Our Events Page provides information about a range of events in Bradford-on-Avon, Bath & Wiltshire for the current year. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any of the information provided. For up-to-date information click on the link provided and then on related links as necessary, or telephone the number provided. This page will be up-dated for 2009 over the winter, but please telephone or e-mail if you require information earlier. |
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| January 2008 | |||
Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
3rd Jan-13th Apr |
Shen : Chinese Icons of Divinity |
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath |
|
8th Jan-24th Mar |
Seventy Years of Penguin (Books) Design |
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
|
11th |
John Maddock's Jazzmen |
Stockmans Lounge, Market, Salisbury |
01722 341192 |
to 13th |
Wildlife Photographer of the Year |
City Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol |
|
to 13th |
Helen Garrett, Paintings |
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath |
|
to 17th |
Portraits Under African Skies |
Royal Photographic Society, Bath |
|
17th |
A Wassail |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
17th-20th |
Slapstick: Bristol's Silent Comedy Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
19th Jan-6th Apr |
Love: National gallery Touring Exhibition |
City Museum & Gallery |
|
20th |
'The Truth About Love' singer Helen Porter & pianist Pete Rosser |
Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury |
01722 321744 |
20th-26th |
Farmhouse Breakfast Week |
Stourhead Restaurant (NT) |
01747 842006 Stourhead |
21st-28th Feb |
Adam Patterson's Insite Exhibition |
Royal Photographic society, Bath |
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23rd |
Hedge Laying Day |
Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset (NT) |
|
25th |
Some Wee Tunes from Bonnie Scotland (REcorded Music Soc) |
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 865165 |
27th |
Stonehenge STOMP Walk |
10 to 40K walks |
Amesbury Walkers |
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
February 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
1st |
Guided Walk of the Estate |
Stourhead (NT) |
01747 842030 Stourhead |
4th-5th |
Moscow City Ballet's 'Romeo & Juliet' |
Civic Hall, Salisbury |
01722 434434 |
8th |
Salisbury Jazz Club - New Orleans Heat |
Stockmans Lounge, Market, Salisbury |
01722 341192 |
8th Jan-24th Mar |
Seventy Years of Penguin (Books) Design |
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
|
10th-11th |
Chinese State Circus |
Civic Hall, Salisbury |
01722 434434 |
10th |
Pre-London 10k Marathon |
Longleat |
|
3rd Jan-13th Apr |
Shen : Chinese Icons of Divinity |
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath |
|
12th |
Pruning Day, incl lunch |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
16th |
Edward Heath Memorial Recital, John Lille, Pianist |
Salisbury cathedral |
01722 434434320333 or on door |
21st |
Spring Flower Walk |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
21st-28th Feb |
Adam Patterson's Insite Exhibition |
Royal Photographic society, Bath |
|
29th |
Recordings of Sir Thomas Beecham (Recorded Music Soc) |
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 865156 |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
24th |
Viking & Saxon Family Day |
Heritage Museum, Devizes |
www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk |
19th Jan-6th Apr |
Love: National gallery Touring Exhibition |
City Museum & Gallery |
|
23rd |
Fabulous February Trail/Crafts |
Prior Park gardens, Bath (NT) |
Prior Park Landscape Garden |
23rd - 2nd Mar |
Bath Literature Festival |
Bath, various |
01225 463362 |
March 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
1st |
Mother's Day Delight |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
1st |
Estate Walk with Head Gardener |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
Barrington Court |
19th Jan-6th Apr |
Love: National Gallery Touring Exhibition |
City Museum & Gallery |
|
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
1st - 16th |
Mid-Somerset Competitive Festival |
Somerset, various |
01225 463362 |
8th |
Drive A Locomotive |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
13th |
Mad March Wildlife Walk |
Stonehenge (NT) |
Stonehenge Landscape |
14th |
Salisbury Jazz Club - Going Home Band |
Stockmans Lounge, Market, Salisbury |
01722 341192 |
15th |
Drive A Locomotive |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
15th |
Easter Stick Puppets |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
16th |
Nationwide Bath Half-Marathon |
Bath |
01225 471282 |
8th Jan-24th Mar |
Seventy Years of Penguin (Books) Design |
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath |
|
3rd Jan-13th Apr |
