Events in Britain - 2007
These are just some of the major events taking place in England, Scotland and Wales during 2007:
through October 28
Dollar Princesses Exhibition - The American Museum
Calverton Manor, Bath, England
through January 20 2008
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection - Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace
London, England
through October 28
The Gardens of Surprise - Burghley House
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
through September 25
Buckingham Palace Summer Opening - Buckingham Palace
London, England
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SEPTEMBER
September 1
Braemar Royal Highland Gathering
Royal Deeside, Scotland
September 2
The Great British Duck Race - River Thames, near Hampton Court
Surrey, England
September 6 - 9
English Heritage Open Days
throughout England
September 7 - 9
Ludlow Marshes Food & Drink Festival
Ludlow, Shropshire, England
September 8 - 24
Wirksworth Festival
Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
September 9
World Black Pudding Throwing Championships - The Royal Oak
Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire
September 12 - 15
St Ledger Race Meeting
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
September 13
Westmorland County Show - Lane Farm
Crooklands, Kendal, Cumbria, England
September 15 - 16
Abergavenny Food Festival - Town of Abergavenny
Abergavenny, Wales
September 15 2007 - March 30 2008
Henry Moore at Kew Gardens - Kew Gardens
London, England
September 15 - October 7
Rugby World Cup - Millennium Stadium
Cardiff, Wales
September 15 - 25
The London Design Festival 2007 - various
London, England
September 20 - 24
Chelsea Antiques Fair
London, England
September 21 - 30
York Festival of Food and Drink
York, England
September 21 - 30
Jane Austen Festival
Bath, England
September 22 - 29
Tenby Arts Festival
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
September 27
Behind the Scenes - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Glasgow, Scotland
September 28 - October 14
Highland Feast Food & Drink Festival
Highlands, Scotland
September 28 - 30
Nantwich Food and Drink Festival
Nantwich, Cheshire, England
September 30
Great North Run
Newcastle to South Shields, North East England
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OCTOBER
October 4 - 14
Manchester Literature Festival
Manchester, England
October 5 - 14
Cowal Walking and Arts Festival
Cowal Peninsula, Argyll, Scotland
October 12 - 14
Zoo Art Fair (TBC) - London Zoo
London, England
October 13 - November 11
Glasgay!
Glasgow, Scotland
October 13
Sleepovers at Kew - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
London, England
October 14
World Conker Championships
Ashton, Northamptonshire, England
October 15 - 21
Newcastle Gateshead Comedy Festival
Newcastle Gateshead, England
October 18 - 29
Manchester Comedy Festival (TBC)
Manchester, England
October 18 - 21
Falmouth Oyster Festival 2007
Falmouth, Cornwall, England
October 19 2007 - January 13 2008
Turner Prize - Tate Liverpool
Liverpool, England
October 19 - November 4
The Enchanted Forest (TBC) - Faskally Forest
near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland
October 20 - 22
In The City
Manchester, England
October 20 2007 - January 27 2008
A passion for British Art, 1700*1850: Paul Mellon's Legacy - The Royal Academy of Arts
London, England
October 20 - 21
Llangollen Food Festival
Llangollen, Wales
October 22 - 28
Muncaster Halloween Week - Muncaster Castle
Ravenglass, Cumbria, England
October 23 - 25
Tyneside Irish Festival
Newcastle, England
October 26 - 27
York Ghost Festival (TBC)
York, England
October 27
Glenfiddich Piping Championship
Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
October 27 - November 9
Dylan Thomas Festival - Dylan Thomas Centre
Swansea, Wales
October 27 - 28
Spooky Halloween Wizard Weekend (TBC)
South Oxfordshire
October 27 - 28
Cowbridge Food & Drink Festival
Cowbridge, Wales
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NOVEMBER
November 1 - 30
Bath Mozart Festival 2007
Bath, England
November 4
London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
London to Brighton, England
November 9 - 25
Wirral International Guitar Festival
Liverpool, England
November 10
The Lord Mayor's Show
City of London, London, England
November 11
Remembrance Sunday - service and parade
London, England
November 15 - 22
Northern Lights Film Festival (TBC) - Tyneside Cinema
Newcastle Gateshead, North East England
November 15 - December 20
Manchester European Christmas Markets
Manchester, England
November 15 2007 - January 6 2008
Cardiff's Winter Wonderland
Cardiff, Wales
November 17 - 18
Boss Sounds Reggae Festival 2007 (TBC)
Newcastle Gateshead, North East England
November 21 2007 - January 27 2008
Christmas Ice Rink (TBC) - Somerset House
London, England
November 23 - December 2
International Motorcycle & Scooter Show - NEC Birmingham
Birmingham, England
November 24 - December 16
Castle Howard: The Family Home at Christmas - Castle Howard
near York, England
November 24 - 25
Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival
Ulverston, The Lake District, England
November 29 - December 24
Edinburgh's Christmas
Edinburgh, Scotland
November 29 - December 2
Wales Rally GB
Cardiff, Wales and South & Mid Wales
November 29 - December 9
Bath Christmas Market
Bath, England
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DECEMBER
December 5 - 7
Tatton by Candlelight - Tatton Park
Cheshire, England
December 7 - 12
Clothes Show Live (TBC) - Birmingham NEC
Birmingham, England
December 7
Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree (TBC) - Trafalgar Square
London, England
December 12 - 22
Spitalfields Festival
London, England
December 15
Grassington Dickensian Festival (TBC)
Grassington, North Yorkshire
December 17 - 23
The London International Horse Show - Olympia
London, England
December 20
River of Light Lantern Parade
Caerphilly, Wales
December 26
Boxing Day - Tenby Boxing Day Swim
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
December 29 2007 - January 1 2008
Edinburgh's Hogmanay - various
throughout Edinburgh, Scotland
December 31
New Year's Eve / Hogmanay
throughout Britain
December 31
Stonehaven Fireball Festival
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland