Calendar of Key Events
Covering Hunstanton, Heacham and the surrounding villages 

 

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 Last Up-dated: January 2010

 

Throughout the year

King’s Lynn Town Guides Guided Walks

No advance booking necessary.  All walks start at 2pm, every:

Tuesday        June to October

Friday            May to September

Saturday       May to October

Bank Holiday Mondays     May and August

Evening walks every Monday at 7pm, throughout June & July (check for details)

Tel: 01553 763044

 

February

Throughout     Lambing Snettisham Park Tel: 01485 542425

13 – 27           King’s Lynn Mart Tel: 01553 763044

March

12 – 14           King’s Lynn Fiction Festival Tel: 01553 691661 (weekdays)

19                    St Winnold’s Day Celebrations Downham Market Tel: 01366 387770

20                    Classical concert Holkham Hall featuring pianist Bengt Forsberg. www.holkham.co.uk

25 – April       Lambing Snettisham Park Tel: 01485 542425

April

Throughout     Lambing Snettisham Park Tel: 01485 542425

1 – 3               The Veranda Resort Burnham Market Horse Trials Sussex Farm Tel: 08707 879986

3                      Easter Fun Day The Walks King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 616366

3 – 5               Easter Trail Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

3 – 5               Easter Trail, Peckover House Tel: 01945 583463

5                      Morris Dancing The King’s Morris dancing at Snettisham, Heacham & Thornham Tel: 01553 768930

9 – 11             Craft Fair, Sandringham Tel: 01283 820548

17                    Knights, Damsels and Dragons Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

23                    St George’s Day Celebrations Downham Market Tel: 01366 387770

24                    Classical concert Holkham Hall featuring pianist Julius Drake. www.holkham.co.uk

May

1                      King’s Lynn May Garland Procession Tel: 01553 768930

1                      Primula Auricula Day West Acre Gardens Tel: 01760 755562

2                      Bespak Grand East Anglia Run Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 763044

2 – 3               Craft Fair Bircham Windmill Tel: 01485 578393

3                      Morris Dancing ‘The King’s Morris’ dancing at Burnham Thorpe and Wells-next-the-Sea Tel: 01553 768930

9                      Garden Show & Craft Fair Elgood’s Brewery Tel: 01945 583160

15                    International Hanse Day King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 763044

15                    Free Open Day Trues Yard Museum King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 770479

22                    Wild about the Wensum Pensthorpe Tel: 01328 851465

27 – 30           Subaru Houghton International Horse Trials Houghton Hall Tel: 08707 879986

29                    Plant Lovers’ Day Creake Abbey Studios Tel: 07801 418907

30                    Brancaster Midsummer Music Concert Brancaster Church Tel: 01485 210 527

30 – 31           Country Days Bircham Windmill Tel: 01485 578393

30 – 6 June    Downham Market Festival Tel: 01366 387770

31                    Downham Market Carnival Tel: 01366 387770

31                    Morris Dancing The King’s Morris, dancing at Burnham Market, Brancaster Staithe and Wells-next-the-Sea Tel: 01553 768930

June

5 – 6               Gardening & Food Fair Pensthorpe Tel: 01328 851465

6                      Fun Day The Walks King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 616366

19 – 20           Boys and their Toys Weekend Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

22 – 23           Hunstanton Dance Festival The Princess Theatre Tel: 01485 532252

24 – 25           Hunstanton Festival Shows The Princess Theatre Tel: 01485 532252

 

25 June          Brancaster Midsummer Music Concert Houghton Hall Tel: 01485 210 527

26                    Festival Too Opening Night King’s Lynn Also see July Tel: 01485 517928

26 – 27           Orchid Weekend Pensthorpe Tel: 01328 851465           

27                    Annual Cacti Show Eau Brink Cactus Nursery Tel: 01553 617635

27                    Hunstanton Carnival Tel: 01485 535440

30 – 3 July      Rose Fair, Peckover House Tel: 01945 583463

July

2-3, 9-10        Festival Too King’s Lynn Tel: 01485 517928

3 – 10             Hunstanton & District Open Bowls Tournament Tel: 01553 818015

7 – 11             Hunstanton Drama Festival Tel: 01353 740477

9                      ‘Robin Hood’ Outdoor Theatre Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

9 – 11             Lifestyles Festival Hunstanton Tel: 01553 818018

10                    Brancaster Midsummer Music Concert Thornham Church Tel: 01485 210 527

10                    Burnham’s Flower Show & Carnival Tel: 01328 730778

10 – 11           Not Just a Woolly Weekend Church Farm Stow Bardolph Tel: 01366   382162

