Bristol International Festival of Kites & Air Creations takes place this weekend on The Plateau on the Ashton Court Estate. As well as synchronised and choreographed displays there’ll be demonstrations on how to fly sports kites plus there’s plenty of entertainment for children including kite making workshops, face painting and hair braiding.

Monday evening there’s Polo on the Beach, a free exhibition match held at Watergate Bay in Cornwall. The match, which starts at 6.30pm, see two teams put on a fast-paced and exciting exhibition, and with unrestricted access to the beach spectators are able to watch the action at close hand.

The brand new state of the art Darwin Centre opens on Tuesday. Housing 17 million insect and 3 million plant specimens visitors will encounter scientists at work in open-plan workspaces, learn about their travels of discovery and find out how they name new species.

The Woodstock Literary Festival at Blenheim Palace begins on Wednesday. World class figures discuss politics, history, music, food, football and even poker. With guests Sarah Waters, Julian Fellows, David Cameron, Mariella Frostrup, Zac Goldsmith, Feargal Sharkey and Ronni Ancona.

Ludlow hosts their Food Festival this weekend featuring over 130 top quality small independent food and drink producers, with demonstrations, talks and much more including sampling and voting for your favourite sausage, bread or ale and engaging in some serious pudding tasting.