[ May 31, 2010; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] www.surreycountyshow.co.uk/county_show/2010_show.html
Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey

Adults £11 in advance; £14 on the day
Seniors £8 in advance; £10 on the day
Children 5-16 in advance £4.50; on the day £6
car parking free

[ May 29, 2010 to May 30, 2010. ] www.hertsshow.com/hertscountyshow.phpHertfordshire County Showground, Redbourn, Herts
free parking
Adults: £11.60 in advance, £14.50 on day
Seniors: £10 in advance, £12.50 on day
Children: £5.20 in advance, £6.50 on day

[ December 4, 2010 9:00 am to December 5, 2010 4:00 pm. ] www.seas.org.uk/shows.asp?ID=4South of England Centre, Ardingly, West Sussex
free parking
Adults £2.50
Children/Seniors £2

[ October 2, 2010; ] www.seas.org.uk/shows.asp?ID=3South of England Centre, Ardingly, West Sussex
Free parking

[ June 10, 2010 to June 12, 2010. ] www.seas.org.uk/shows.asp?ID=2free parking
South of England Centre, Ardingly, West Sussex
Adults £16; in advance £14
Seniors £12; in advance £10
Children under 16 £5; in advance £4

[ May 2, 2010 9:00 am to May 3, 2010 5:00 pm. ] www.seas.org.uk/shows?id=1South of England Centre Ardingly, West Sussex
free parking
Adults £7, in advacnce £6.50
Seniors £5, in advance £4.50
Children £3, in advance £2.50

[ May 1, 2010 10:00 am to May 3, 2010 5:30 pm. ] http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/leisureandculture/artsandentertainment/parksevents/Bath+Spring+Flower+Show.htm
Royal Victoria Park, Bath
Adults £7.50 (in advance £6.50)
Seniors £5 (in advance £4)
Children free

[ May 1, 2010; ] www.saltashmayfair.co.ukSaltash, Cornwall
Free
Revived in 1978
A celebration of the local community

[ May 8, 2010; ] www.helstonfloraday.org.uk
Helston, Cornwall
Free
Begins early with dancing starting at 7am

[ May 1, 2010; ] no official website
Padstow, Cornwall,
Free
Obby Oss day is thought to celebrate the old celtic festival of Beltane. Traditionally it starts at midnight with dancing starting about 11am

[ April 24, 2010; 10:00 am; ] www.trevithick-day.org.ukCamborne, Cornwall.
Free
dancing, street entertainment and the steam parade

[ June 19, 2010 to June 25, 2010. ] www.broadstairsdickensfestival.co.ukBroadstairs, Kent
starts on the Saturday with an all day bazaar and parade and winds up on the 25th with a collectors toy fair.

[ May 1, 2010 to May 3, 2010. ] www.medway.gov.uk/sweepsfestivalThe Jack-in-the-Green ceremony which awakens the 7 feet tall giant leads on to folk dancing, music, parades and stalls

[ April 4, 2010 to April 5, 2010. April 4, 2010 to April 5, 2010. ] www.thedockyard.co.uk
Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent
Adult £12.50; Both days £16
Seniors £10; both days £14
Children £8; both days £12
This the fundraising event for the Trust

UPDATE: Due to the election and the rush by the government to get legislation through, this tax alteration has been dropped. That’s not to say it may not be reintroduced if Labour wins the election but, for the time being, things remain as they are.
Unless you own property that is used as a holiday letting, you may not be aware of the new tax rules that come into being from April 6th. A lot of owners are giving serious consideration to selling up or stopping making their cottages and houses available as holiday lets so there could be a shortage available in the future.
What has brought this about?

[ May 7, 2010 to May 9, 2010. ] www.tredegarhousefolk.ik.comNear Newport, Gwent

[ April 2, 2010 to April 18, 2010. April 2, 2010 to April 18, 2010. ] www.wildlifefestival.org.uk
most events are free. locations throughout the area

[ April 15, 2010 to April 18, 2010. April 15, 2010 to April 18, 2010. ] www.scarboroughliteraturefestival.co.uk
tickets from the Scarborough Toiurist Information Centre, Brunswick Centre, Scarborough,

[ April 22, 2010 to April 25, 2010. ] www.flowershow.org.ukGreat Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.
22-24th April: £14 (in advance £12 + 70p transaction charge)
25th April £12 (in advance £10 + 70p transaction charge)

[ April 5, 2011; ] There is no official website.
It takes place each Easter Monday with the Leicestershire villages of Hallaton and Medbourne.
Dating back at least 200 years, after a church service, the pie is cut and distributed. Then 3 barrels (called bottles) are fought over in a football type match where the goalposts are two opposing streams a mile [...]

[ April 3, 2010; 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] www.cocnutters.co.uk
Bacup, Lancashire
At least for the past 150 years, each Easter saturday, the costumed dancers go from one end of the town to the other accompanied by the Stacksteads Silver Band

[ April 10, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 3:30 pm. April 10, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 3:30 pm. ] www.lancashirefoodfestival.co.uk
Town Hall, Accrington, Lancashire
£1 Adults, children free

[ April 18, 2010 to April 26, 2010. ] www.visitledbury.co.uk/fest23.htmlLedbury, Herefordshire
9 days of events wrapped around St George’s Day

[ May 1, 2010; ] The students of Aberdeen University take to the streets of the city with over 50 floats and 2000 students. The parade, the 87th, ends the first week of Charities Fortnight, and used to be used to raise money for the local hospital. Now local charities benefit

[ April 9, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 6:00 pm. April 9, 2010 10:00 am to April 11, 2010 6:00 pm. ] http://www.exeterfoodanddrinkfestival.co.uk/
Exeter Castle and Northernhay Gardens

[ May 30, 2010 to June 3, 2010. ] www.muncaster.co.uk/festival-fools-20105 days of fun as jesters, clowns and street entertainers appeal to both adults and children. At the climax, the Fool of Muncaster is crowned.
Muncaster Castle, Muncaster, Ravenglass, Cumbria

[ April 1, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] www.muncaster.co.uk/node/287Muncaster Castle, Muncaster, Cumbria.
Events through the afternoon in celebration of what the rest of us know as April Fool’s Day. Amost a children’s version of the 5 day Festival of Fools that takes place at the end of May/beginning of June

[ April 30, 2010; ] http://www.porthlevenfoodfestival.co.uk/most events take place on the Saturday including the Young People’s Festival