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PAST EVENTS 2012 |
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list of past kite events that were listed on www.kitecalendar.co.uk during 2012 The links for further information did work at the time of the event but may not continue to work after the event has taken place. |
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8 | MKF New Years fly-in, Calke Abbey (NT), Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7LE | |
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15 | First Indoor Kite Event, St Josephs Catholic College, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 3LR | |
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15 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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15 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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21 - 23 | 3rd Kerala Kite Festival, Kochi Beach & Vagamon Hill Meadows, Kerala, India |
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29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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5 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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5 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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13 | Make a Kite Day, Chilterns Gateway Centre, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire LU6 2GY | |
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19 | NKG fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside | |
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19 | NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire | |
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24 - 26 | International Kite Festival, Satun Province, Thailand | |||
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26 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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26 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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26 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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3 & 4 | Roy Broadley Double Star Advanced Kitemaking Workshop, Cliddesden Village Hall, nr Basingstoke, Hants - pre-booking essential and now fully booked |
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11 | Flash Mob Kite Fly! Malham Moor, N.Yorks. ( N 54º 05.25' W 002º 09.00' ) | |||
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11 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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18 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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18 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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18 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
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18 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire | |
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31 & 1/4 | Kite Fest, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | |
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1 | 18th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey (NT), Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7LE |
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1 | 14th Streatham Common Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16 3DW |
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1 | Rodborough Common Kite Day 2012, Rodborough Common, near Stroud, Gloucestershire | ||
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1 | KCoS fly-in, Howden Park, Livingston, Scotland | ||
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1 | Kite Fest, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | |
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7-15 | 26th International Berck Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France | |
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7 & 8 | Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF | |
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7 & 8 | 15th Adelaide Kite Festival, Semaphore Beach, Adelaide, South Australia | |||
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10 - 12 | World Sport Kite Championship 2012, @ Berck Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France | |
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15 | GOKF fly-in, North Exhibition area, Grafham Water, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire |
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15 | KCoS fly-in, Irvine, Scotland | ||
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15 | NKG fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside | |
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21 - 1/5 | Artevento International Kite Festival, Cervia | |||
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28 & 29 | 10th North Hants Kiters Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire | |
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28 & 29 | STACK competition rounds, @ Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
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28 - 1/5 | The Black Sea Kite Festival, on the Black Sea Coast, Romania | ||
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29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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29 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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29 | Chinese Kite Festival, Avenham Park, Preston, Lancashire | |||
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5 - 7 | Weymouth Beach Kite Festival, The Seafront, Weymouth, Dorset | |
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6 & 7 | 4th Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, Nr Colchester, Essex CO5 9US |
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2nd Western Lake District KiteFest, in assoc. with NKG, Wilson Park, Haverigg, Cumbria |
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12 & 13 | 27th Lotto Kites International, Ostend, Belgium | ||
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13 | Catch the Wind Kite Festival, Marine Road, Morecambe LA4 4BU | |
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13 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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13 | KCoS fly-in, Howden Park, Livingston, Scotland | ||
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18 - 20 | Plein Vent, Houlgate, France | |||
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19 & 20 | 6th Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
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19 & 20 | STACK competition round, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND |
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26 & 27 | 6th Exmouth Rotary Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon EX8 1DG | |
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27 | NEKF Darlington Green Event, South Park, Darlington | ||
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27 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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2 & 3 | 20th Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 5SN |
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2 - 5 | Margam Park Kite Festival, Diamond Jubilee weekend, Margam Park, near Bridgend, South Wales | ||
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2 - 5 | 10th International Kite Festival and Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Russel Park, Bedford | ||
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9 & 10 | Wirral kite festival, (Kites over the Mersey), "The Dips," New Brighton, Wirral | |
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10 | Peterborough Kite Festival, Nene Valley Park, Ferry Meadows, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU | |
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10 | Butser Hill Festival of Flight, Butser Hill, just off the A3 between Horndean and Petersfield, South Downs, Hampshire |
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10 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH | |
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14 - 17 | 28th Fano International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Denmark | |
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15 - 17 | Essex Kite Fest, Essex Kite Park, Barling Rd, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS3 0LZ | |
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15 - 17 | 1st round of the BKSA land championships, Essex Kite Park, Barling Rd, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS3 0LZ | |
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16 & 17 | 16th Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Sports Ground, 5 Acre Field, Lordshill, Southampton, Hampshire |
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16 & 17 | Beacon Park Kite Festival in association with the NKG, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire | |
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16 & 17 | Sunderland Festival, Herrington Country Park, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear |
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23 | Butterfly kite making and bug hunt, Fleet Pond, off Cove Road, Fleet, Hampshire | |
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24 | Kent Kite Festival, Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent | ||
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24 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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6 - 9 | Festival à tout vent, la grande fête du cerf-volant, Notre Dame de Monts, Vendée, Near Nantes, Atlantic coast, France |
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7 & 8 | 34th Annual Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
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14 & 15 | Barmouth Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales |
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14 & 15 | Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable LU6 2GY |
