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Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh
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Event Date: 5 - 27 Aug 2007 (annual)
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While the official Edinburgh International Festival concentrates on what some like to call "the high arts," the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival is more eclectic, developing out of a spontaneous, grass-roots response to the international high-flyers up the road. In 2006 the eclectic jamboree offered 28,014 performances of 1867 shows in 261 venues, with a total of 17,000 performers. Beat that!
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The Vodafone Derby - Epsom Racecourse
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Event Date: Jun 2008 (annual)
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Situated on the beautiful Epsom Downs and run for more than two centuries, the Derby is the jewel in English racing's crown.
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Royal Ascot - Ascot Racecourse
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Event Date: Jun 2008 (annual)
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Royal Ascot is one of the greatest, and certainly the grandest, race meetings of the year. Following its brief sojourn at York in 2005 during the 20-month redevelopment of Ascot's racecourse, Royal Ascot can now be enjoyed in the knowledge that the racecourse has world-beating facilities for both competitors and visitors.
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Edinburgh International Festival - Edinburgh
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Event Date: 10 Aug - 2 Sep 2007 (annual)
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One of the world's great arts festivals, the Edinburgh International Festival fills the Scottish capital with the finest classical music, opera, theatre and dance for three weeks at the end of every summer. With the many other festivals (the Military Tattoo, Fringe, Film, Jazz and Book), it makes Edinburgh the world's most exciting festival city during August. There's a new look for 2007 with a new director Australian Jonathan Mills taking over after Sir Brian McMaster's 15 years at the helm. An immediate change is adding two days to the beginning of the festival.
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Guardian Hay Festival - Hay-On-Wye
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Event Date: May - Jun 2008 (annual)
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The Guardian Hay Festival is among the largest literary get-togethers in the English-speaking world. Every year up to 50,000 people head for the Welsh Marches for a 12-day programme of talks, interviews, lectures, concerts, readings, performances and workshops, featuring distinguished authors and prominent public figures.
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Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling - Cooper's Hill
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Event Date: May 2008 (annual)
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We all like eating Double Gloucester, but lunging at full pelt down a death-trap of a hill while trying to catch up with a whole cartwheel of this dairy delicacy is probably less familiar. If you want to see people risking life and limb chasing cheese, head for Cooper's Hill in Brockworth.
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National Wildflower Centre - National Wildflower Centre
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Event Date: 1 Mar - 30 Sep 2007 (annual)
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The National Wildflower Centre spreads across the 35 acres of Court Hey Park in Knowsley, Liverpool. Since opening in 2000, the centre has grown into a visitor attraction, conference venue and educational facility with a difference.
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Erddig - Erddig
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Event Date: 1 Jul - 31 Aug 2007; not Fri (various dates)
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Just outside Wrexham, beautiful Erddig is set in a picturesque park and woodland.
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Alnwick Castle & Alnwick Garden - Alnwick Castle
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Event Date: 1 Apr - 31 Oct 2007 (annual)
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The "Windsor of the North", Alnwick Castle is the grand seat of the Duke of Northumberland, a medieval monolith built by the Norman Conquerors to keep the rowdy Scots in their place. In addition to boasting Robert Adam interiors and precious Old Master paintings by Titian, the landmark was also used as a location for two of the Harry Potter movies.
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British Open Golf Championship - Carnoustie Golf Links
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Event Date: Jul 2008 (annual)
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The world's top golfers come to the Carnoustie Golf Links for the oldest and most famous golf tournament in the world, the Open Championship. This is the tournament that every golfer wants to win, and over 100,000 spectators at the course over the weekend, as well as millions watching on TV, are set for a real treat.
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