Special Events
Synonymous with Christmas, you'll find beautifully hand-crafted gifts, food and entertainment.
With a wide range of events throughout the day, Whitby's Christmas Festival is the perfect place to come and enjoy a Jolly day!
What are you waiting for? Discover Mamma Mia! The Party, a theatrical dining experience like no other, set to a timeless soundtrack brimming with some of ABBA's greatest hits.
The Knitting & Stitching Shows is back for 2025 and offering a craft experience like no other.
Discover perfect presents for friends and family from over a hundred boutique stalls and designers all located in the Cathedral's magnificent nave and Lady Chapel.
Lights, camera, action! Join Skills for another festive extravaganza at the largest Christmas show in Europe!
05/12/2025
Experience the magic of Christmas at Tatton Park, a festive wonderland nestled in the heart of Cheshire.
Join us at Haddon Hall and explore over 180 talented artisans and makers will showcase their work, creating a luxurious Christmas shopping experience.
For the ultimate dose of festive spirit, there’s no place greater than the epic Winter Wonderland in London’s Hyde Park!
With over 300 stalls and stallholders dressed in Victorian costumes, if you're looking for that perfect Christmas gift or simply want to soak up the festive spirit, this is the place to be.
With over 300 stalls and stallholders dressed in Victorian costumes, if you're looking for that perfect Christmas gift or simply want to soak up the festive spirit, this is the place to be.
Blending cutting-edge technology and the most beloved songs ever written, see ABBA take to the stage like never before in 2025.
Enjoy Beamish's unique Yuletide celebrations, taste scrumptious seasonal cooking and be amazed as your favourite parts of the museum are beautifully decorated for the festive season.
14/12/2025
The ‘Gateway to the Dales’ presents Skipton’s famous Christmas Market!
Step back in time as Victorian ladies, gentlemen, chimney sweeps, and merchants fill the historic streets and explore more than 200 stalls at Worcester's Victorian Christmas Fayre.
Prepare for an extraordinary festive display and explore the magnificent Castle Howard at Christmas.
For the ultimate dose of festive spirit, there’s no place greater than the epic Winter Wonderland in London’s Hyde Park!
Complete your festive period with a visit to Leeds Christmas Market, one of the UK's most established German Christmas markets!
Join us at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort to make memories that will last a lifetime as we celebrate the most special time of the year with ‘LEGOLAND at Christmas’.
Step back to the Victorian era and to the origins of the festive traditions we know and love today on the historic streets of Ironbridge's Blists Hill Victorian Town
Travel to Beverley for a magical Christmas shopper’s wonderland. With over 110 stalls brim with gorgeous Christmas gifts and local treats take over the historic market town, this will certainly get you into the festive spirit!
Join us at the award-winning Oswaldtwistle Mills Shopping Village & Garden Centre this festive season. Our visit also includes included entertainment and a three-course festive lunch too!
For the ultimate dose of festive spirit, there’s no place greater than the epic Winter Wonderland in London’s Hyde Park!
Sitting amongst two-thousand acres of parkland, explore the exquisite palace with rooms decked in all their festive finery and hidden surprises - your very merriest Christmas starts here.
Blending cutting-edge technology and the most beloved songs ever written, see ABBA take to the stage like never before in 2025.
A parade like no other, the Birmingham International Tattoo is Britain's biggest indoor tattoo featuring military and other marching bands, pipes & drums, field gun racing, dog racing, standard bearers, dance teams and much more including a spectacular Grand Finale with over 1,000 performers.
Embark on a unique journey this winter as we venture into the 2026 Orchid Festival at the Kew Botanic Gardens.
Blending cutting-edge technology and the most beloved songs ever written, see ABBA take to the stage like never before in 2025.
Embark on a unique journey this winter as we venture into the 2026 Orchid Festival at the Kew Botanic Gardens.
Wander through the beautiful gardens, explore the boutique shops, and enjoy the vibrant displays of flowers and plants at Trentham Garden Centre!
Enjoy charming cafés, blooming gardens, amazing attractions or exciting shopping opportunites in Covent Garden - it's the perfect way to celebrate and show your appreciation!
The perfect treat this Mother’s Day - a visit to the unspoilt cobbled city packed with history and heritage, York has an incredible wealth of things to see and do.
Visit the pretty harbour town of Wells-next-the-Sea, one of the most attractive towns on the North Norfolk Coast this Good Friday.
Visit Whitby, one of the North East coast’s best-loved seaside towns this Easter!
Travel to North Wales's biggest and best loved seaside resort and find out what Llandudno is all about this Easter!
A stunning carpet of bluebells has bloomed across the woodland floors at Kew Gardens. Explore thousands of these beautiful flowers and the beautiful sights of the spring landscape of these majestic botanical gardens.
Let us take care of your transport and tickets for the most stress-free way to enjoy London's famous West End. With departures throughout the year, our London Theatre day trip is the ideal way to be dazzled by the lights and sights of the West End.
Join us at the stunning Ripon Cathedral, home to over one thousand years of history, for a day filled with incredible food, inspiring home furnishings, stunning garden plants, magnificent entertainment and demonstrations throughout.
Discover 1,000 years of English royalty, romance, ruin and revival at Sudeley Castle.
Celebrate the arrival of spring at Tulleys Tulip Garden, a breathtaking spectacle featuring half-a-million vibrant tulips.
The Harrogate Flower Show is one of the UK’s premier gardening events, welcoming over 100 of the UK’s top plant nurseries and landscapers. Visit a selection of beautiful show gardens, installations, and a packed programme of live entertainment.
Join us at Hampton Court Palace for a Tulip Festival of immense proportions. Don't forget to explore the Palace too, which was once the home of King Henry VIII!
Visit Whitby for a festival of the alternative at this year's winter Goth Weekend!
Visit beautiful Bakewell for their traditional market day!
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Every year, the charming seaside town of Llandudno transforms into a time capsule with the much-anticipated Victorian Extravaganza!
Set against the backdrop of Ludlow Castle, Ludlow’s Spring Festival is a vibrant celebration of fantastic food, drink and live entertainment; with activities for every age group, including classic cars, this event is not one to be missed.
The iconic, four-day long RHS Malvern Spring Festival, is a celebration of all things gardening, championing horticultural excellence and bursting with inspiration for gardeners.
Albus Dumbledore invites you behind the scenes of one of the highest-grossing film series of all time, to try your hand at a spot of wizardry for a spellbinding adventure at The Making of Harry Potter!
Immerse yourself in the world-renowned, glamorous, and quintessentially British RHS Chelsea Flower Show, an exclusive and unforgettable experience.
What are you waiting for? Discover Mamma Mia! The Party, a theatrical dining experience like no other, set to a timeless soundtrack brimming with some of ABBA's greatest hits.
The RAF Cosford Air Show returns on Sunday 14th June 2026. With over 50,000 attendees in 2025, the air show will commemorate history through displays in the air and on the ground, celebrate the Royal Air Force and Partner nations plus inspiring future generations through innovation.
The ultimate summer day out! Fresh seasonal flavours, high-class entertainment and two shows with one ticket!
Journey to Highgrove, the private residence of His Royal Highness King Charles III, for a tour of the King's Royal Gardens.
Visit the Blenheim Palace Flower Show and return to the stunning Palace grounds for a majestic event, the perfect place to discover your new favourite plants and flowers.
A fabulous summer day out awaits, full of entertainment and offering a shopping experience to find that original, individual piece for the house, garden, yourself or as a gift.
Experience the prestigious, glamorous, and distinctly British RHS Badminton Flower Show, now being held for the first time in the historic and scenic grounds of Badminton Park.
Join us at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the world's largest military air show at RAF Fairford! Running for over 50 years, the event attracts upwards of 150,000 attendees every year.
Join us for an exciting new RHS Show set in the grounds of the Royal Family’s Sandringham Estate. Explore stunning show gardens and fabulous florals, indulge in fine foods at the Great Taste Market and enjoy live shows, talks and music all day.
Set in the hills of Derbyshire, the Cromford Steam Rally is the county’s premier steam heritage event, showcasing the very best of steam traction engines, showman’s engines, road rollers to vintage cars, motorcycles, and commercial lorries.
The Whitby Regatta presents to you a full weekend of entertainment, embracing yacht racing, rowing races and various free forms of entertainment as published in the official programme with over one hundred and seventy years of aquatic competition and entertainment.
Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town in England’s West Midlands, is the 16th-century birthplace of William Shakespeare, possibly the most famous writer in the English language.
Journey in style on your trip along the ELR with a cream tea, then sit back, relax and watch rolling green hills and pretty villages pass you by.
Experience the beautiful Yorkshire Dales village of Grassington as it takes a step back to the 1940’s and Wartime Britain for this annual festival!
The Harrogate Flower Show is one of the UK’s premier gardening events, welcoming over 100 of the UK’s top plant nurseries and landscapers. Visit a selection of beautiful show gardens, installations, and a packed programme of live entertainment.
The RHS Malvern Autumn Show is the perfect place to round off the gardening year. Bringing together everything we love about nature, our great value break is for food, gardening and nature lovers alike.
Journey in style on your trip along the ELR with a cream tea, then sit back, relax and watch rolling green hills and pretty villages pass you by.
Journey to Highgrove this Autumn, the private residence of His Royal Highness King Charles III, for a tour of the King's Royal Gardens.
Celebrate 25 incredible years of music with Westlife on their Anniversary World Tour at Utilita Arena Birmingham.
Taking place at London's Excel, visit MCM Comic Con for your chance to meet some of the biggest stars across TV, film, anime and gaming. Don't forget to explore the hundreds of artists, creators, vendors and talks throughout your day too!
Let us take care of your transport and tickets for the most stress-free way to enjoy London's famous West End. With departures throughout the year, our London Theatre day trip is the ideal way to be dazzled by the lights and sights of the West End.
The Bayeux Tapestry will be featured in a landmark exhibition at the British Museum, marking the first time this medieval masterpiece has been displayed in the UK in nearly 1,000 years, coiciding with the upcoming 1000th anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth in 2027.
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