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Dunmow Flitch Trials

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Tickets Alert: Attend the Quadrennial Dunmow Flitch Trials
Tickets Alert: Attend the Quadrennial Dunmow Flitch Trials

Tickets Alert: Attend the Quadrennial Dunmow Flitch Trials

Every fourth year, for hundreds of years, a "trial" has taken place to judge if married couples are happy, and if they are, they can claim a huge slab of bacon.

Feb
15
A 900-year-old tradition: Dunmow Flitch Trials to allow same-sex couples to take home the bacon
A 900-year-old tradition: Dunmow Flitch Trials to allow same-sex couples to take home the bacon

A 900-year-old tradition: Dunmow Flitch Trials to allow same-sex couples to take home the bacon

Fancy doing something odd? Well, if you're a married couple who can prove that you're very happily married, you could carry off a massive amount of bacon.

Sep
18
2023
A summer ramble along the disused Bishop’s Stortford to Braintree railway line
A summer ramble along the disused Bishop’s Stortford to Braintree railway line

A summer ramble along the disused Bishop’s Stortford to Braintree railway line

A disused railway running through Essex that closed 50 years ago is now a country walk that offers some lovely views, detours and some bacon.

Aug
10
2022
The ancient Dunmow Flitch Trials took place last weekend
The ancient Dunmow Flitch Trials took place last weekend

The ancient Dunmow Flitch Trials took place last weekend

Last Saturday, a huge piece of bacon was paraded through an Essex town as an ancient ceremony took place once again. This was the Dunmow Flitch Trials.

Jul
12
2022

The Dunmow Flitch Trial takes place in July

Every 4th year, for the past umpteen centuries, a special trial takes place just outside London, and tickets to attend are now on sale.

May
31
2022

Tickets Alert: Attend the Dunmow Flitch Trials

Every 4th year, for the past umpteen centuries, a special trial takes place just outside London, and tickets to attend are now on sale.

Nov
09
2021

Dunmow delayed – no flitches of bacon for 2020

They tried pushing it back to later in the year, but the virus has struck at the heart of olde England and the Dunmow Flitch Trials have been delayed by a year.

Apr
16
2020
Tickets Alert: Attend the Dunmow Flitch Trials
Tickets Alert: Attend the Dunmow Flitch Trials

Tickets Alert: Attend the Dunmow Flitch Trials

Every 4th year, for the past umpteen centuries, a special trial takes place just outside London, and tickets to attend are now on sale.

Feb
10
2020

Are you a married couple worthy of a flitch of bacon?

An ancient trial will soon take place in Dunmow, and if you can prove to the court to be a happily married couple, then the court will award you an entire flitch of bacon.

Sep
14
2019

Ticket Alert – The Dunmow Flitch of Bacon Trials

Since at least the 12th century, every few years, a number of married couples are tried by jury to prove that they are happily married. And the trials are open the public to attend.

Feb
29
2016