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What's On in 2008
APRIL
19th April Damson Day at Low Farm, Lyth Valley 015395 68479 |
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JUNE
6th - 8th June Windermere on the Water - Events on
and around Windermere (01539 40020)
www.wow2008.co.uk
7th & 8th June Barrow Festival of the Sea (01229 876505)
www.barrowtourism.co.uk
14th June Edwardian Festival, Grange-over-Sands
(015395 35453)
14th & 15th June North West Fine Food Lovers Festival. County
Showground, Crooklands, Nr. Kendal
(01695 732734)
20th & 21st June Kendal Book Fair, Brewery Arts Centre
(01768 342748) |
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JULY
5th July Ambleside Rushbearing Ambleside (015394 33433)
12th July Grasmere Rushbearing Grasmere (015394 35318)
12 & 13th July The Lakeland Rose Show, County Showfield,
Crooklands, Kendal (01229 584926)
www.lakelandroseshow.co.uk
17th July Cartmel Races,
The Park, Cartmel
www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk (015395 36340)
20th July Coniston Country Fair Coniston Hall, Coniston
www.conistoncountryfair.co.uk (015394 37172)
25th-27th July Ambleside Flower Show Ambleside Primary
School, Vicarage Road (015394 32252)
www.ambleside-show.org.uk
26th & 27th July Windermere Air Show, The Glebe,
Bowness-on-Windermere (015394 44037)
www.windermere-rotary.org.uk/airshow
26th & 27th July Cumbria Steam Gathering, Cark Airfield Flookburgh (015242 71584)
www.steamgathering.org.uk
31st July Ambleside Traditional Lakeland Sports Rydal Park,
Nr Ambleside (015394 35351)
www.amblesidesports.co.uk
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AUGUST
1st - 17th August Lake District Summer Music Festival
Various venues around Cumbria (0845 644 2144)
www.ldsm.org.uk
7th August Lake District Sheep Dog Trials Hill Farm, Ings, Nr.
Windermere (015242 71584)
14th August Rydal Sheep Dog Trials Rydal Park, Nr. Ambleside
(07980 622253)
17th August Lakeland Country Fair Torver, Nr. Coniston
www.lakelandcountryfair.co.uk (01229 837680)
19th August Hawkshead Show, Hawkshead Hall Farm
www.hawksheadshow.co.uk (015394 41004)
23rd & 25th August Cartmel Races, The Park, Cartmel www.cartmel-racecourse.co.uk (015395 36340)
24th August Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, The Show
Field, Grasmere (015394 32127)
www.grasmeresportsandshow.co.uk
29th - 31st August Mintfest, Kendal - International Street Arts Festival, Kendal Town Centre (01539 738669)
www.mintfest.org |
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OCTOBER
1st October - 30th December Bowness Theatre Festival, The Old Laundry
Theatre, Windermere
www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk (015394 88444) |
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DECEMBER
7th December Keswick Traditional Christmas Fayre, Keswick
www.keswick.org |
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EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition until the 1st July - 'Beatrix Potter on Holiday'
The Armitt Collection, Rydal Road, Ambleside
A fascinating collection of over 400 original watercolours. See the unknown years of Beatrix Potter.
015394 31212
Sedbergh Embroidery
Sedbergh Library, Sedbergh - Open all year to the 31st December
A 5ft x 5ft canvas work panel depicting the landscape and historic and social background.
Free admission 015396 20956
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEDNESDAYS:
16th March - 2nd November
Open Garden - Holker Hall House and Garden Opening at 2pm
The Head Gardener will give a special tour of the gardens. £2.50
015395 58328
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