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PAST EVENTS 2011 |
| JANUARY 2011 | |
| 2 | MKF New Year fly-in, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park, Sutton Cheney, nr. Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Leicestershire CV13 0AD |
| 5 - 7 | Udaipur International Kite Festival, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| 10 - 15 | 21st Gujarat International kite festival, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| 16 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 22 - 24 | Kerala Kite Festival, city of Kochi, Kerala, India |
| 23 | KCoS fly-in, North sands, St Andrews, Scotland |
| FEBRUARY 2011 | |
| 6 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 13 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 27 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| MARCH 2011 | |
| 6 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 13 | Rodborough Common kite fly 2011, near Stroud, Gloucestershire |
| 20 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 20 | Kite Flying Day, South Foreland Lighthouse, The Front, St Margaret's Bay, Dover, Kent CT15 6HP |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| 27 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 27 | 17th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7LE |
| APRIL 2011 | |
| 10 | The 13th Streatham Common Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16 3DW |
| 16 | STACK UK National Championshps, Round 1, at the Jolly Up 8, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants |
| 16 & 17 | Jolly Up 8, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 17 | STACK UK National Championshps, Round 2, at the Jolly Up 8, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants |
| 17 | NKG fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 24 | Shipley Country Park kite day, Shipley Country Park, Heanor, nr Ilkeston, Derbyshire |
| 29 - 1/5 | "Plein Vent" à Houlgate, France |
| 29 - 2/5 | Weymouth Kite Festival, as part of Royal Wedding weekend, The Beach, Weymouth, Dorset |
| 29 - 2/5 | eXtreme Kite Shop Kite Festival, including freestyle board and buggy speed competition, Main Road, Kempsey, near Worcester, Worcestershire WR5 3PA |
| MAY 2011 | |
| 1 & 2 | Weymouth Kite Festival, as part of Royal Wedding weekend, The Beach, Weymouth, Dorset |
| 1 & 2 | East Yorkshire Kite festival and County Show, Driffield Showground, Driffield, near York, East Yorkshire |
| 1 & 2 | 3rd Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, near Colchester, Essex. CO5 9US |
| 1 & 2 | eXtreme Kite Shop Kite Festival, including freestyle board and buggy speed competition, Main Road, Kempsey, near Worcester, Worcestershire WR5 3PA |
| 7 & 8 | 21st Swindon International Kite Festival, Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire |
| 7 & 8 | Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 7 & 8 | 1st Western Lake District KiteFest 2011, Wilson Park, Haverigg, Cumbria |
| 21 & 22 | 5th Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 28 - 29 | 33rd Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
| 28 - 30 | Cleethorpes International Kite Festival, the Beach, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire |
| 28 - 30 | Wallop Reloaded Kite Festival, Middle Wallop airfield, Stockbridge, Hampshire S020 8DY |
| 29 | MKF Fly-in, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 2AE |
| 30 | Brighton free-flying day, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
| JUNE 2011 | |
| 4 & 5 | 19th Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 4 & 5 | 5th Exmouth Rotary Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon EX8 1DG |
| 5 | Ashdon Kite Festival, Waltons Park, Ashdon, 5 miles North East of Saffron Walden, Essex |
| 5 | Downhill Demesne Kite Festival, Downhill Demesne, Hezlett House, 107 Sea Road, Castlerock, Northern Ireland |
| 11 & 12 | Teston Bridge Kite Weekend, Teston Bridge Country Park, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX |
| 11 & 12 | Wirral kite festival, (Kites over the Mersey), "The Dips," New Brighton, Wirral |
| 12 | Peterborough Kite Festival, Nene Valley Park, Ferry Meadows, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU |
| 16 - 19 | 27th Fano International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Denmark |
| 18 & 19 | |
| 18 & 19 | Beacon Park Kite Festival, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| JULY 2011 | |
| 2 & 3 | The Sunderland (Kite) Festival, Northern Area Playing Fields, Washington, Tyne and Wear |
| 9 & 10 | STACK UK National Championshps, Round 3, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk VENUE** |
| 9 & 10 | Barmouth Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales |
| 16 & 17 | Herefordshire Kite Festival, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW |
| 16 & 17 | STACK UK National Championshps, Round 4, at the Herefordshire Kite Festival, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW |
| 16 & 17 | Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable |
| 16 & 17 | Eastbourne Extreme Sports Festival, Eastern seafront, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 7PR |
| 17 | NKG fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside |
| 23 & 24 | 2nd Malmesbury Kite festival, The Worthys, Malmesbury, Wiltshire |
| 23 & 24 | Golden Valley kite fliers Kite Kamp, Newlands Park, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Glos |
| 24 | Morecambe kite festival, (Catch the Wind), Marine Road, Morecambe LA4 4BU |
| 30 & 31 | Silloth on Solway Kite Festival, in association with the NKG, The Green, Silloth on Solway, Cumbria |
| 31 | Crinan Canal Water Festival, Dunardry, on B841 west of Cairnbaan, before you get to Bellanoch, Scotland |
| AUGUST 2011 | |
6 & 7 |
Jolly Up 9, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants |
7 |
The 2nd Vintage Kite Meet, Shipley Country Park, Heanor, near Ilkeston, Derbyshire |
10 - 14 |
Dieppe Kite International, Dover Park, Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada |
| 10 & 11 | Concern Kite Fest, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Eire |
13 & 14 |
Teston Bridge Kite Big Weekend, Teston Bridge Country Park, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX |
| 21 | 15th Hunstanton Kite Festival and Classic Car Rally, Smithdon School, Hunstanton, Norfolk |
| 21 | NKG fly-in, on the beach, near the Leisure Centre, Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| 27 - 29 | Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| SEPTEMBER 2011 | |
| 2 | Lodestar Festival & Mini Kite Jam 2011, Lode, Cambridge, CB25 |
| 3 & 4 | 25th Bristol International Kite Festival, The Plateau, Ashton Court, Begger Bush Lane, Bristol, Somerset BS8 3TQ |
| 3 & 4 | Rufford Abbey Autumn Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 11 | 16th Eggardon Kite Festival, Eggardon Hill, Kings Lane, Powerstock, near West Compton, near Bridport, Dorset DT6 3TG |
| 17 & 18 | Chester Kite Festival, in assoc. with NKG, The Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire |
| 17 & 18 | Mascotte Kite Festival, Scheveningen, Holland |
| 18 | Flight in the Park, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0DW |
| 18 | 8th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH |
| 18 | Bournemouth Kite Festival, Hengistbury Head, Bournemouth BH6 4EN |
| 24 & 25 | 5th Margate International Kite Festival, Main Sands, Margate, Kent |
| 25 | Kites Over Capstone, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG |
| 25 | Wakefield Kite Festival, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| OCTOBER 2011 | |
| 1 & 2 | Bolton Abbey Kite Festival, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX |
| 2 | Kite Day, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire |
| 9 | OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - An Annual Worldwide event, flying kites for peace: |
| 9 | MKF OSOW, Rufford Abbey, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 9 | NKG OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 9 | NKG OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 9 | Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, Shropshire |
| 9 | MKF OSOW, War Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry |
| 9 | Suffolk Kiteflyers OSOW, Rougham Airfield, Near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 9 | Thorpe Kite Fliers OSOW, near to Munchies Cafe, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 4EX |
| 9 | Poole Kite Fliers OSOW, Hamworthy Park, Poole, Dorset |
| 9 | Kite Weekenders OSOW, Sumners Ponds Campsite and Fishery, Barnes Green, Horsham, Sussex RH13 0PR |
| 9 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers OSOW, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hants |
| 9 | Kent Kite Fliers OSOW, Radnor Park, Folkestone, Kent |
| 9 | Avon Kite Fliers and Taurus Crafts OSOW, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 6BU |
| 9 | World Mental Health Day Kite Festival 2011, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 9 | 2nd Hare Hill Kite Festival, Hare Hill, Cartmel Fell, Cumbria LA11 6NZ |
| 16 | 20th Annual MKF kite display at Family Fun and Kite Day, Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3TR |
| 23 | NKG Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside ** NEW DATE ** |
| 22 & 23 | 17th International Cape Town Kite Festival, Zandvlei, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa |
| NOVEMBER 2011 | |
| 10 - 13 | XXIV Festival Internacional de Cometas, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 20 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| DECEMBER 2011 | |
| 11 | NKG Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 11 | NKG Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire |