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| PAST EVENTS 2012 This is a list of past kite events that were listed on KiteCalendar.co.uk during 2012 THE CURRENT KITE CALENDAR IS HERE |
| JANUARY 2012 | |
| 8 | MKF New Years fly-in, Calke Abbey (NT), Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7LE |
| 15 | First Indoor Kite Event, St Josephs Catholic College, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 3LR |
| 15 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 15 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 21 - 23 | 3rd Kerala Kite Festival, Kochi Beach & Vagamon Hill Meadows, Kerala, India |
| 29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| FEBRUARY 2012 | |
| 5 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 5 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 5 - 7 | |
| 13 | Make a Kite Day, Chilterns Gateway Centre, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire LU6 2GY |
| 19 | NKG fly-in, New Brighton Dips, Wirral, Merseyside |
| 19 | NKG fly-in, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 24 - 26 | International Kite Festival, Satun Province, Thailand |
| 26 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 26 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 26 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
MARCH
2012 |
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| 3 & 4 | Roy Broadley Double Star Advanced Kitemaking Workshop, Cliddesden Village Hall, nr Basingstoke, Hants - pre-booking essential and now fully booked |
| 11 | Flash Mob Kite Fly! Malham Moor, N.Yorks. ( N 54º 05.25' W 002º 09.00' ) |
| 11 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 18 | KCoS fly-in, the big field right in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 18 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 18 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 18 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| 31 & 1/4 | Kite Fest, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
APRIL
2012 |
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| 1 | 18th Calke Abbey Kite Day, Calke Abbey (NT), Ticknall, near Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7LE |
| 1 | 14th Streatham Common Kite Day, Streatham Common, London SW16 3DW |
| 1 | Rodborough Common Kite Day 2012, Rodborough Common, near Stroud, Gloucestershire |
| 1 | KCoS fly-in, Howden Park, Livingston, Scotland |
| 1 | Kite Fest, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
| 7-15 | 26th International Berck Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France |
| 7 & 8 | Rufford Abbey Spring Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 7 & 8 | 15th Adelaide Kite Festival, Semaphore Beach, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 10 - 12 | World Sport Kite Championship 2012, @ Berck Kite Festival, Berck sur Mer, Cote D'Opale, France |
| 15 | GOKF fly-in, North Exhibition area, Grafham Water, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire |
| 15 | KCoS fly-in, Irvine, Scotland |
| 15 | NKG fly-in, near the Coast Guard Station, Burbo Bank Road North, Crosby, near Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 21 - 1/5 | Artevento International Kite Festival, Cervia |
| 28 & 29 | 10th North Hants Kiters Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 28 & 29 | STACK competition rounds, @ Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 28 - 1/5 | The Black Sea Kite Festival, on the Black Sea Coast, Romania |
| 29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 29 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 29 | Chinese Kite Festival, Avenham Park, Preston, Lancashire |
MAY
2012 |
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| 5 - 7 | Weymouth Beach Kite Festival, The Seafront, Weymouth, Dorset |
| 6 | |
| 6 & 7 | |
| 6 & 7 | 4th Layer Marney Tower Kite Festival, Layer Marney Tower, Nr Colchester, Essex CO5 9US |
| 12 & 13 | 2nd Western Lake District KiteFest, in assoc. with NKG, Wilson Park, Haverigg, Cumbria |
| 12 & 13 | 27th Lotto Kites International, Ostend, Belgium |
| 13 | Catch the Wind Kite Festival, Marine Road, Morecambe LA4 4BU |
| 13 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 13 | KCoS fly-in, Howden Park, Livingston, Scotland |
| 18 - 20 | Plein Vent, Houlgate, France |
| 19 & 20 | 6th Harewood House Kite Festival, Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 19 & 20 | STACK competition round, Rougham Airfield, near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND |
| 26 & 27 | 6th Exmouth Rotary Kite Festival, The Imperial Recreation Ground, Exmouth, East Devon EX8 1DG |
| 27 | NEKF Darlington Green Event, South Park, Darlington |
| 27 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
JUNE
2012 |
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| 2 & 3 | 20th Basingstoke Kite Festival, Down Grange Sports Complex, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 5SN |