Shen : Chinese Icons of Divinity |
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath |
|
21st |
Salisbury Cathedral Choir & Sarum Orchestra - St John's Passion |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 320333 or on door |
21st-23rd |
Art Exhibition, Kerry McNeil |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
9th |
Paint the Landscape |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
21st-24th |
Easter Choc Trail |
Longleat |
01985 844400 |
21st-24th |
Easter Egg Trail |
Mompesson House, Salisbury (NT) |
Mompesson House |
21st-24th |
Easter Opening, Wilton house |
Wilton House, nr Salisbury |
Wilton House |
24th |
Mells Daffodil Festival |
Mells, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
24th |
Easter Trail |
Glastonbury Tor (NT) |
|
24th |
Easter Trail |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
30th |
Bowood Fun Run |
Bowood, nr Chippenham |
01249 665970 www.vistnorthwilts.co.uk |
30th |
Drive A Locomotive |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
28th |
Stravinski, The Man & His Music |
The Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 865156 |
April 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
(TBC) |
St George's Day Celebrations |
Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
19th Jan-6th Apr |
Love: National Gallery Touring Exhibition |
City Museum & Gallery |
|
3rd Jan-13th Apr |
Shen : Chinese Icons of Divinity |
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath |
|
5th |
Mask Making |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
5th-6th |
Spring into Steam |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
8th |
Wessex Owls & Falconry Family Fun-Day |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
9th |
Family Fun |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
9th |
Spring Craft Workshop |
Prior Park gardens, Bath (NT) |
Prior Park Landscape Garden |
11th |
Wild Chimes with Nick Crump |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
11th-13th |
Art Exhib - Peter Dolbear |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
15th |
Fans & Feathers |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
15th-19th |
Funderworld |
The Downs, Bristol |
|
16th |
Outdoor Family Fun |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
25th-27th |
Art Exhibition - Materialise |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
26th-27th |
Cider, Cheese & Steam |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
26th-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
May 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
26th Apr-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
1st-4th |
Badminton Horse Trials |
Gloucestershire |
08702 423436 |
3rd |
'Marriage of Figaro' |
Town Hall, Devizes |
01380 724739 |
3rd |
Downton Cuckoo Fair |
Downton |
01722 334956 |
3rd |
Dawn Chorus Walk |
Lytes Cary Manor |
|
3rd-5th |
A Day Out With Thomas |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
A
Day Out With Thomas |
3rd-5th |
Bath Spring Flower Show |
Royal Victoria Park |
01225 396903 |
4th |
First Race Meeting |
Salisbury Cathedral Racecourse |
01722 334956 |
4th |
Hidden in History |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
4th-5th |
Medieval Fair |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
4th-11th |
Art Exhibition - blacksmith, Brian Greaves |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
5th |
MayDay at Avebury |
Avebury (NT) |
Avebury |
mid May-Sep |
Bristol Shakespeare Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
20th |
Watercoulour Painting |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
23rd-26th |
Chippenham Folk Festival |
various, Chippenham |
01249 665970 www.vistnorthwilts.co.uk |
23rd-8th Jun |
Bath Fringe Festival |
Bath, various |
01225 463362 |
23rd-8th Jun |
Salisbury International Arts Festival |
Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
24th-26th |
Photo Exhibition - Phil Courage |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
28th-1st Jun |
Venn Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
31st |
Wildlife Painting | Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
28th-31st |
Royal Bath & West Show |
Royal Show Ground, Shepton Mallet |
01749 822200 |
June 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
26th Apr-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
1st |
Hidden in History |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
Early |
Somerset County Cricket Festival |
Bath Recreation Ground |
0845 337 1875 |
Jan-8th Jun |
Fossils & Funny Bones |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
mid May-Sep |
Bristol Shakespeare Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
23rd May-8th |
Salisbury International Arts Festival |
Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
4th-22nd |
Devizes Festival |
