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Vintage Classics events guide

Listed here are events from our region – and a few just beyond – they are mostly quintessentially English, transport related or just totally unique.

If you have an event that might be of interest to our clients please let us know on info@vintage-classics.co.uk

Click on a month below to see whats on that month. Please note this page is being added to, so be sure to check back for updates.

March Events

From To Town County Event
1st Mar 3rd Mar Minsterworth, Stonebench and Over Bridge. Glocestershire
4 Star Bore 1 Mar 2010
5 Star Bore 2 Mar 2010
4 Star Bore 3 Mar 2010
Seven Bore

From the Atlantic Ocean, a tide enters the Bristol Channel, forcing its way up the Severn Estuary causing the bore of up to 15 metres high over a distance of around 25 miles between Awre and Gloucester. Surfers come from all over to experience this famous event. It is one of only three surfable tidal waves in the world. You can catch a glimpse of the Severn Bore at numerous locations along the River Severn, but the best vantage points are located at

  • Minsterworth
  • Stonebench
  • and Over Bridge

1st Mar 7th Mar Bath Somerset Bath Literary Festival

The Bath Literature Festival specializes in topical debate and one–off events featuring writers from the worlds of fiction, journalism, scientists, naturalists, historians, illustrators, children’s authors and biographers. Some of the finest writers working today will be visiting the Festival including the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy; Brooker Prize winner Hilary Mantel; Forward Prize winner Don Paterson; A N Wilson; A S Byatt; Michael Frayn; Claire Tomlin and Rose Tremain to name just a few.

  • Central Bath

1st Mar 14th Mar Holt, Near Melksham Wiltshire The Courts – The Romantic Garden

Treat your loved ones to a stroll around this wonderful, little known garden and enjoy the romantic poetry located at picturesque rest spots.

  • The Romantic Garden
  • The Courts
  • Holt
  • Trowbridge
  • Wiltshire
  • BA14 6RR
  • Tel: 01225 782875

1st Mar 28th Mar Woodstock Oxfordshire Garden of the Year Photographic Competition at Blenham Place

A professional photography competition and exhibition to feature the winning gardens of the last 25 years, first displayed at Christie’s in November.

  • Woodstock
  • Oxfordshire
  • OX20 1PX

1st Mar 31st Mar Lacock Wiltshire Icons of the Highway – Fox Talbot Museum

Photographs by Tony and Eva Worobiec. Visit the Fox Talbot Museum and you will see a wonderful exhibition that spins a tale of a life in America that once was. This collection of stunning photographs paints a picture of the mid-west through its neon lit diners, cinemas and motels that remain as post–war icons littering the highways of its towns and cities

  • Lacock Abbey Fox Talbot Museum
  • nr Chippenham
  • Wiltshire
  • SN15 2LG
  • Telephone: 01249 730459

5th Mar 7th Mar Alresford Hampshire Spring Steam Gala at the Mid–Hants Railway

  • Watercress Line
  • The Railway Station
  • Station Road
  • Alresford
  • Hants
  • SO24 9JG
  • Tel: 01962 733810

6th Mar 20th Mar Bath Somerset Mid Somerset Festival

A whole range of performing arts are on offer at this festival, held annually in Bath - Speech, Drama, Creative Writing and a host of Music classes, both instrumental, vocal and choral. www.midsomersetfestival.org.uk/pages/calendar.html

  • Various Venues Central Bath

6th Mar 20th Mar Salisbury Wiltshire Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party The 50th Anniversary Tour 1959–2009

This fantastic show stars Marc Robinson as Buddy Holly, The Counterfeit Crickets and the UK’s top tributes to Ritchie Valens (‘La Bamba’), the Big Bopper (‘Chantilly Lace’) and Dion and the Belmonts (‘The Wanderer’).

  • City Hall
  • Malthouse Lane
  • Salisbury
  • Wiltshire
  • SP2 7TU
  • Tel: +44 (0) 1722 434434

7th Mar 7th Mar Bath Somerset Bath Half Marathon

Now in its 29th year, the Bath Half Marathon is one of the longest established and most popular mass–participation city centre road races in the UK attracting 15,000 entries &#amp; 30,000 spectators, voted by the Daily Telegraph as the ‘3rd best running event’ in their Top 10 big runs. It is also one of the largest charity fundraisers in the South West, raising over £1.3 million for charity last year alone.

