| January 2025 | Portugal | Lisbon with its fabulous waterfront restaurants. Monte Mar Lisboa. |
| January 2025 | Motorsport Event | Autosport International, NEC Birmingham. Europe's biggest show. |
| January 2025 | A Garden For All Seasons | Ecological estate with fine gardens. thenewtinsomerset.com |
| January 2025 | UK Dance Championships | Windsor Hall, Bournemouth International Centre |
| 1st -14th January 2025 | Ice Skating | Skate at Somerset House, London |
| 14th - 11th January 2025 | Lamma Show | Lamma Show NED Birmingham. The largest machinery show in England |
| 15th January 2025 | National Hat Day | Since the 1980's schools, libraries and museums have observed National Hat Day |
| 26th January 2025 | Point to Point | Heythrop Point to Point, Cocklebarrow, Northleach. |
| 22nd January - 25th February 2025 | Royal Ballet Onegin | London |
| 22nd -26th January 2025 | London Art Fair | Business Design Centre in Islington. Modern British art is presented alongside contemporary work from the early 20th century. |
| 21st January 2025 | Pigeon Show of the Year | Winter Gardens, Church Street, Blackpool. The largest gathering of Pigeon Fanciers in the UK - three day event. |
| 16th-19th January 2025 | Caravan & Motorhome Show | Manchester's Event City, Barton Dock Road, Urmston with over 300 exhibitors. |
| 29th January-1st February 2026 | The Holiday & Travel Show | Olympia, London |
| February 2025 | Catalonia | Temperatures are a warm 14C
Majestic cathedral in Barcelona |
| 1st - 2nd February 2025 | David Ross Sports Village | Badminton Championships. University Park Campus, Nottingham |
| 3rd February 2025 | The Tollemache Cup | Premier inter-county Bridge championships for teams of eight won by London |
| 6th February 2025 | Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival | CAMRA members only. |
| 9th February 2025 | Toy, Train & Model Fair | Kempton Park Toy Fair |
| 21st - 27th February 2025 | Exhibition | Royal College of Art Research Biennale at Battersea |
| 18th - 23rd February 2025 | Leisure Show | Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show. NEC Birmingham |
| 20th-24th February 2025 | 41st Anniversay London Fashion Show | London Fashion Week |
| 24th February 2025 | Spring Show | Bournemouth Orchid Society.at The Hamworthy Club, Magna Road, Canford Magna |
| 17th-23rd February 2025 | Jorvik Viking Festival | York |
| 12th - 22nd February 2025 | The Marriage of Figaro | English National Opera - London Coliseum 020 7845 9300 |
| 22nd February 2025 | Six Nations | England v Scotland Twickenham |
| 28th February 2025 | Garden Walk | A guided tour of the Thyme Estate 11:00-12:00 www.thyme.co.uk |
| March 2025 | Sissinghurst Gardens | The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle. One of the most famous gardens in England. www.nationaltrus.org.uk |
| 1st-2nd March 2025 | Kew Gardens Orchid Festival | Celebrating the spectacular flora and fauna of Peru |
| March 2025 | South Africa | Cape Town and some beautiful Wineries |
| March 2025 | Highgrove | Spring Walks at Highgrove
highgrovegardens.com |
| March 2025 | Blenheim Palace | Blenheim Castle: Life below stairs:
blenheimpalace.com |
| 1st March 2025 | Didmarton | Duke of Beaufort's Point to Point |
| 4th March 2025 | Lambourn RDA Shoot | Barbary Shooting Ground |
| 5th March 2025 | Ardingly Antiques & Collector's Fair | South of England Showground. Buyers and dealers regularly attend the largest IACF event in the south of England with up to 1700 stalls. |
| 11th March 2025 | Journey into Foraging | Discover the world of wild food. RHS Lindley Library |
| 6th-10th March 2025 | Crufts | NEC Birmingham |
| 9th March 2025 | Six Nations | Six Nations England v Italy |
| 9th March 2025 | Wrexham | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Hunt |
