Page 31 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - England's South Coast

ENGLAND ’ S SOUTH C O AST THROUGH THE Y EAR  29

Average Daily Hours of Sunshine
Sunshine Chart
Hours Hours The South has markedly
10 10 more sunshine than the
rest of the country, with
8 8
the sunniest spots found
6 6 along the south east coast.
July is the best month,
4 4 with a daily average of
around 6.7 hours per day,
2 2 rising to over 8 hours per
day in resorts such as
0 0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Bognor and Eastbourne.
Summer
Life moves outdoors in the
summer months. Cafés and
restaurants place tables on the
pavements and pub customers
take their drinks outside. Village
fêtes – which include traditional
games and local stalls – are
organized. Swimming pools
and beaches start to get
crowded, and coastal resorts
such as Margate, Brighton and A reveller in a flamboyant costume performing at the Notting Hill Carnival
Torquay come into their own.
The rose, England’s national July Sidmouth Folk Week (late
flower, bursts into bloom in Love Supreme (early Jul), near Jul–early Aug), Devon. A
millions of gardens. Cultural Lewes, Sussex. A three-day festival of traditional music,
treats include open-air theatre greenfield jazz festival. dance and craft (see p137).
performances, outdoor concerts Pommery Dorset Seafood Whitstable Oyster Festival
and film screenings. Festival (early Jul), Weymouth. (late Jul), Kent. A celebration of
One of the largest seafood the landing of the oysters, with
June festivals in the country. music, food stalls and parades.
Royal Bath and West Show (first Henry Wood Promenade WOMAD (late Jul), Charlton
week), Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Concerts (mid-Jul–mid-Sep), Park, near Malmbesbury,
One of the oldest surviving Royal Albert Hall, London. Wiltshire. Popular world
agricultural shows in England. Famous concert series popularly music and dance festival.
The Grange Festival (mid-Jun– known as the Proms.
mid-Jul), Grange Park, near Bestival (late Jul), Lulworth August
Alresford, Hampshire. An annual Castle, Dorset. A four-day Cowes Week (early Aug),
opera festival at a country house. family-friendly music festival. Isle of Wight. The UK’s
Royal Academy of Arts Port Eliot Festival (late Jul), premier sailing regatta.
Summer Exhibition (mid-Jun– St Germans, Cornwall. A creative Airbourne International
late Aug), London. A varied art arts festival, with performing arts, Airshow (mid-Aug), Eastbourne,
show featuring the work of music, fashion, comedy and food. Sussex. Free airshow with
professional and amateur artists. vintage and modern planes.
Summer Solstice at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival
Stonehenge (21 Jun), Wiltshire. (late Aug), near Swanage, Dorset.
A celebration of the year’s Set on a farm on the Jurassic
shortest day at England’s Coast, this festival features young
most mysterious monument. folk, roots and world music.
The Championships, Rye International Jazz &
Wimbledon (late Jun–early Jul), Blues Festival (late Aug),
London. The most prestigious Sussex. World-class jazz
tennis tournament in the world. musicians perform at
Glastonbury Festival (late different venues across Rye.
Jun), Somerset. A legendary Notting Hill Carnival (last
five-day long festival of weekend), London. A West Indian
contemporary music and Families watching an acrobat show at street carnival featuring floats,
performing arts (see p125). the Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall bands, Caribbean food and stalls.

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