Over the first weekend of July each year more than 130,000 visitors enjoy RAF Waddington International Air Show, situated 3 miles south of Lincoln. The largest of all RAF Air Shows it offers unforgettable entertainment for the whole family. Since the inaugural show, held in 1995, the event has increased in size and stature and is one of the country’s largest. The purpose of the show is to increase public awareness and understanding of the RAF. All profits are donated to RAF and local charities.

 

The 7 hour flying display features a myriad of aircraft from around the world. There is also an extensive range of ground displays with over 250 trade stands, craft marquees, funfair, two exhibition hangars and “hands-on” exhibits from all three Armed Forces. Many catering outlets and bars provide a variety of food and refreshments.

 

Advance admission tickets, helicopter flights and private enclosure places are now on sale on www.waddingtonairshow.co.uk and from late May through selected Morrisons stores and branches of HSBC and Alliance & Leicester banks. Please visit the Waddington Airshow website for lists of participating stores and branches.

 

The RAF Waddington International Air Show is one not to be missed this summer!

 

 

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The event is taking place in the Old Market Square from Thursday 1^st to Sunday 4^th July.  Paul Kennedy of organisers, The Market Square Group, returning to Nottingham hot on the success of the Medieval Market held in May, said:  “ Britain provides the most complete meeting place in the world with its rich heritage and mixtures of old and new.  It also has one of the world’s richest food cultures with dishes from India, Thailand, the Caribbean, South America and Europe providing ingredients to our nation’s staple diet.  The World Village Market will feature many of these dishes and enable visitors to learn more about the cultures behind them and, of course, there will be some local produce on offer too.”

 

The World Village Market will feature ‘Keen, Green and Ethical Goods’ and, to add to the festival atmosphere, there will be live music and craft demonstrations including chainsaw wood carving as well as energy saving initiatives.  Paul added: ““We continue to see a demand for original products of good quality.  A great many people care about where their food comes from and the ingredients that are used.  Similarly, original, handmade and or ethically traded arts, crafts, clothing and jewellery are holding their own in these challenging economic times precisely because people are being more careful about how they spend their money.”

 

Visit exhibitors from across the UK and across the world.  Come and join in the fun at Nottingham’s first World Village Market.  For more details, visit www.marketsquaregroup.co.uk.