| 9th March 2025 | Toy and Train Collectors Fair | 50 stalls with collectable toys, trains and models of every kind at the Bath & West Showground. |
| 13th March 2025 | Kings College Choir | Royal Festival Hall. Edward Elgar's masterpiece 'The Dream of Gerontius' |
| 11th-14th March 2025 | | Cheltenham Racing Festival |
| 14th March 2025 | RHS Orchid Show | RHS Garden Wisley |
| 15th March 2025 | Six Nations | Six Nations England v Wales Cardiff |
| 13th-16th March 2025 | Creative Crafts Show | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham |
| 17th March 2025 | Adam Frost Tour | The Rose Society |
| 21st March - 6th April | Ideal Home Show | Olympia, London. Ideas and inspiration for your home. |
| 23rd March 2025 | Romeo and Juliet | The Royal Ballet and Opera performing Romeo and Juliet in the Taunton Brewhouse. |
| 31st March 2025 | Royal Opera House | Turandot - Puccini's captivating Opera |
| 13th April 2025 | Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race | Between Putney and Mortlake. Oxford won the first ever boat race in 1829 |
| 30th March 2025 | Ledbury Point to Point | Gloucester Races, Maisemore Park |
| April | Basildon Park | Woodland walks in the spring. Close to Goring-on-Thames
nationaltrust.org.uk |
| April 2025 | Spring Dog Walks | The Hall Walk from the Fowey Estuary to Pencarrow Head in Cornwall. |
| 1st April 2025 | Avington Estate | The fishing season at Avington runs from the 1st April to the 30th September |
| 30th April - 5th May 2025 | Cheltenham Jazz Festival | All genres of of Jazz with the famous and those up-and-coming. Cheltenham Jazz Festival |
| 5th April 2025 | Grand National | Aintree Grand National |
| 12th-13th April 2025 | Motorsport | Goodwood Member's Meeting |
| 26th April 2025 | Prescott Speed Hill Climb | British and Midland Championships, Prescott |
| 16th April 2025 | Swan Lake | Peacock Theatre, London. Students from the English National Ballet. |
| 12th April 2025 | Scottish Grand National | Ayr |
| 17th - 21st April | Easter Bunny Train | Easter Bunny Train. Close to Alton in Hampshire |
| 18th April 2025 | Guards Polo Club | Season starts Friday 18th April 2025 |
| 21st April 2025 | Lockinge Point-to-Point | Old Berkshire Hunt Point-to-Point at Lockinge Racecourse |
| 27th April 2025 | London Marathon | TCS London Marathon |
| May | Italy | The Carrara Mountains in northwest Italy where marble is exported. The nearest airports are Pisa, Peretola and Genoa about 30, 60, and 65 miles respectively. |
| May 2025 | Upper Thames Footpath | The Upper Thames Path runs through Osney Bridge in the centre of Oxford, a UNESO World Heritage city.. |
| 1st May 2025 | RHS Flower Show Cardiff | RHS Flower Show Cardiff |
| 4th May 2025 | 1000 Guineas | Newmarket Racecource |
| Not being held this year | Chatsworth Horse Trials | Three days of equestrian sport in the beautiful surroundings of Chatsworth. |
| 8th-11th May 2025 | Malvern Spring Gardening Show | Three Counties Showground, Malvern |
| 10th-24th May 2025 | Newbury Spring Festival | One of the most popular music events in the South of England |
| 16th-25th May 2025 | The Bath Festival | Festival celebrates music with international musicians and books with new authors in one of the finest city's in the country. |
| 29th May 2025 | Cricket | England v West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham |
| 24th-25th May 2025 | RHS Chelsea Flower Show | Royal Hospital Chelsea. Amazing garden designs. |
| 25th-26th May 2025 | Highclere | Highclere Castle Country Fair, Hampshire. Close to Newbury, Berkshire
highclerecastleshop.co.uk |
| 31st May 2024 | The Oaks | Epsom |
| 26th May 2025 | Cheese -Rolling | Every Spring Bank Holiday at Coopers Hill, Brockworth, Gloucester |
| May 2025 | Escape to the Cotswolds | Beautiful walks and places to see from The Double Red Duke Country Pub in Clanfield.
