Events Diary
Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year. Simply scroll down for details of just some of the excellent events taking place around Britain.
To discover what it is like to become a re-enactor, read Jay Derby’s blog, ‘A Re-enactor’s Story‘.

Tudor Week
23rd to 27th October 2023 at Athelhampton House & Gardens, Athelhampton, Puddletown, Dorchester. Join us as we host a family of Tudors…

ECWS Bonfire Night
4th November 2023 at The Shoulder of Mutton, Church Street, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire. Sir Marmaduke Rawdon’s Regiment of Foote joins the villagers of Little Horwood as they celebrate Bonfire Night…

Night in the Trenches
4th and 5th November at The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, DMS Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire. Experience an atmospheric night in the trenches …

A Tudor Yuletide
25th & 26th November 2023 at Paycockes House, Coggeshall, Essex. Join us for a Tudor Yuletide…

A Medieval Christmas
25th and 26th November 2023 at Longthorpe Tower, Thorpe Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Discover what Christmas was like 500 years ago.

Christmas Through The Ages
Friday 24 November – Sunday 17 December (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays) at Nunnington Hall, near York, North Yorkshire. Discover Christmases at Nunnington, from the Tudors, Georgian and Victorian eras to the 1980s!

Victorian Christmas Weekends
2nd and 3rd, 9th and 10th December at Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard, Bristol. Visit our Victorian Christmas wonderland…
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