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Date
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Event
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Place
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Details
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Type
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16-17 April
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Midlands Festival of Transport
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Western Park, Shropshire
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Attracts up to 15,000 visitors
|
Cars/motoring
|
|
22-23 April
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Brighton UK Coach Rally
|
Brighton
|
52nd coach rally
|
Buses
|
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30 April – 1 May
|
Truckfest
|
East of England Showground, Peterborough
|
|
Truckfest
|
|
21 May
|
Airspace Air Show
|
Duxford
|
Story of British and Commonwealth aviation
|
Aviation
|
|
27-29 May
|
Trolley Bus Reading Weekend
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Trolley Bus Museum , Sandtoft
|
Celebrating 70 years since Reading's
first Trolleybus
|
Buses
|
|
31 May – 1 June
|
Suffolk Show
|
Suffolk
|
Annual agricultural show
|
General
|
|
3 – 4 June
|
Truckfest
|
Kent County Showground, Detling
|
Truckfest
|
Truckfest
|
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8, 9, 10 June
|
South of England Agricultural Show
|
West Sussex
|
Annual agricultural show attracting over 90,000 visitors
|
General
|
|
12 June
|
RAF Cosford Air show
|
Midlands
|
The Midland’s premier air
event (2005 dates shown)
|
Aviation
|
|
16-18 June
|
Three Counties Show
|
Malvern
|
Annual agricultural show
|
General
|
|
28 – 29 June
|
Norfolk Show
|
Norfolk
|
Annual agricultural show
|
General
|
|
1-2 July
|
Royal Air Force Waddington, International Air Show
|
Waddington
|
RAF's biggest Air Show
|
Aviation
|
|
2 - 5 July
|
The Royal Show
|
Warwickshire
|
A family day out celebrating British
agriculture attracting 148,000 visitors
|
General
|
|
8-9 July
|
Flying Legends Air Show
|
Duxford
|
Features propeller-driven combat aircraft of two World
Wars
|
Aviation
|
|
12 July
|
RNAS Culdrose Air Day
|
RNAS Culdrose
|
The only International Air Day
in the West Country
|
Aviation
|
|
15-16 July
|
Royal International Air Tattoo
|
RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire
|
Military Air show with 160,000 visitors
|
Aviation
|
|
5 – 6 August
|
Truckfest
|
Royal Highland Centre, Inglinton,
Edinburgh
|
Truckfest
|
Truckfest
|
|
17 – 20 August
|
Eastbourne International Air show
|
Eastbourne
|
800,000 attended the biggest free air show on the southcoast
– Red Arrows also appear
|
Aviation
|
|
27 – 28 August
|
Carole Nash Knebworth Classic
Motor Show
|
Knebworth
|
Running for over 15 years attracting
over 2000 classic vehicles
|
Cars/motoring
|
|
30 August – 3 September
|
Great Dorset Steam Fair
|
Dorset
|
Annual fair attracting a family audience of 250,000
visitors over the five days. Features over 2000 exhibitors
and 600 trade stands
|
Steam/railway
|
|
9 September
|
Royal Air Force Leuchars Air Show
|
Fife
|
40,000 visitors expected
|
Aviation
|
|
17 September
|
EFE Showbus International Rally 2005
|
Duxford
|
More than 450 buses on display at Duxford (2005 dates
shown)
|
Buses
|
|
27-29 October
|
Classic Motor Show
|
NEC, Birmingham
|
Classic motor show, the biggest
and best of its kind attracting 40,000 visitors
|
Cars/motoring
|
|
7-9 November
|
Euro Bus Expo (formerly Coach & Bus show)
|
NEC, Birmingham
|
Over 300 exhibitors showcase the latest developments
and innovations in the European passenger transport industry
|
Buses
|