Traditional date
Traditional games · England
British and World Marbles Championship
Tinsley Green, West Sussex
Teams from Britain and abroad compete at ring taw marbles outside a village pub.
26 March 2027
ROUND-UP GUIDE · 5 EVENTS
Easter, but odder.
Easter weekend is busy for British oddities. On Good Friday, marbles players gather at Tinsley Green and Heptonstall performs its Pace Egg play. On Easter Saturday, the Britannia Coconut Dancers dance through Bacup.
Easter Monday is the big one: Hallaton scrambles for hare pie and kicks ‘bottles’ across the fields, while Gawthorpe races up the hill carrying sacks of coal.
At a glance
- British and World Marbles Championship 26 March 2027 · Tinsley Green, West Sussex Stay nearby ↗
- Heptonstall Pace Egg Play 26 March 2027 · Heptonstall, West Yorkshire Stay nearby ↗
- Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup 27 March 2027 · Bacup, Lancashire Stay nearby ↗
- Hallaton Bottle Kicking & Hare Pie Scramble 29 March 2027 · Hallaton, Leicestershire Stay nearby ↗
- World Coal Carrying Championship 29 March 2027 · Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire Stay nearby ↗
Traditional date
Folk tradition · England
Heptonstall Pace Egg Play
Heptonstall, West Yorkshire
A comic Easter mummers' play performed several times on Good Friday in Weavers Square.
26 March 2027
Traditional date
Folk tradition · England
Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup
Bacup, Lancashire
The Coconutters dance from one boundary of Bacup to the other every Easter Saturday.
27 March 2027
Traditional date
Traditional games · England
Hallaton Bottle Kicking & Hare Pie Scramble
Hallaton, Leicestershire
Two villages wrestle small beer barrels across streams after a parade and a hare pie.
29 March 2027
Traditional date
Unusual race · England
World Coal Carrying Championship
Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire
Runners carry sacks of coal about a kilometre from the Royal Oak to the village maypole.
29 March 2027
“Stay nearby” links go to Booking.com, and each event guide also has train links. These are affiliate links — what that means.