  • Central Bath
  • Road closures and limited parking

12th Mar 12th Mar Castle Combe Wiltshire Castle Combe Circuit Track Day

Featuring 10 or 11 races in the afternoon

  • Castle Combe Circuit
  • Castle Combe
  • Chippenham
  • Wiltshire
  • SN14 7EY
  • Tel: +44 (0) 1249 782417

13th Mar 14th Mar Shepton Mallet Somerset The Westcountry Game Fair

From countryside pursuits, rural crafts to the delights of countryside cuisine Featuring... Two action-packed arenas (one indoors and one outdoors) with a variety of demonstrations from falconry to fly casting and gundog training to ferrets.

Have–a–go activities including: Clay Shooting; Air Rifles; Fly Casting; Gundog Scurries; Archery and much more!

Cookery theatre – will host experts who will tempt you with a selection of tasty treats to re–create at home!

Vintage tractors and machinery. Smallholders area - bringing together people who have an interest in rural activities or would like to learn more.

  • Royal Bath &#amp; West Showground
  • Shepton Mallet
  • Somerset
  • BA4 6QN
  • Tel: 01749 822240

13th Mar 31st Oct Bath Somerset Quilt Exhibition – American Museum

The museum’s collection of 240 American quilts is acclaimed as the finest of its type in Europe and the equal of many premier collections in the United States. Ranging from the 18th to early 20th centuries, these exuberant works of art and craft are visually bold, technically assured and often proudly patriotic. To celebrate the publication of Classic Quilts from the American Museum in Britain (Scala Publishers) the museum will be showcasing some of its greatest quilt treasures in this special exhibition for 2010.

  • The American Museum in Britain
  • Claverton Manor
  • Claverton Down
  • Bath
  • BA2 7BD
  • Tel: +44 (0)1225 460503

14th Mar 14th Mar Yanworth Gloucestershire Matronalia – Roman Mother‘s Day

Celebrate a Roman Mother‘s Day. Learn how to spin and weave like a Roman, and how Roman ladies liked to dress. There will also be tips on how to have a Roman “makeover”! You can also learn about childbirth in Roman times – not for the squeamish!

  • 10 am – 5pm
  • Chedworth Roman Villa
  • Yanworth
  • Nr. Cheltenham
  • GL54 3LJ

15th Mar 15th Mar Devizes Wiltshire Brewery Tour with Head Brewer

Gain detailed insight into how this historic brewery is run in an exculsive tour with Head Brewer, Brian Yorston. Booking essential ans places are limited. Tickets from Devizes Visitor Centre.

  • Northgate Street
  • Devizes
  • Wiltshire
  • SN10 1JW
  • Telephone: 01380 723361

16th Mar 19th Mar Cheltenham Gloucesterhire Cheltenham National Hunt Festival

A highlight of the racing calendar

  • Cheltenham Racecourse
  • GL50 4SH
  • Tel: +44 (0) 1242 513014

18th Mar 18th Mar Minehead Somerset Siege and Surrender tours

Join our Civil War soldiers for these brutal re-enactments of Civil War sieges plus demonstrations of life as a soldier

  • Dunster Castle
  • Minehead
  • Somerset
  • TA24 6SL
  • 01643 821314

27th Mar 27th Mar Bath Somerset Bath Rugby V Harlequins

Kick off: 2.15pm

  • The Rec Central Bath

27th Mar 28th Mar Sherborne Dorset Spring Bulbs Weekend Sherborne Castle

Reduced price entry to the gardens and grounds. 11am – 4.30pm

  • Sherborne Castle
  • New Road
  • SHERBORNE
  • Dorset
  • DT9 5NR
  • Tel: +44 01935 813182

31st Mar 31st Mar Castle Combe Wiltshire Castle Combe Circuit Track Day

Featuring 10 or 11 races in the afternoon

  • Castle Combe Circuit
  • Castle Combe
  • Chippenham
  • Wiltshire
  • SN14 7EY
  • Tel: +44 (0) 1249 782417

31st Mar 31st Mar Minsterworth, Stonebench and Over Bridge. Glocestershire
4 Star Bore 31 Mar 2010
Seven Bore

From the Atlantic Ocean, a tide enters the Bristol Channel, forcing its way up the Severn Estuary causing the bore of up to 15 metres high over a distance of around 25 miles between Awre and Gloucester. Surfers come from all over to experience this famous event. It is one of only three surfable tidal waves in the world. You can catch a glimpse of the Severn Bore at numerous locations along the River Severn, but the best vantage points are located at

  • Minsterworth
  • Stonebench
  • and Over Bridge