"The Dartmoor fair of the Uncle Tom Cobley song, still run on the second Tuesday of September with sheep, ponies, bale tossing and a downhill race, in a village that wears its own folk legend lightly."
Widecombe Fair
"Townsfolk hoist barrels soaked in tar and set alight onto their shoulders and run them flaming through packed Devon streets on bonfire night, a roaring, slightly terrifying inheritance passed down through local families."
Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels
Villagly Award · Fieriest Night in the UK ✦ Weird & Wonderful"A masked hobby horse and grenadiers hunt a costumed Earl through the village before casting him into the sea."
Hunting of the Earl of Rone
"A traditional one-day show on the edge of Dartmoor with livestock, horticulture and terrier racing."
Chagford Show
"A charter fair famous in Devon song, filling the stannary town's streets with stalls and rides each October."
Tavistock Goosey Fair
"A week of folk music, dance and song fills this Regency seaside town and its clifftop arena."
Sidmouth Folk Festival
"A street fair dating to a 13th century charter, once a pony fair, now stalls and rides through the Devon town."
Bampton Charter Fair