https://www.countrycreatures.com/venue/the-double-red-duke/ |
| June | France | Parc du Luberon. Fortified Hill Top Towns |
| June 2025 | Henley-on-Thames Golf Club | Enjoy an 18 hole golf course at the exclusive Henley-on-Thames Golf Club on the edge of Harpsden Wood. |
| 27th May - 16th June 2025 | Mottisfont, Hampshire | Mottisfont's Rose Garden
nationaltrust.org.uk |
| June | Liguria, Itlay | The Carmelite Monastry of Santa Croce in Bocca di Madri, Liguria. Rooms to stay and explore. |
| 6th - 7th June 2025 | Derby Day | The Derby Festival Epsom Racecourse |
| 1st-8th June 2025 | British Squash Championships | British Open - the oldest tournament in the game of squash. Birmingham |
| 3rd - 4th June 2025 | RHS London Rose Show | RHS Lawrence Hall |
| 5th-8th June 2025 | Bramham International Horse Trials | Bramham Park, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6ND |
| 12th - 15th June 2025 | BBC Gardeners World Live | NEC Birmingham |
| 13th-15th June 2025 | Royal Counties Show | Three Counties Showground, Malvern |
| 27th May-14th June 2025 | Longborough Festival Opera | Very popular location in a beautiful setting in the Cotswolds. |
| 13th - 29th June 2025 | Classical Music | Aldeburgh Music Festival, Suffolk |
| 16th-27th June 2025 | HSBC Tennis Championships | Queens Club |
| 14th June 2025 | Trooping the Colour | The King's Birthday Parade |
| 17th-21st June 2025 | Royal Ascot | Royal Meeting at Ascot Racecourse |
| 29th June 2025 | Battle of Britain Show | Battle of Britain Show. Kent |
| July 2025 | Cerne Giant | Visit Cerne Giant in Dorset, an ancient naked figure sculpted into the chalk hillside above Cerne Abbas. |
| 3rd-6th July 2025 | British Grand Prix | Silverstone- the best attended three day sporting event in the British calendar. |
| 29th-30th June 2025 | The Rose Society UK | Rose Festival for members held at Squire's Garden Centre in Shepperton. |
| July | Croatia | Hvar. Mild winters and warm summers |
| 1st-6th July 2025 | Henley Royal Regatta | Established in 1839. 200 races of an international standard including Olympians and crew new to the sport. |
| 30th June- 13th July 2025 | Wimbledon | All England Tennis Club: Wimbledon Championships. The oldest tournament in the world. |
| 11th-12th July 2025 | Sandpolo | British Beach Polo Championships at Sandbanks. |
| 8th-11th July 2025 | Great Yorkshire Show | Yorkshire Agricultural Society at the Harrogate Showground. |
| 29th July-2nd August 2025 | Glorious Goodwood | Goodwood House, Goodwood |
| 10th-13 July 2025 | Festival of Speed | Goodwood House, Goodwood |
| 2th July 2025 | Newport Show | One of Shropshire's largest one-day agricultural show at Chetwynd Deer Par Newport. |
| 1st-6th July 2025 | RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show | The world's largest flower show |
| 14th-20th July 2025 | Golf - Open Championships | Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland |
| 16th July 2025 | Royal Opera House | Il Trovatore. Verdi's Opera about obsession. |
| 25th-27th July 2025 | CLA Game Fair | The Game Fair Festival of the Countryside. Ragley Hall. |
| 21st -24th July 2025 | Royal Welsh Show | The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show at Llanelwedd. |
| 18th-20th July 2025 | RHS Flower Show Wentworth Woodhouse | One of the greatest stately homes |
| 2nd - 6th July 2025 | Test Match | Cricket: Test match at Edgbaston against India |
| August 2025 | Marlborough | Visit Marlborough, a market town on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. It has a very wide High Street and many independent shops and restaurants. Weekly market days are Wednesdays and Saturdays. |
| Corsica | Ajaccio | Napoleon's birthplace. Visit the red cliffs on the west coast. Flights from Gatwick and Stansted. |
| August 2025 | Greece | Skiathos - A Beautiful Aegean Island. See 'Corfu's Sea Legends' by Rodney Agar published by R.A.Marine, East Knowle, Wiltshire |
| 2nd - 8th August 2025 | Sailing Regatta | Cowes Week - one of the longest running regular regattas in the world. |
| 4th - 5th August 2025 | Taunton Flower Show | Affiliated with The Rose Society |
| 1st -25th August 2025 | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | World renowned performing arts festival. |
| 5th-10th August 2025 | Croquet Championships | World Team Championships at Sussex County Croquet Club. |
