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PAST EVENTS 2009
This is a list of past kite events that were listed on KiteCalendar.co.uk during 2009
THE CURRENT KITE CALENDAR IS HERE

 
JANUARY 2009
1 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Grafham Water Visitor Centre, Marlow Park, Grafham, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28 0BH
4 Midlands Kite Fliers New Year fly-in, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, nr. Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Leicestershire
11 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
12 - 14 19th Gujarat International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
25 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
31 Chinese New Year Midlands Kite Fliers fly-in and children's kite making workshops, Shipley Country Park, Slack Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire
FEBRUARY 2009
6 - 8 NZKA Annual Kite Festival, Crown Park, Taupo, New Zealand
8 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
14 & 15 Singapore Kite Day, Punggol, Singapore
15 Northern Kite Group fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside
15 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
16 - 22 14th Pasir Gudang International Kite Festival, Johor, Malaysia
20 - 22 11th Festi-vent sur Glace, Saint-Placide, QC, Canada
22 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
22 Northern Kite Group Kite Day in support of the British Heart Foundation, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
22 Sale Moor Kite Festival, Moor Nook Park, Norris Road, Sale, Manchester - CANCELLED
MARCH 2009
8 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
15 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire
22 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
26 - 29 27th Annual Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference, Fort Worden State Park Conference Center, Port Townsend, Washington, USA
28 & 29 Kite Weekend, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Hyde Hall Road Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET
APRIL 2009
5 15th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire
12 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
18 & 19 Blown Away Kite, Buggy and Blo-cart Festival, The Beach, Western super Mare, Somerset
18 - 26 23th International Berck sur mer Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Normandy, France
19 Northern Kite Group fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside
19 - 26 26th Weifang Kite Festival, Weifang, Shandong, China
24 - 5/5 2009 World Wide Kite Aerial Photography Week
25 & 26 NEKF kite display, Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland
26 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
MAY 2009
3 & 4 Weymouth International Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset
3 & 4 East Yorkshire Kite festival, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire
3 & 4 2nd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US
9 Streatham Common Kite fly-in, Streatham Common, South London SW16
9 & 10 Swindon International Kite Festival, Brinkworth House, Brinkworth, nr.Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5DF
9 & 10 Oostende Annual Kitefestival, Ooestende, Belgium
10 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
16 & 17 12th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
16 & 17 Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
17 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
24 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
29 - 31 3rd Exmouth Rotary International Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon
30 & 31 7th Bedford International Kite Festival,  Russell Park, The Embankment, Bedford
30 & 31 3rd Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, Harewood, near Leeds, North Yorkshire
JUNE 2009
3 & 4 Weymouth International Kite Festival, Weymouth Beach, Dorset
3 & 4 East Yorkshire Kite festival, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire
3 & 4 2nd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US
9 Streatham Common Kite fly-in, Streatham Common, South London SW16
9 & 10 Swindon International Kite Festival, Brinkworth House, Brinkworth, nr.Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 5DF
9 & 10 Oostende Annual Kitefestival, Ooestende, Belgium
10 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
16 & 17 12th Suffolk International Kite Festival, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
16 & 17 Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
17 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
24 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
29 - 31 3rd Exmouth Rotary International Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon
30 & 31 7th Bedford International Kite Festival,  Russell Park, The Embankment, Bedford
30 & 31 3rd Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, Harewood, near Leeds, North Yorkshire
JULY 2009
4 & 5 Sunderland International Friendship and Kite Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, Usworth, Washington, Tyne and Wear
5 13th Rushcliffe Kite Festival, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire NG11 6JS
11 & 12 31st Annual Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex
11 & 12 Barmouth Beach Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales
12 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
12 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside
18 & 19 Leominster Kite Festival, Berrington Hall (National Trust), north of Leominster, Herefordshire
18 & 19 Eastbourne Land, Air and Water Extreme, Eastern Seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex
19 Morecambe 'Catch the Wind' Kite Festival, The Beach, Morecambe, Lancashire
19 Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Dunstable Downs, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire
