Weather Tip: If you arrive in April, plan on changeable weather. Bring layered clothing and some wet weather gear -- including shoes that can take the mud.
Music Festivals
- Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music Festival - Top jazz acts and loads of free music in Cheshire.
- Isle of Wight Jazz Festival - World class performers. Cool Jazz in England's Deep South.
Food and Drink
- The English Riviera Cream Tea Festival A scrumptious celebration of all things English on the pretty Devon coast.
- Tucker's Maltings Beer Festival - Beer tasting in a real Victorian malthouse.
- East Anglian Beer Festival - a four-day annual tasting festival to highlight the best East Anglian beers.
Sports
- The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race - One of rowing's great challenges and a festive day out in London
- The Grand National - The greatest Steeplechase race in the world.
- The London Marathon
- St. Andrews Golf Week Six days of golf in Scotland on the courses where the sport was invented.
Heritage
- Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering - A festival of the ancient folk traditions of Northeast England.
- Shakespeare's Birthday at the Globe - A three day festival at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
- Shakespeare's Birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon - More Shakespeare celebrations in the Bard's hometown.
- The Beltane Fire Festival - Edinburgh's Celtic welcome to the summertime.
Arts and Flowers
- The Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival A weekend of witty - and free - events with internationally famous cartoonists.
- RHS Cardiff Flower Show The start of the flower show season in England
- The Harrogate Spring Flower Show - Tulips, hostas and 100 nurserymen in the North of England
Hobbyists and Anoraks
- Edinburgh International Science Festival - Twelve days of non-stop science fun for the whole family.
- The Scottish National Modelling Championship
