Events in Britain

Britain has a calendar of amazing, never-ending (often quirky) events which entertains locals and visitors year-round.

Here are just a few of them:

ryescallops The next Rye Bay Scallop Festival will take place from 25th February-4th March, 2012. Watch the Rye Bay Scallop Week Video

The town is following a long and proud tradition. King Charles 1, in 1628, speaking of Rye called it "The cheapest sea-towne for provision of fish for our house".

The mainly restaurant-based event takes place when the local delicacy is at its plumpest and most succulent. The festival features cookery schools, cooking and scallop shucking demos. The week culminates on the final day with the hotly contested 'What a Load of Scallops' race with competitors racing barrows of scallops, through the cobbled streets of Rye, to win the coveted wooden scallop plaque.

To taste these succulent crustaceans at their best visit The Ambrette in nearby Margate, where Michelin-rated chef patron Dev Biswal is to serve a special menu to mark the Rye Bay Scallop Festival.

The 6-course scallop tasting menu, priced at £49.99, will be served at both his Margate and Rye restaurants, on Sunday 26th February and Sunday 4th March. Dev has created the unique scallop sampler to showcase scallop-cooking techniques from around the world, including a special scallop brew and an exclusive scallop dessert.

whitevine The Ambrette Restaurant at Rye, which opened on 1st December, 2011, is located in the historic White Vine House, holder of 5 AA stars in the 'Restaurant with Rooms' category. It accommodates 14 guests in 5 double rooms (one 4-poster), and a family room (sleeping four). The original building was destroyed during one of the many French raids on the town during the 100 Years War. The Elizabethan Dining Room named for its exquisite and unique French oak panelling, which probably cost more than the original building, with each panel individually formed to fit the timber frame. The room is 'signed' with a carpenter's mark visible just above the fireplace.

Did you know that Rye's fishing fleet moors almost two miles from the sea?

Or that there are more than 300 species of scallop in the world?!

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