Corby Glen Sheep Fair
A charter sheep fair held every October since 1238 in this south Lincolnshire village.
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"Five thousand people explore old cabins, dilapidated buildings and woodland in a forgotten Lincolnshire village over August Bank Holiday, soundtracked by international house, techno and electronica with fire-cooked banquets in the forest."
Lost Village Festival
"One of England's finest stone towns fills its streets with stalls for its Christmas market each November, where Georgian and limestone architecture provides a festive backdrop that has been drawing visitors and film crews to Stamford for generations."
Stamford Christmas Market
"A vast rolling rugby scrum, the sway, pushes a leather hood to one of four pubs, a custom said to be 700 years old."
Haxey Hood
✦ Weird and Wonderful"A 700-year-old Lincolnshire custom where a leather tube is wrestled by hundreds of villagers toward one of four pubs, preceded by a Fool being smoked over a fire and the Lord of the Hood making proclamations in the church."
Haxey Hood Game
✦ Weird and Wonderful"A 12-acre restored Lincolnshire garden fills with carpets of snowdrops each February, drawing visitors through a yew tunnel and along the River Witham as the first winter blooms of the year emerge."
Easton Walled Gardens Snowdrop Season
"A revival of Spalding's tulip-country tradition dating to 1959, where volunteer-built floats covered in thousands of fresh tulip heads parade 2.94 miles through the town accompanied by marching bands and entertainers."
Spalding Flower Parade
"More than 100 craft and food stalls fill the Great Court of Chatsworth House for five weeks each winter, set against one of England's grandest country houses with the Peak District as backdrop and the illuminated light trail running after dark."
Chatsworth Christmas Market
"England's smallest county town fills its compact market square and the surrounding lanes with stalls each November, a Christmas market in a place most of England has never found that rewards those who do with independent shops and a genuinely unspoiled market town atmosphere."
Uppingham Christmas Market
"On two consecutive Fridays in late November and early December, Broadway's honey-stone High Street stays open until 8.30pm with Christmas lights, live music, mulled wine, street entertainers, and pony sleigh rides drawing festive crowds to the village."
Broadway Late Night Christmas Shopping
"This steep, stone-built Peak District town strings up its lights, gathers carol singers and even brings alpacas to its farmers and craft market."
Wirksworth Christmas Weekend
"Rummage for vintage finds inside the historic Town Hall of one of England's smallest towns, with a veg stall tucked out front."
Bishop's Castle Antiques and Flea Market
"Fifty-plus stalls of crafts and provisions spill across the Village Green while young local entrepreneurs hawk their wares and buskers play."
Ruddington Village Market