| 12th August | Glorious Twelfth | Glorious 12th |
| 12th-13th August 2025 | Anglesey Show | Two day agriculture show |
| 1st -25th August 2025 | Edinburgh Fringe | On the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. |
| 17th August 2025 | Mid Somerset Show | Shepton Mallet |
| 26th August 2025 | Pershore Plum Festival | Broad Street and Church Walk |
| 28th August 2025 | Bucks County Show | Agricultural Show |
| September | Barbaton-les-Thermes, France | Known since Roman times for its natural thermal waters, Barbaton-les-Thermes used to be called St-Pierre-de-Riou-Caou' or ruisseau chaud - hot stream. It has the only baths in France where you can be treated for arthritis, rheumatism and varicose veins - all at the same time. |
| September 2025 | Stonehenge | Stonehenge, built around 3000BC, is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. |
| September | Sotogrande, Spain | Play golf at Real Club de Golf Sotogrande |
| September | Sotogrande, Spain | Officially opened in 1964 |
| 6th-7th September 2025 | Battle of Britain Day | Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show. Battle of Britain Day September. |
| 5th-8th September 2024 | Burghley Horse Trials | Stamford, Lincolnshire |
| 6th September 2025 | Cricket | Bohemians v Presidents X1 at Shalbourne |
| 26th-28th September 2025 | Malvern Autumn Show | Malvern |
| 7th September 2025 | Great North Run | The largest running event in the UK and the largest half marathon in the world. |
| 19th-28th September 2025 | Southampton Boat Show | Mayflower Park. One of the largest on-water boat shows in Europe |
| 24th September 2025 | Last Night of the Proms | The Royal Albert Hall and Elgar |
| 25th - 28th September 2025 | Marlborough | Marlborough Literary Festival |
| 27th-28th September 2025 | Taste Cunbria | Cockermouth Food Festival |
| October 2025 | Southwold | Explore the coast between Lowestoft and Aldeburgh. Visit The Swan, Southwold - an award-winning brewery and bedrooms right on the beach. |
| October 2025 | Carcassonne | The beautiful walled town of Carcassonne is best known as a medieval fortified town. For a large part of the 11th and 12th centuries the Earldom of Carcassonne played a major role in the fortunes of the rival houses of Toulouse and Barcelona. |
| 10th-19th October 2025 | Cheltenham Literature Festival | The world's first Literature Festival |
| 8th-12th October 2025 | Horse of the Year Show | National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham |
| 21st October 2025 | Trafalgar Day | HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. The parade is on Sunday 22nd October. |
| 2nd-3rd October 2025 | RHS London Harvest Festival Show | A food feast celebrating the taste of autumn held in the RHS Lindley Halls. |
| November | Lavenham | The Swan at Lavenham. Book your breakaway to the Suffolk countryside. www.theswanatlavenham.co.uk |
| November 2025 | Eurostar to Paris | Take the Eurostar to Paris for a weekend away. www.eurostar.com. |
| November | Venice in November | Beautiful Palace and Basicila and Church of Santa Maria del gigolo. Glorious |
| 2nd November 2025 | London to Brighton Veteran Car Run | The worlds longest running motoring event |
| November 2025 | Alpine Walks | Take the train from Montreax, Lake Geneva to Chateaux-d'Oex and stay in an alpine apartment. |
| 4th-5th November 2025 | Ardingly Antiques and Collectors Fair | South of England Showground. Buyers and dealers regularly attend the largest IACF event in the south of England with up to 1700 stalls. |
| 5th November 2025 | Guy Fawkes Night | The failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 |
| 9th November 2025 | Remembrance Sunday | Remembrance Sunday always falls on the second Sunday of November |
| 29th November 2025 | Hennessy Gold Cup | National Hunt Chase over three miles open to horses aged over 4 years |
| 30th November 2025 | St Andrew's Day | St Andrew's Day |
| December 2025 | Penzance | Stay at the Chapel House just off the harbour and enjoy a sea view. Take a cocktail before supper at Jakes off Alma Road and then an early morning swim off Battle pool. |
| 28th November-7th December 2025 | WDF Lakeside World Championship | WDF Lakeside World Championships |
| 23rd & 24th December 2025 | Christmas Carol Service | St Paul's Cathedral www.stpauls.co.uk Tickets needed. |