Various, Devizes |
01380 860344 |
6th-8th |
Real Ale Festival |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
7th |
Beckington Village Day |
Beckington |
01373 467271 |
8th |
Diocesan Choral Festival |
Salisbury Cathedral 6.0pm |
01722 334956 |
10/14/25/29th |
Race Meetings |
Saliabury Racecourse |
01722 326461 |
11th |
The Grand Tour at Stourhead |
Stourhead |
01747 841152 |
13th |
'Much Ado About Nothing' open-air Shakespeare |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
13th-15th |
Longleat International Horse Trials |
Longleat, Warminster |
01404 841331 |
14th |
Salisbury Motor Fair |
Wilton House |
01722 746720 |
15th |
Jazz on the Lawn |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
15th |
Croquet Day |
Lytes Cary Manor |
|
17th-21st |
Flower Festival |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
17th-24th |
Corsham Festival |
Corsham |
01249 665970 www.vistnorthwilts.co.uk |
21st |
Leigh-on-Mendip Country Fair |
MellsLeigh on Mendip, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
22nd |
Songs at Stourhead |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
26th |
Poetry Cafe |
Salisbury Arts Centre |
01722 321744 |
26th |
Gardens : History Walk & Talk |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
(TBC) |
Secret Gardens of Bradford-on-Avon |
Bradford on Avon 2 - 6.00 pm |
Tickets on sale at the Information Centre, Westbury Gardens |
29th |
Stonehenge Flowering Fields |
Stonehenge (NT) |
Stonehenge Landscape |
27th-29th |
Glastonbury Festival |
Pilton |
|
July 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
all month |
The Roman Baths By Torchlight |
Roman Baths, Bath |
01225 477785 |
3rd-6th |
Chanel 4 Taste of Bath |
Royal Victoria Park |
0906 711 2000 (50p / min) |
4th-6th |
Forever Friends Concert |
Recreation ground, Bath |
|
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
4th-13th |
Frome Festival |
Mellsvarious, Frome, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
4th-6th |
Art Exhibition - Bath Soc of Artists |
West Barn, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 866551 |
4th-14th |
Bristol Poetry Festival |
Harbourside, Bristol |
|
5th |
The Proms at Lacock |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
5th |
Evening Concert, the Lilly Garden |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
5th-6th |
Woolbridge Speed Hill Climb, Longleat |
Longleat, Warminster |
01395 279250 |
6th |
Hidden in History |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
6th-7th |
Organic Food Festival |
Harbourside, Bristol |
|
mid May-Sep |
Bristol Shakespeare Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
7th-10th |
International Balloon Fiesta |
Ashton Court Estate, Bristol |
|
11th-13th |
Bristol Wine & Food Fayre |
Harbourside, Bristol |
|
11th-13th |
Marlborough International Jazz Festival |
Marlborough |
01672 515095 |
12th |
Classical Concert with Fireworks |
Wilton House, nr Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
12th-13th |
Salisbury Show |
Hudson 's Field (TBC), Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
12th-19th |
Devizes Food & Drink Festival |
Town centre, Devizes |
01380 734677 |
13th-20th |
Archeaology Week |
Avebury (NT) |
Avebury |
14th |
Reebok Bristol Half-Marathon |
centre, Bristol |
|
(TBC) |
Woolley Festival Street Party , Annual family event with live music, stalls, street entertainment, children's activities, food and drink |
Woolley Street, Bradford-on-Avon |
01225 862294 |
18th-25th |
Festival of the Tree |
Westonbirt Arboretum |
|
19th |
Lazy Sunday Jazz |
Dyrham Park (NT) |
|
24th-27th |
Trowbridge Village Pump Festival |
Stowford Manor Farm, Wingfield |
01225 769132 |
25th |
Magic, Balloons, Punch'n'Judy |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
25th-26th |
Fete Champetre |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
25th-27th |
Womad Festival |
Charlton Park , Malmesbury |
0870 7202128 |
26th |
The Kings & Queens of England, a play |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
26th-9th Aug |
Bath International Guitar Festival |
Various, Bath |
01225 463362 |
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
26th Apr-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
(TBC) |
Secret Gardens of Bradford-0n-Avon |
Bradford on Avon 2 - 6.00 pm |
Tickets on sale at the Information Centre, Westbury Gardens |
August 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
Jan-Aug |
Inside DNA |
Explore-At-Bristol |
|
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
all month |
The Roman Baths By Torchlight |
Roman Baths, Bath |
01225 477785 |
26th Apr-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
1st-3rd |
Gatcombe Park Horse Trials |
Gatcombe Park |
01423 339423 |
1st-6th |
Art Exhib - bird artist, Jon Pomroy |
West Barn |
|
2nd |
Nunney Street Fair |
Nunney, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
2nd |
Croquet Day |
Lytes Cary Manor |
|
3rd |
Hidden in History |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
5th |
Watercolour Painting |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
9th |
Paint the Landscape |
Stourhead (NT) |
Stourhead |
15th |
Teddy Bears Picnic |
Lytes Cary Manor |
|
16th Aug-2nd Sep |
Malmesbury Carnival |
Malmesbury |
Malmesbury carnival |
16th |
'Much Ado About Nothing' - open-air Shakespeare |
Dyrham Park (NT) |
|
13th-17th |
A Day Out With Thomas |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
A
Day Out With Thomas |
mid May-Sep |
Bristol Shakespeare Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
18th-31st |
Art Exhib - Simon Hodges - local scenes |
West Barn |
|
22nd |
Magic, Balloons, Punch'n'Judy |
Barrington Court, Somerset (NT) |
|
20th – 27th |
Festival of the Tree |
Westonbirt The National Arboretum, Tetbury |
01666 880220 |
23rd-25th |
The Way We Were – Britain in the 40s |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
25th-3oth |
Devizes Carnival |
Town centre, Devizes |
|
27th |
Guided Walk of the Tor |
Glastonbury Tor (NT) |
|
30th-31st |
Festival of Kites et al |
Ashton Court Festival, Bristol |
|
31st |
King Arthur & The Knights (play) |
Glastonbury Tor |
Glastonbury Tor |
28th |
Family Fun Day |
Dyrham Park (NT) |
|
September 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
mid May-Sep |
Bristol Shakespeare Festival |
Various, Bristol |
|
26th Apr-30th Sep |
750th Anniversary Exhibition |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
16th Aug-2nd Sep |
Malmesbury Carnival |
Malmesbury |
Malmesbury carnival |
5th-7th |
National Amateur Gardening Show |
Bath & West Showground , Shepton Mallet |
01749 822200 |
6th-7th |
Mendip Steam Dream Gala |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
7th |
Hidden in History |
Montacute House (NT) |
|
13th |
Heritage Open (free) Day |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
13th |
Frome Cheese Show |
Frome, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
17th |
Apple Day |
Lytes Cary Manor , Somerset (NT) |
|
20th |
Frome Carnival | Frome, Somerset |
01373 467271 |
19th-28th |
The Jane Austen Festival |
Various, Bath |
01225 443000 |
19th-28th |
Bath Festival of Children's Literature |
Various, Bath |
01225 463362 |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
21st |
Salisbury Food & Drink Festival |
Market Square, Salisbury & various |
|
27th |
Drive A Locomotive |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
27th |
Book Fair |
Mompesson House, Salisbury (NT) |
Mompesson House |
28th |
Candlelight Opera |
Wilton House, nr Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
End |
Bath Food & Drink Fortnight |
Various |
|
October 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
Oct-Nov |
Bath Bach Festival |
Bath, various |
01225 463362 |
11th |
Drive A Locomotive |
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton |
0117 932 5538 |
13th-19th |
Mere Literary festival |
Mere |
01722 334956 |
19th |
Apple Day |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
20th-22nd |
Charter Fair |
Salisbury Market Place |
01722 334956 |
29th |
Halloween Crafts |
Prior Park gardens, Bath (NT) |
Prior Park Landscape Garden |
29th |
Witches & Wizards |
Lacock Abbey (NT) |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village |
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November 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
Oct-Nov (TBC) |
Bath Bach Festival |
Bath, various |
01225 463362 |
Mid (TBC) |
Bath Mozart Festival |
Various |
01225 429750 |
Mid-End (TBC) |
Bath Film Festival |
Various |
01225 401149 |
End (TBC) |
Jane Austen's Regency Christmas |
The Jane Austen centre |
01225 443000 |
9th |
150th Anniversary Celebrations |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
22nd-14th Dec |
Christmas at Claverton |
American Museum |
01225 460503 |
27th |
Christmas Lights Switch-on |
Salisbury |
01722 334956 |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
28th-21st Dec |
Enchanted Christmas |
Westonbirt Arboretum |
|
29th-30th |
Advent procession |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
|
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27th-7th Dec |
Bath Christmas Market |
Bath Abbey Churchyard & surrounding area |
0906 711 2000 (50p/min) |
December 2008 |
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Date |
Event |
Venue |
Contact |
through 2008 |
Breaking the Chains |
British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol |
|
(TBC) |
Santa Special |
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore |
|
(TBC) |
Carol Services |
Salisbury Cathedral |
01722 334956 |
|
|
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|
Mid (TBC) |
Carols by Candlelight |
The Pump Room |
01225 463362 |
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