The UK’s largest exhibition of contemporary stone sculpture will be held this summer in the Jacobean house and landscaped gardens of Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds.
Britain’s biggest celebration of trains and railways (Railfest 2012) takes place this June in York.
A unique artistic collaboration (Other Worlds – Story Museum in Oxford) will turn a dilapidated building in Oxford into a giant compendium of strange, amusing and haunting stories in May this year.
A major public art commission will see a collection of large Olympic trees – each supporting a bespoke metal ring weighing up to half-a-tonne – planted to mark the entrances to the 500-acre Olympic Park.
The city of Bath is celebrating its place in the fashion world with a year’s emphasis on fashion and a week of special events for Bath in Fashion.
A new exhibition exploring the global downturn and its effect on cities and their inhabitants opens at PM Gallery & House in January 2012.
A major new Brains: the Mind as Matter exhibition at London’s Wellcome Collection will look at one of the most complex entities in the universe – the human brain.
Tracey Emin is to have her first major solo exhibition (She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea) at Turner Contemporary, the new gallery in Margate, the town where the British artist grew up.
The largest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of the human body is to go on display in May at the Queen’s Gallery, next to Buckingham Palace.
The art gallery that occupies the Georgian mansion of Compton Verney is to hold two new exhibitions when it opens for its 2012 season at the end of March.
A flower festival is held every six years in one of Europe’s finest Gothic buildings, Lincoln Cathedral.
The parklands of the ancient Glastonbury Abbey will host the 2012 Orchestra in a Field music festival in July.
Pokémon trainers will battle each other at the VGNC for an invite to the Pokémon World Championships in Hawaii.
Just released in the UK, The Iron Lady – directed by Phyllida LLoyd and starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent and Olivia Coleman as Margaret, Denis and Carol Thatcher respectively – is the film of the moment and yet, remarkably, one of the most non-film films to hit the cinema.
Director Guy Ritchie has trundled out Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr John Watson in a new feature film – Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows – that brings Holmes cheek-to-cheek with his fraternally naked brother Mycroft (played by Stephen Fry) and face-to-face with his sociopathic nemesis Professor James Moriarty (played by Jared Harris).
A Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle will take place over three evenings in May 2012.
New events, enticing exhibitions and an enduring appeal of architecture, history and spa culture ensure that the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage City of Bath continues to be a tempting place to visit in the new year. Here are 12 reasons why Bath should be on anyone’s list of must-see places in 2012…
The Newcastle ScienceFest is to hold a six-day fun-filled festival of science in March 2012.
The new £4-million Jerwood Gallery gallery will open in the seaside town of Hastings in March 2012.
Back for a 5th year, our popular National Forest Walking Festival really does offer something for everyone. Join us for more than 80 varied walks.
A one-day Tear Jerker Triathlon will take place in May at Elveden Estate, the home of Ned Iveagh of the Guinness family.
As London prepares to pull out all of the stops as hosts of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we’re set for a blockbuster year of UK events in 2012.
An exhibition at London’s Geffrye Museum – At Home with the World – will look at the cosmopolitan nature of London homes over the past 400 years.
The world’s longest-running specialist print fair – London Original Print Fair – will be held in London in April 2012.
In 2012, the world’s longest-running stage production – The Mousetrap – will celebrate its 60th consecutive year in London’s West End.
A look at the top 12 things to do in Essex. We’d love to hear your comments and ideas.
With a wealth of heritage, theatre, arts, festivals and glorious gardens plus it being the year of the London Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, there is so much happening in Shakespeare Country in 2012.
Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will headline the 2012 Isle of Wight Festival.
The Wallace Collection in London’s West End is planning an exhibition ” Noble Art of the Sword” that will tell the story of the skilled artistry of swords in the Renaissance period.
Polo teams from New York, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Abu Dhabi and Sydney will be in London in June to compete in a three-day event: Polo in the Park at Hurlingham Park, London.
Bon Vivant, a concierge and lifestyle management service based in London, looks at Food and Travel Trends for 2012.
A new Mind The Map exhibition featuring the inspiration, history and creativity of London transport maps opens in May at the London Transport Museum.
What’s on at the National Trust January 2012 – GoUK.com
Britain wouldn’t be the same without its wealth of quirky events.
We’ve rounded up as many as we can think of, so if you fancy a spot of swamp football or perhaps think you could become the World Marble Champion then now’s your chance.
Hampton Court Palace is to host a new exhibition from April about the beauty, debauchery and decadent art of the late Stuart court.
Dame Gracie Fields (1898-1979), one of Britain’s most successful and best loved performers, is honoured with a blue plaque at 72a Upper Street, Islington, where she lived during the years 1926 to 1929.
London is to host a Fabergé Easter egg hunt which the organisers hope will become a Guinness World Record for the biggest ever, and raise £2 million for charity.
Kensington Palace in London will re-open to visitors after a £12-million transformation with a new permanent exhibition that explores the life and reign of Queen Victoria through her own words.
Christmas is a time to eat, drink and be merry, but to ensure you are in shape for the New Year, why not take advantage of your local National Trust property and enjoy long leisurely walks this winter?
One of Britain’s most unusual cinemas, Kinema in the Woods, celebrates its 90th birthday in 2012.
The National Football Museum, due to open in Manchester in 2012, plans to show visitors the ‘greatest collection of football memorabilia ever assembled’.
The very first festival of golf will take place in Scotland in March 2012.
British artist Damien Hirst is to be given his first major solo exhibition in the UK. More than 70 of his works will be on show from April at Tate Modern in London.
The Design Museum in London is marking Terence Conran’s 80th birthday with a major exhibition until 4 March 2012 that explores his unique impact on contemporary life in Britain.
A host of angels has taken up residence in the historic gardens of the National Trust’s Mottisfont in Hampshire as part of a unique Christmas sculpture trail.
Here’s a snappy list of 12 things to do in London:
Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire is to celebrate the quincentenary of a remarkable English queen.
Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express and the world-famous Flying Scotsman are to be star exhibits at the National Railway Museum in York in 2012.
The English south coast port of Southampton is to have a new Sea City Museum, due to open in the centenary year of the sinking of the Titanic.
One of Britain’s most prolific creators of ecological art is to produce and exhibit his work for a year at the Royal Botanical Kew Gardens.
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