Midsummer and summer customs.

Summer's customs include Youlgreave’s petal pictures, children decorating Appleton Thorn’s hawthorn and flower-and-rush processions at Grasmere and Ambleside. In the Borders, common ridings give flags, horses and town traditions their moment.

Choose by the published date and the setting that suits you. A quiet look at a display is a very different outing from lining a riding procession. Several entries go by a customary rule or an unconfirmed usual month, so open the full guide and the organiser's latest notice before booking a bed. These are choices across a season, not one linked festival.