
Fire
Jugglers |
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Bracknell Christmas Lights |
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Mayfield
Blacksmiths
[archived event]
|
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Wokingham Winter
Carnival
2013 Video: Bagpipes Procession |
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Henley Christmas Festival |
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Calne Lantern Parade |
December
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Rottingdean
Smugglers Night
Video: Procession Fireworks |
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Reading Toy Run |
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London Hyde Park Winter Wonderland |
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London Frost Fair [archived event] |
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Brighton Burning
The Clocks
Video Procession Fireworks
|
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Windlesham Pram
Race
|
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Maldon
Mud Race
|
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London New
Years Eve
2014 Video
2013 Video: Dancing
Revelers
Fireworks
Auld
Lang Syne |