August Bank Holiday Fun

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

Over 200 cars and spectacular aerial displays are
part of the Little Gransden Air and Vintage
Vehicle Show (nr. St. Neots) on Sunday 29 August
(1000-1730). Fire up the boiler - and see the engines
in steam at the Museum of Technology in
Cambridge on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 August
(1100-1700). Cheer on the teams with exciting grass
track racing at the Mildenhall Cycling Rally - from
Saturday 28 to Monday 30 August (from 0900).

Knebworth House (nr. Stevenage) are holding their
Classic Motor Show on Sunday 29 and Monday
30 August (1000-1700). Admire over 2,000 vehicles. 
More transport treasures in Britain's best preserved
medieval town - Lavenham, with the Rare Breeds
Motor Show on Monday 30 August (1000-1700).
Powerful supercars take to the track at Snetterton
Circuit (nr. Attleborough) for the British F3/GT
Championships on Sunday 29 and Monday
30 August (gates open at 0730).

All aboard... for our Thomas the Tank Engine
events, from Saturday 28 to Monday 30 August at
either the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough (first train at 1030); or the East
Anglian Railway Museum at Wakes Colne (nr. Colchester) (1030-1630). Head
to the Ipswich Transport Museum to ride aboard the magnificent old fire
engines on Monday 30 August (1100-1600).

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Tasty Treats

Head to the beach at Hemsby (nr. Great Yarmouth) for the Herring Festival on
Sunday 29 August (1000-1700). See the lifeboat crew preparing the fish using
rolled oats and cooked in beef dripping. For something hot - Benington Lordship
Garden (nr. Stevenage) are holding their Chilli Festival on Sunday 29 and Monday
30 August (1000-1700). Buy chilli plants and sample foods from around the world.

Bircham Windmill in Great Bircham (nr. King's Lynn) have a Bread Festival on
Monday 30 August (1000-1700). Taste different types, plus jam, honey and cheese
too. Try a pint or two of real ale - with the last night of the Peterborough Beer
Festival on Saturday 28 August (1200-2300); or head to Layer Marney Tower
(nr. Colchester) for their Music and Beer Festival on Sunday 29 (1100-2300) and
Monday 30 (1100-1700) August. Celebrate the Harvest Festival at Wimpole Hall
in Arrington (nr. Royston), from Saturday 28 to Monday 30 August (1030-1700),
including food competitions and giant vegetables.

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Bloomin' Beautiful

Be nosey - and visit the private gardens of Walsham-Le-Willows (nr. Bury St.
Edmunds) on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 August (1100-1800). Over 30 patches will
be open. Pick up plants for your own garden at The Southend Summer Garden
Show in Garon Park - running from Saturday 28 to Monday 30 August (0930-1700).

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History Alive

Travel back to Anglo-Saxon times, with exciting
demonstrations of weaponry, crafts and combat
at Sutton Hoo (nr. Woodbridge) on Sunday
29 and Monday 30 August (1030-1700). Cheer
on the battling knights - with Jousting Tournaments
under the gaze of Hedingham Castle in Castle
Hedingham (nr. Halstead) on Sunday 29 and
Monday 30 August (1000-1700). Experience the
Medieval Spectacular at Pensthorpe
(nr. Fakenham), from Saturday 28 to Monday
30 August (1000-1700). See the soldiers training
for battle and barter with the merchants.

The Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey
has the legend of Robin Hood, from Saturday 28
to Monday 30 August (1100-1700), including
spectacular archery shows with flaming arrows.
Discover Tudor times - with the High Summer
Re-creation at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford
(nr. Sudbury), from Saturday 28 to Monday
30 August (1100-1700). Around 150 costumed
people bring the house, garden and farm to life.

Explore the Village at War at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (nr. Dereham) on
Sunday 29 and Monday 30 August (1000-1700). Watch the Land Army bring in the
harvest and drill with the Home Guard. Immerse yourself in WWII: The Home Front
at Audley End House (nr. Saffron Walden) - with firepower displays and living history
camps. Running on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 August (1000-1700).

Cheer on the teams with exciting grass track racing at the Mildenhall Cycling Rally