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| 2010 Events |
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various |
National Open Gardens - great fun wandering around beautiful gardens, often with lovely homemade scones & teas etc, put in the postcode "la6 3hx" for details of local events around your visit.
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| various days |
Caton |
Gresgarth Hall Open Garden - this stunning garden opens once a month and is apparently a must for garden lovers.
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| 1st 3 w/ends in Dec. 2010 |
Clapham |
Visit the real Santa in his cave grotto. (Highly recommended for children - people come from miles around to visit him in this magical setting.)
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| 3rd December |
Ingleton |
Dickensian Christmas shopping evening and a visit from Father Christmas
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| 1st to 3rd Oct |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Folk Festival with special guest Mike Harding
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| 18th - 19th Sept |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Wild West Weekend |
| 4th - 5th Sept |
Kirkby Lonsdale |
ForkFest - a celebration of local produce for all the family. Events all weekend. |
| 3rd - 5th Sept |
Ingleton |
Ingleton's First Ever Beer Festival at the Craven Heifer pub
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| 3rd to 4th July |
Ingleton |
Operation Home Guard Ingleton 1940s weekend
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| 29th May - June 4th |
1 hour's walk from Clapham |
Descent of Gaping Gill. Experience the exhilaration of descending the 340' deep Gaping Gill Main Shaft and visit the largest natural cavern in the British Isles on a guided tour of the floodlit Main Chamber. Min'm age = 7.
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| 29/30/31 May |
Hornby |
Hornby Castle garden & keep open
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| Mid-May |
Feizor |
The best time to visit Oxenber Woods for a stunning carpet of bluebells. See here for a suggested walk which could be cut down if preferred.
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| 13th March |
Ingleton |
Fund raiser for the Ingleton Folk Festival to be held in October.
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| 14th February |
Hornby |
Snowdrop Sunday at Hornby Castle |
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| 2009 Events |
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| 1st 3 w/ends in December |
Clapham |
Visit the real Santa in his cave grotto. |
| Nov 27th |
Ingleton |
Late night Christmas shopping evening with procession |
| Nov 7th |
Ingleton |
Fireworks - best viewed from the main street.
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| 2nd to 4th Oct |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Folk Festival |
22 -
31st Aug |
1 hour's walk from Clapham |
Descent of Gaping Gill. Experience the exhilaration of descending the 340' deep Gaping Gill Main Shaft and visit the largest natural cavern in the British Isles on a guided tour of the floodlit Main Chamber. Min'm age = 7.
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| 18th July |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Gala & Mountain Race
Saturday night Pearsons Butchers BBQ from 6pm at the Community Centre
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| 11 - 12th July |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Open Gardens in aid of the NSPCC. Programs available from the Tourist Information Centre
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| 4th - 5th July |
Ingleton |
Operation Home Guard Ingleton 1940s weekend.
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23 May -
29th May |
1 hour's walk from Clapham |
Descent of Gaping Gill. Experience the exhilaration of descending the 340' deep Gaping Gill Main Shaft and visit the largest natural cavern in the British Isles on a guided tour of the floodlit Main Chamber. Min'm age = 7.
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| 30 - 31 May |
Hornby (a 20 min drive away) |
Hornby Castle Military Vehicles Weekend & Open Day
Including fantastic view from Castle Keep and lovely gardens & river walk |
| 23 - 25 May |
Hornby (a 20 min drive away) |
Hornby Castle Open Day
Fantastic view from Castle Keep and lovely gardens & river walk
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| May |
Various |
About the 2nd week of May is bluebell time. Particularly recommended are Oxenber Woods and Leck Fell.
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| 7th March |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Folk Festival - fundraiser event (with pub singing the previous evening)
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| 15th Feb |
Hornby |
Hornby Castle Snowdrops Open Day |
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| 2008 Events |
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| 1st 3 w/ends in Dec. 2008 |
Clapham |
Visit the real Santa in his cave grotto.
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Dec 5th |
Ingleton |
Dickensian Christmas Fayre
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| Oct 25th-26th |
Hornby |
Shades of Autumn - Hornby Castle Opening Days
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Oct 3rd-5th |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Folk Weekend
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Aug 29th-31st |
Kendal |
MintFest - Kendal International Festival of Street Arts
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Aug 16th-25th |
Clapham |
Craven Pothole Club Gaping Gill Winch Meet 2008
Experience the exhilaration of descending the 340' deep Gaping Gill Main Shaft and visit the largest natural cavern in the British Isles on a guided tour of the floodlit Main Chamber.
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Aug 2nd - 3rd
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Ingleton |
NSPCC Open Gardens
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July 19th |
Ingleton |
Ingleton Gala and Mountain Race
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July 5th-6th |
Ingleton |
"Operation Homeguard" 1940's weekend.
Info: john.ward91@btinternet.com
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June 15th |
Caton |
Exceptional Open Garden with musical accompaniment
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