| 2 - 5 | Margam Park Kite Festival, Diamond Jubilee weekend, Margam Park, near Bridgend, South Wales |
| 2 - 5 | 10th International Kite Festival and Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Russel Park, Bedford |
| 9 & 10 | Wirral kite festival, (Kites over the Mersey), "The Dips," New Brighton, Wirral |
| 9 & 10 | |
| 10 | Peterborough Kite Festival, Nene Valley Park, Ferry Meadows, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5UU |
| 10 | Butser Hill Festival of Flight, Butser Hill, just off the A3 between Horndean and Petersfield, South Downs, Hampshire |
| 10 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH |
| 14 - 17 | 28th Fano International Kite Fliers meeting, Fano Beach, Denmark |
| 15 - 17 | Essex Kite Fest, Essex Kite Park, Barling Rd, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS3 0LZ |
| 15 - 17 | 1st round of the BKSA land championships, Essex Kite Park, Barling Rd, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS3 0LZ |
| 16 & 17 | 16th Southampton Kite Festival, Lordshill Sports Ground, 5 Acre Field, Lordshill, Southampton, Hampshire |
| 16 & 17 | Beacon Park Kite Festival in association with the NKG, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| 16 & 17 | Sunderland Festival, Herrington Country Park, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear |
| 23 | Butterfly kite making and bug hunt, Fleet Pond, off Cove Road, Fleet, Hampshire |
| 24 | Kent Kite Festival, Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent |
| 24 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
JULY
2012 |
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| 6 - 9 | Festival à tout vent, la grande fête du cerf-volant, Notre Dame de Monts, Vendée, Near Nantes, Atlantic coast, France |
| 7 & 8 | 34th Annual Brighton Kite Festival, Stanmer Park, Brighton, West Sussex |
| 8 | |
| 14 & 15 | Barmouth Kite Festival, on the beach opposite the new Lifeboat Station, Barmouth, Mid Wales |
| 14 & 15 | Dunstable Downs Kite Festival, Whipsnade Road, Dunstable LU6 2GY |
| 14 & 15 | Eastbourne Extreme air, land and water sports festival, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 7PR |
| 15 | NKG fly-in, Ainsdale, near Southport, Merseyside |
| 15 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 20 - 22 | Bakel Kite Festival, Bakel, Netherlands |
| 21 & 22 | Kites Over Druridge with NEKF, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland |
| 21 & 22 | |
| 21 - 26 | Make a Kite Week, Lyveden New Bield (NT), near Oundle, Northamptonshire PE8 5AT |
| 28 & 29 | St. Annes Kite festival, Lytham st Annes, near Blackpool, Lancs |
| 28 & 29 | Golden Valley Kite Fliers “Kite Kamp”, Newlands Park, Bishops Cleeve, Nr. Cheltenham. GL52 3PE |
| 29 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
AUGUST
2012 |
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| 4 & 5 | 11th North Hants Kiters Jolly Up, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 4 & 5 | 3rd Malmesbury Kite festival, The Worthys, Malmesbury, Wiltshire |
| 5 | Downhill Demesne Kite Festival, Downhill Demesne National Trust, Hezlett House, 107 Sea Road, Castlerock, Northern Ireland |
| 11 & 12 | Teston Bridge Kite Weekend, Teston Bridge Country Park, nr Maidstone, Kent ME18 5BX |
| 12 | 3rd Vintage Kite Meet, Shipley Country Park, Heanor, near Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE75 7GX |
| 12 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 14 | Mini Kite Festival at Paignton Regatta, Paignton, Devon |
| 16 | Make a kite or windsock afternoon workshop, Derbyshire Eco Centre, Porter Lane, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Derbyshire DE4 4LS |
| 17 - 19 | 4th Rijsbergen Kite Festival, the pastures of the Family Machielsen, Tiggeltsestraat 13, 4891zp Rijsbergen, The Netherlands |
| 18 & 19 | Shropshire Kite Festival, Lacon Childe School, Love Lane, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 8PE |
| 18 & 19 | Rufford Abbey Kite Weekend, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 19 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH |
| 19 | NKG fly-in, on the beach, near the Leisure Centre, Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| 19 | 16th Hunstanton Kite Festival and Classic Car Rally, Smithdon School, Hunstanton, Norfolk |
| 25 - 27 | 21st Portsmouth International Kite Festival, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| 26 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 31 | Suffolk Kiteflyers Open Weekender, Rougham Airfield, Near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
SEPTEMBER
2012 |
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| 1 & 2 | Suffolk Kiteflyers Open Weekender, Rougham Airfield, Near Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk |
