Stay at A White Lodge
B&B in Battle, East Sussex
EVENTS IN BATTLE &
SURROUNDING 1066 COUNTRY
JANUARY 08
Until Saturday
5th
Hastings International
Chess Congress
FEBRUARY 08
Friday 15
- Sunday 247 Rye Bay Scallop Festival
Saturday 23
- Sunday 24 Snowdrop and Crocus Weekend, Great Dixter Gardens
MARCH 08
Saturday 1
- Sunday 2 Snowdrop and Crocus Weekend, Great Dixter Gardens
Sunday 16
Hastings Half Marathon
Friday 21
Easter Eggstravangza, Camber Castle
Friday 21
- Monday 24 Easter egg hunt, Yesterday's World Battle
APRIL 08
Saturday 5
- Sunday 15 150th anniversary of Hastings Lifeboat
Sunday 13
Lifeboat Parade, Hastings
Friday 25
- Monday 5 May Tulip Festival, Pashley Manor Gardens
Sunday 26
- Sunday 27 St Georges Day Children's Challange, 1066 Battle
of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefields
MAY 08
Friday 2 -
Monday 5 Jack in the Green Festival of Morris Dancing , Hastings
Saturday 17
- Thursday 29 Sculpture Fortnight, Pashley Manor Gardens
Friday 23
- Monday 26
The Black
Horse Music Festival, Telham Nr Battle
Saturday 24
Heathfield Show
Sunday 24
- Monday 26 Rye Wildlife Festival
Sunday 24
- Monday 26 Rye Wildlife Festival
Sunday 24
- Saturday 31 Wildlife Week
Sunday 25
- Monday 26 Medieval Fair on Battle Abbey Green
Monday 26
Bexhill Horse Show
JUNE 08
Saturday 14
- Sunday 15 Special Rose Weekend, Pashley Manor Gardens
Saturday 14
- Wednesday 18 Kipling Week at Batemans
Sunday 15
Outdoor Theatre - JM Barrie's @Peter Pan' Bodiam Castle
Sunday 22
Bexhill Rowing Regatta
JULY 08
Hastings Beer
and Music Festival
Every weekend
in July 1066 Falconry, 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and
Battlefield
Friday 4 -
Sunday 13 Bexhill festival of Music, De La Warr Pavilion
Saturday 12
Outdoor Theatre - Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island'
Bodiam Castle
Sunday 20
Rye Raft Race
Saturday 26
Bexhill Carnival
Saturday 26
- Sunday 27 Jacobean Weekend, Batemans
Monday 28
- Saturday 2 August Ladies Bowls Tournament, Bexhill
AUGUST 08
Friday 1 -
Sunday 3 Lily Weekend, Pashely Manor Gardens
Saturday 2
Outdoor Theatre - William Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of
Windsor' Bodiam Castle
Saturdau 2
- Sunday 10 Hastings Old Town Carnival Week
Monday 4 -
Saturday 9 Men's Bowls Tournament, Bexhill
Wednesday
6 - Sunday 10 Flower Festival, Batemans
Saturday 9
Hastings Old Town Carnival
Saturday 23
- Monday 25 Jour de Fete, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Saturday 23
- Monday 25 Herstmonceux Medieval Festival
Monday 25
Bexhill 100 Classic Car Show
SEPTEMBER
08
Saturday 13
- Sunday 28 Rye Arts Festival
Saturday 20
- Sunday 21 Hastings Seafood & Wine Festival
Saturday 20
- Sunday 21 Anglo Continental Market, Bexhill
OCTOBER 08
Friday 3 -
Sunday 12 Taste of Rye
Saturday 11
- Sunday 12 The Battle of Hastings Re-enactment, 1066 Battle
of Hastings, Abbey & Battlefield
Saturday 11
- Saturday 18 Hastings Week - a programme of events to mark
the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings
Saturday 14
(Hastings - Day) Anniversay of the Battle of Hastings
Saturday 18
National Town Criers 'Championship, Hastings and Hastings
Bonfire Celebrations
Saturday 25
- Friday 31 The Ghostly Attic, Yesterdays World Battle
Saturday 25
- Sunday 26 Falconry and Hawk Academy, 1066 Battle of Hastings,
Abbey & Battlefields
NOVEMBER 08
Saturday 1
Battle Bonfire Celebrations
Saturday 8
Rye Bonfire Celebrations
Saturday 15
Robertsbridge Bonfire Celebrations
Saturday 23
- Sunday 24 A Medival Christmas 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey
and Battlefield
Saturday 29
- Sunday 30 A Tudor Christmas, 1066 Battle of Hastings and
Battlefield
DECEMBER 08
Late Night
Christmas Shopping throughout the 1066 towns
Panotmines
in Hastings and Bexhill
Boxing Day
Walk, Bedgebury Pinetum
Saturday 6
- Sunday 7 Christmas Fair, Great Dixter
Sunday 14
Hastings 100th Anniversary Marathon
End of December
- January 2009 Hasings International Chess Congress
Regular Farmers
Markets
Battle - every
third Saturday of each month
Battle Country
Market every Friday at Battle Memorial Hall 10am - 11.15am
Bexhill -
every fourth Thursday of each month
Brede - every
Friday
Hastings -
every second Thursday of each month
Rye - every
Wednesday
