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MARCH

Oxford / Cambridge boat race
Late March


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APRIL

Date variable each year, ALL England

Easter


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MAY

Late May
two week Bath International Festival, Bath

Late May
England Chelsea Flower Show, London

Last Monday on the May bank holiday weekend
Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire, Coopers Hill

Glastonbury Festival


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JUNE


Mid June
England Royal Ascot horse races, Ascot, London

Beginning mid June for 2 weeks
London Wimbledon tennis tournament. They are held every year and run for two weeks beginning in mid to late June with the finals (usually) held over the first weekend in July. Wimbledon is a twenty minute train journey from central London. For further information www.wimbledon.org

Late June
Glastonbury music festival takes place at Worthy Farm, Pilton, eight miles from Glastonbury. Glastonbury is a four and a quarter hour bus journey from London.

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JULY

Respect Festival
an Anti-racism and Multicultural Festival. This annual event has been held in July, for the past 2 years in various parks around London in 2004 in Victoria Park, Hackney.

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AUGUST

August bank holiday weekend
Notting Hill Carnival - Europe's largest street party.


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SEPTMBER



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OCTOBER


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NOVEMBER

1 November
England All Saints' Day (religious festival)

11 November, All England
Armistice Day (ceremonies, closures)


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DECEMBER

25 December, Christmas Day

All England


31 December, New years Eve, all England

National holidays include:
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Early May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday late May, Summer Bank Holiday late August, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Bank holidays.
Good Friday 25 Mar


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