| 2 | 15th Rushcliffe Kite Day, Rushcliffe Country Park, Mere Way, Ruddington, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG11 6JS - RE-ARRANGED FROM JULY CANCELLATION |
| 2 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland |
| 8 - 16 | Dieppe Capitale du Cerf-Volant 2012, The Seafront, Dieppe, Normandy, France |
| 9 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 9 | NEKF fly-in, Druridge Bay Country Park, Northumberland |
| 9 | Let's go fly 1000 kites event, Thistledown Farm, Tinkley Lane, Nympsfield, near Stroud, Gloucestershire GL10 3UH |
| 15 | 1st Cramlington Kite Festival, Central Park, North of Station Road, Cramlington, NE23 1EN - not far from the newly created Lady of the North - Northumberlandia, Northumberland |
| 16 | 9th Kedleston Hall Kite Day, Kedleston Hall, Kedleston Road, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 5JH |
| 22 & 23 | Mascotte International Kite Festival, Scheveningen, Holland |
| 23 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 23 | 17th Eggardon Kite Festival, Eggardon Hill, Kings Lane, Powerstock, near West Compton, near Bridport, Dorset DT6 3TG |
| 23 | NEKF fly-in, Souter Lighthouse, Coast Road, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7NH |
| 23 | Wakefield Kite Festival organised by Warmfield cum Heath Parish Council, Heath Common, Wakefield, Yorkshire WF1 5SL |
| 23 | Festival of Bikes and Kites, Capstone Farm Country Park, Capstone Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7 3JG |
| 26 - 30 | 8th Borneo International Kite Festival,
Bintulu Old Airport
Bintulu, Malaysia
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| 29 & 30 | 1st Prudhoe Kite Festival, Highfield Park, Prudhoe, near Newcastle, Northumberland NE42 6EY |
| 29 & 30 | WHKF Fun Fly, Lechlade on Thames, Gloucestershire GL7 3AT |
| 30 | Taylor Park Kite Festival, Wigan |
OCTOBER
2012 |
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| 7 | GOKF fly-in, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| 7 | Ex-kite-ment kite Day, Apedale Country Park, Alsagers Bank, Apedale, nr Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire |
| 13 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 14 | OSOW = ONE SKY ONE WORLD - An Annual Worldwide event, flying kites for peace: |
| 14 | North Hants Buggy Club and Loddon Valley Kite Flyers OSOW, The Buggy Field, Cliddesden, near Basingstoke, Hampshire |
| 14 | MKF OSOW, Rufford Abbey, Rufford Country Park, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF |
| 14 | KKF OSOW, Radnor Park Folkestone, Kent |
| 14 | Shropshire Kite Group OSOW, Roden Nurseries and Garden Centre, Roden, between Shrewsbury and Newport, (B5062) Shropshire |
| 14 | NKG OSOW, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 14 | NKG OSOW, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire |
| 14 | NEKF OSOW, Herrington Country Park, Houghton le Spring, near Sunderland, Tyne and Wear |
| 14 | |
| 14 | TKF OSOW, North Beach, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk |
| 14 | MKF OSOW, War Memorial Park, Kenilworth Road, Coventry CV3 6PT |
| 14 | World Mental Health Day Kite Festival, Pontefract Racecourse, Pontefract, Yorkshire - provisional |
| 14 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland |
| 21 | NKG Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 27 & 28 | |
| 29 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland |
NOVEMBER
2012 |
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| 3 & 4 | Harewood House Autumn Glory and two day Kite Fly-in, Harewood House, near Leeds, West Yorkshire LS17 9LG |
| 3 & 4 | 18th Cape Town International Kite Festival, Axminster Road, Muizenberg, 7945 Cape Town, South Africa |
| 8 - 11 | XXV Festival Internacional de Cometas, parque Natural Dunas de Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands |
| 18 | NKG fly-in, Beacon Hill County Park, Up Holland, nr Skelmersdale, Lancashire |
| 18 | NKG fly-in, Roundhay Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| 18 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland |
| 18 | KCoS fly-in, on the big field in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 25 | 2nd Indoor Kite Event, St Josephs Catholic College, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 3LR |
| 25 | GOKF Light up the Sky for BBC Children In Need Appeal, Ferry Meadows Country Park, Ham Lane, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
DECEMBER
2012 |
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| 9 | NKG Xmas fly-in, overlooking the Mersey, Otterspool, South Liverpool, Merseyside |
| 9 | NKG Xmas fly-in, Stainland Recreation Ground, Stainland, near Huddersfield and Halifax, Yorkshire |
| 9 | KCoS fly-in, West Sands beach, St Andrews, Scotland |
| 9 | KCoS fly-in, on the big field in front of the beach, Ayr, Scotland |
| 27 | WHKF Christmas Pudding Fly. Mince Pies, Sausage rolls and kites, Barbury Castle Country Park, near Swindon, Wiltshire |