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14 & 15 | Eastbourne Extreme air, land and water sports festival, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 7PR | ||
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15 | NKG fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside | ||
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15 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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20 - 22 | Bakel Kite Festival, Bakel, Netherlands | |||
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21 & 22 | Kites Over Druridge with NEKF, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland | |
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21 - 26 | Make a Kite Week, Lyveden New Bield (NT), near Oundle, Northamptonshire PE8 5AT | |
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28 & 29 | St. Annes Kite festival, Lytham st Annes, near Blackpool, Lancs |
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28 & 29 | Golden Valley Kite Fliers “Kite Kamp”, Newlands Park, Bishops Cleeve, Nr. Cheltenham. GL52 3PE | |
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29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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4 & 5 | 11th North Hants Kiters Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire | |
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4 & 5 | 3rd Malmesbury Kite festival, The Worthys, Malmesbury, Wiltshire | |
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5 | Downhill Demesne Kite Festival, Downhill Demesne National Trust, Hezlett House, 107 Sea Road, Castlerock, Northern Ireland |
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11 & 12 | Teston Bridge Kite Weekend, Teston Bridge Country Park, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX |
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12 | 3rd Vintage Kite Meet, Shipley Country Park, Heanor, near Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE75 7GX |
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12 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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14 | Mini Kite Festival at Paignton Regatta, Paignton, Devon |
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16 | Make a kite or windsock afternoon workshop, Derbyshire Eco Centre, Porter Lane, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4LS | ||
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17 - 19 | 4th Rijsbergen Kite Festival, the pastures of the Family Machielsen, Tiggeltsestraat 13, 4891zp Rijsbergen, The Netherlands |
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18 & 19 | Shropshire Kite Festival, Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PE | |
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18 & 19 | Rufford Abbey Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF | |
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19 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH | |
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19 | NKG fly-in, on the beach, near the Leisure Centre, Fleetwood, Lancashire | |
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19 | 16th Hunstanton Kite Festival and Classic Car Rally, Smithdon School, Hunstanton, Norfolk |
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25 - 27 | 21st Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
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26 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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31 | Suffolk Kiteflyers Open Weekender, Rougham Airfield, Near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
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1 & 2 | Suffolk Kiteflyers Open Weekender, Rougham Airfield, Near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
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2 | 15th Rushcliffe Kite Day, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG11 6JS - RE-ARRANGED FROM JULY CANCELLATION | |
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2 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland | |
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8 - 16 | Dieppe Capitale du Cerf-Volant 2012, The Seafront, Dieppe, Normandy, France |
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9 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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9 | NEKF fly-in, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland | |
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9 | Let's go fly 1000 kites event, Thistledown Farm, Tinkley Lane, Nympsfield, near Stroud, Gloucestershire GL10 3UH |
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15 | 1st Cramlington Kite Festival, Central Park, North of Station Road, Cramlington, NE23 1EN - not far from the newly created Lady of the North - Northumberlandia, Northumberland |
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16 | 9th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH | |
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22 & 23 | Mascotte International Kite Festival, Scheveningen, Holland | ||
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23 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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23 | 17th Eggardon Kite Festival, Eggardon Hill, Kings Lane, Powerstock, near West Compton, near Bridport, Dorset DT6 3TG |
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23 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH | |
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23 | Wakefield Kite Festival organised by Warmfield cum Heath Parish Council, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire WF1 5SL |
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23 | Festival of Bikes and Kites, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG | |
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26 - 30 | 8th Borneo International Kite Festival,
Bintulu Old Airport
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29 & 30 | 1st Prudhoe Kite Festival, Highfield Park, Prudhoe, near Newcastle, Northumberland NE42 6EY |
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29 & 30 | WHKF Fun Fly, Lechlade on Thames, Gloucestershire GL7 3AT |
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7 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire | |
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7 | Ex-kite-ment kite Day, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire | |||
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13 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
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14 | OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - An Annual Worldwide event, flying kites for peace: | ||
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14 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers OSOW, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire | ||
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14 | MKF OSOW, Rufford Abbey, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF | |
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14 | KKF OSOW, Radnor Park Folkestone, Kent | ||
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14 | Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, Shropshire | |||
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14 | NKG OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside | |
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14 | NKG OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire | |
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14 | NEKF OSOW, Herrington Country Park, Houghton le Spring, near Sunderland, Tyne and Wear |
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14 | MKF OSOW, War Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry CV3 6PT |
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14 | World Mental Health Day Kite Festival, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire - provisional | ||
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14 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland | ||
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21 | NKG Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside | |
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29 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland | ||
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3 & 4 | Harewood House Autumn Glory and two day Kite Fly-in, Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire LS17 9LG | |
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3 & 4 | 18th Cape Town International Kite Festival, Axminster Road, Muizenberg, 7945 Cape Town, South Africa | ||
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8 - 11 | XXV Festival Internacional de Cometas, parque Natural Dunas de Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | |
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18 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire | |
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18 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
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18 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland | |
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18 | KCoS fly-in, on the big field in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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25 | 2nd Indoor Kite Event, St Josephs Catholic College, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 3LR |
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25 | GOKF Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
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9 | NKG Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside | |
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9 | NKG Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire | |
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9 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland | |
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9 | KCoS fly-in, on the big field in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland | |
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27 | WHKF Christmas Pudding Fly. Mince Pies, Sausage rolls and kites, Barbury Castle Country Park, near Swindon, Wiltshire | |