10 – 11           Lavender Festival Norfolk Lavender Tel: 01485 570384

17                    World Snail Racing Championships Congham Tel: 01485 600650

18 – 31           King’s Lynn Festival Tel: 01553 767557

19 – 29 Aug   Summer Season at The Princess Theatre Hunstanton Tel: 01485 532252

24 – 25           Medieval Weekend Castle Rising Castle Tel: 01553 631330

28                    Sandringham Flower Show Tel: 01485 541451

30 – 2 Aug     Old Hunstanton Flower Festival Tel: 01485 535951

August

1                      Heacham Carnival Tel: 01485 572142

8                             Downham Market Water Festival Tel: 01366 387770

13 – 15           Craft Fair, Sandringham Tel: 01283 820548

14                    Exotic Plants Day West Acre Gardens Tel: 01760 755562

14 – 15           Archery Weekend Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

14 – 15           Medieval Weekend Castle Rising Castle Tel: 01553 631330

21                    Burnham Market Craft Fair Tel: 01328 738503

24 – 25           Medieval Weekend Castle Rising Castle Tel: 01553 631330

15 – 21           Hunstanton Lawn Tennis Tournament Tel: 01485 541431

22                          Houghton by Candlelight Houghton Hall Tel: 01485 528569

22                    Hunstanton Kite Festival Tel: 01485 535333

28 – 30           Medieval Spectacular Pensthorpe Tel: 01328851465

29 – 30           Medieval Weekend Castle Rising Castle Tel: 01553 631330

September

2 – 12             North Norfolk Music Festival Tel: 01328 730357

5                      Garden Show & Craft Fair Elgood’s Brewery Tel: 01945 583160

11 – 12           Game and Country Fair Sandringham Tel: 01283 820548

11 – 12           Farriery Weekend Church Farm Stow Bardolph Tel: 01366 382162

12                    Massed Morris Dancing in Thornham The King’s Morris

                        Tel: 01553 768930

12                    Heritage Open Day King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 763044

18                    Classical concert Holkham Hall featuring tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis. www.holkham.co.uk

24 – 26           King’s Lynn Poetry Festival Tel: 01553 691661 (weekdays)

25 – 26           Living History Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

October

9                      Classical concert Holkham Hall featuring countertenor Michael Chance. www.holkham.co.uk

28                    Things that go Bump in the Night Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

29                    Halloween Event Downham Market Tel: 01366 387770

November

5                      Bonfire Night in The Walks, King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 616366

6                      Classical concert Holkham Hall featuring the London Haydn Quartet. www.holkham.co.uk

13 – 14           Festival of Swans WWT Welney Tel: 01353 860711

26 – 28           East Anglia Soul Weekend Searles Hunstanton Tel: 01485 534211

26 – 28           Craft Fair, Sandringham Tel: 01283 820548

December

11 – 13           A Christmas Celebration, Peckover House Tel: 01945 583463

15                    A Medieval Christmas Oxburgh Hall Tel: 01366 328258

18 – 19           Christmas Carols in The Walks King’s Lynn Tel: 01553 616366

25                    Christmas Day Swim, Hunstanton Tel: 01485 532610

26                    Morris Dancing on Boxing Day The King’s Morris, dancing at South Wootton Tel: 01553 768930

 

Holiday Dates
     

FEBRUARY

  15th Spring -  Half Term School Holidays Start
   19th Spring -  Schools Return to Complete Spring Term
     

MARCH

March through April

 Easter -  End of Term - School Easter Holidays Start
     

APRIL

 

 Summer -  Schools Return to Commence Summer Term
  Fri 10th Public Holiday - Good Friday
  Sun 12th Public Holiday - Easter Sunday
  Mon 13th Public Holiday - Easter Monday
     

MAY

 Mon 4th Public Holiday - Early May Bank Holiday
 

Mon 31st

 Public Holiday - May Spring Bank Holiday
  Mon 31st Summer -  School Half Term Holidays Start
     

JUNE

  4th Summer -  Schools Return to Complete Summer Term
     

JULY

  Fri 23rd Summer -  School Closes for Summer School Holidays
     

AUGUST

Mon 31st

 Public Holiday - Late August Bank Holiday
     

SEPTEMBER

   Autumn -  Schools Return to Start Autumn Term
     
     

OCTOBER

   Autumn -  School Half Term Holiday Starts
     

NOVEMBER

   Autumn -  Schools Return to Complete Autumn Term
     
DECEMBER

25th

 Public Holiday - Christmas Day
  25th Hunstanton - Christmas Day Swim - fancy dress charity swim Tel: 01485 532543
 

26th

 Public Holiday - Boxing Day
     

 
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