25 & 26 3rd Midlands Kite Fliers "Family Fun Weekend" and 30th Anniversary Party, Carnfield Hall, South Normanton, near. Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 2BE
25 & 26 Silloth on Solway Kite Festival, The Green, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria
25 & 26 2nd GVKF Kite Kamp, Newlands Park, Bishop’s Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucester
26 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
AUGUST 2009
1 Sheffield Kite Festival, Parson Cross Park, Off Buchanan Road, Parson Cross, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5 8AL
1 & 2 Kite Displays at Woodvale Rally, RAF Woodvale, Formby, near Southport, Merseyside L37 7AD
2 KCoS mass fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
2 18th Royston Kite Festival, Therfield Heath, Royston, Hertfordshire
8 Sale Moor Kite Festival, Moor Nook Park, Sale Moor, Manchester
8 & 9 Whitley Bay Kite Festival, The Links, Whitley Bay, Northumberland
8 & 9 Kite Weekend, RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Hyde Hall Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 8ET
8 & 9 Teston Bridge family kite weekend, Teston Bridge picnic site, Teston Lane, Teston, Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX
9 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
15 & 16 1st June Webster Kite Festival, Moorcock Pub, Eggleston, Teesdale, Co Durham
15 & 16 26th Shrewsbury Kite Festival, Sundorne Sports Village, Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
15 & 16 2nd International Dover Kite Festival, Astor Playing Fields, Tower Hamlets, Dover, Kent - CANCELLED
15 & 16 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Bolton le-Sands, near Morecambe, Lancashire
16 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
22 & 23 Rufford Abbey Summer Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
23 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
29 - 31 Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire
SEPTEMBER 2009
6 Kites over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG
12 & 13 23rd Bristol International Kite Festival, The Plateau, Ashton Court, Begger Bush Lane, Bristol, Somerset
12 & 13 Concern International KiteFest, Garda and Camogie Sports Grounds, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
12 & 13 31st Annual MOTS Kite Festival, Veterans Park, Milwaukee Lakefront, WI, USA
13 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
18 - 20 EuroCup 09, STACK European sports kite championships, Weston super Mare, Somerset
19 & 20 Chester Kite Festival, in assoc. with Northern Kite Group, The Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire
19 & 20 Margate International Kite Festival, Main Sands, Margate, Kent
20 6th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH
20 Kite Day, Wick Country Park, The Wick Off Tresco Way, Wickford. Essex
26 & 27 Scheveningen International Kite festival, The Beach, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
26 & 27 15th Hardelot International Kite Festival, Hardelot Plage, Hardelot, France
27 Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire
27 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in and BBQ, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
27 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
OCTOBER 2009
3 & 4 Bolton Abbey Kite Festival, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX
4 'Flight in the Park,' Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW
4 ex-KITE-ment, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire
10 North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers Light up the sky evening, the buggy field, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
10 & 11 15th Cape Town International Kite Festival, Zandvlei Picnic Area, off The Row / Axminster Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
11 OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - Kite flying for Peace all over the World:
11 North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers OSOW , the buggy field, near Basingstoke, Hampshire
11 Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden Lane, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, Shropshire
11 Great Ouse Kite Flyers OSOW, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
11 Northern Kite Group OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
11 Northern Kite Group OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire
11 Midlands Kite Fliers OSOW, Rufford Abbey, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF
17 Northern Kite Group Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
18 19th Annual Midlands Kite Fliers kite display at Family Fun and Kite Day, Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR
24 Midlands Kite Fliers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Market Bosworth Country Park, Park Road, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire CV13 0LP
25 KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
25 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
NOVEMBER 2009
8 KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland
8 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
15 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire
15 Northern Kite Group fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire
22 Great Ouse Kite Flyers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
29 St. Andrews Kite Festival 2009, West Sands St. Andrews, Scotland
DECEMBER 2009
6 KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland
6 SPKA Buggy Race Day, West Sands, St. Andrews, Scotland
13 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Priory Park, Bedford, Bedfordshire
13 Northern Kite Group Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside
13 Northern Kite Group Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire
27 Great Ouse Kite Flyers fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire