Padstow, Cornwall
The obby oss (hobby horse) is a very strange site, being a man enveloped in a wooden hoop, six feet in diameter and draped in black tarpaulin. There is a small horse’s head on the front of the frame and a wispy tail behind.

Bacup, Lancashire
With their blackened faces and garish costumes, there’s nothing quite like the dancing ‘nutters’ of Bacup.

Greyhound Pub, Tinsley Green, nr Crawley, Sussex
This is an annual event which has been played in its present form since 1932.

Norfolk
The King’s Lynn Fair has been held every year since the 11th century.

Egg shackling is very likely a relic of an ancient fertility ceremony.

This annual cheese rolling event takes place at Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire