My now regular look ahead to events happening next month that would probably be in my events guide, if only they weren’t happening outside the psychological barrier of the M25 motorway.
| Sharrow Lantern Carnival | 1st April |
| Parade by local residents with lanterns made during the winter months. | Sheffield, Sth Yorkshire |
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| Maundy Thursday | 5th April |
| The Queen will hand out the ancient Maundy Money to worthy people. | York |
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| British and World Marbles Championship | 6th April |
| A revival of a marbles game that can be dated back to 1932 in the local pub. | Crawley, West Sussex |
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| Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race | 6th April |
| Hundreds of kayakers and canoeists travel along the canal to the Thames and then to Westminster | Along Kennet & Avon Canal |
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| Britannia Coconutters Boundary to Boundary Dance | 7th April |
| Famous moris dancing around the local area by "Blacked up" men. | Rochdale Lancashire |
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| Bottle-kicking & hare pie scramble | 9th April |
| Locals carry a large hare pie and the three small kegs to a local park where it is blessed, and then a rough game is played. | Hallaton, Leicestershire |
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| World Coal Carrying Championship | 9th April |
| A race that dates back to 1963 and since then, each year men and women race the streets of Gawthorpe carrying huge sacks of coal. | Wakefield, Yorks |
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| Harness Horse Parade | 9th April |
| Annual parade of horses, ponies and donkeys and their carriages. | Ardingly, West Sussex |
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| Fritillary Sunday | 15th April |
| The one day of the year, when a field growing The Snake’s Head Fritillary is open to the public. The church is open and a fair is set up. | Ducklington, Oxfordshire |
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| Hocktide Celebrations | 17th April |
| A medieval festival that still remains in Hungerford, with a parade around the town and the sitting of an ancient jury. | Hungerford, Berkshire |
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| Folk Weekend Oxford | 20th-22nd April |
| Concerts, ceilidhs, morris, craft fair, workshops, sessions, family events & much more. | Oxford, Oxfordshire |
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| UK Coach Rally | 21st-22nd April |
| Around 60 buses and coaches will parade around an 80-mile route on Saturday. Will be on display on Sunday. | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
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| Anniversary of the Kinder Trespass | 24th April |
| 80th anniversary of an organised trespass on a forbidden summit of a Peak District National Park. | Peak District National Park |
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| Camborne Trevithick Day | 28th April |
| The streets of Camborne will come alive with a spectacular day of free Steam, entertainment and much more. | Cambrone, Cornwall |
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| The Maldon Mud Race | 29th April |
| Around 250 people run, as much as is possible, through the mud of the River Blackwater during its low tide. | Maldon, Essex |
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| Beltane Fire Festival | 30th April |
| Celebrate the start of the summer with this spectacular revival of the ancient Celtic fertility festival in the heart of the Scottish capital. | Edinburgh |
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