Explore the EventPlan web site
Our comprehensive web site features services to clients, event information and reports, photo galleries, articles, film extra application form and more. This page provides a complete list of and links to all sections of the site, simplifying exploration of its full content. Each section starts with an introductory page. This in turn usually offers further or associated information to click into. If at any time you get lost and/or want to come back here, just click on the "Explore EventPlan" button at the bottom of each page. Each section contains relevant links to other parts of the site and where appropriate to other web sites as well. Left click each picture for an enlargement, usually with accompanying text.
We hope that you find this site easy to use and invite you to contact us with any comments or suggestions, especially if they could lead to further improvements. Thank you.
Click the link to explore our Historical Film Services pages. Historical Film Services is the TV and film division of EventPlan Limited.
The introductory page to our extensive site.
Phil Lowes - the original designer & initial builder of this site. He did a great job and we strongly recommend him if you are looking for someone to do the same for you. NB: Howard Giles now maintains & develops the site, so you know who to blame for any mistakes or if any links fail!
Photographers - Details of those who kindly supplied images for our site. We recommend their services to those who seek quality photographic work.
More about who we are and what we do.
Howard Giles (EventPlan's MD)
What's new at EventPlan, including forthcoming events.
News archives (Old news can still be good news!)
This section offers a wealth of information on EventPlan events for clients, visitors and participants alike. It details what we do, forthcoming events and records what we have achieved since our formation in Autumn 2000:
This section explores the various services we offer to historic houses, castles and gardens, together with local councils and other clients:
EventPlan Health and Safety policy
Services to schools and museums
Event listings
Details of individual events past, present and future.
Standard terms and conditions of participation (for performers)
Trading opportunities at 2008 events (for traders)
Gloucester through the ages, 19-20 April
Timetable of displays and activities
Medieval living history and combat, 17-18 May
Victorian music, song and entertainments, 12-13 July
Osterley through the ages,19-20 July
Sutton Hoo through the ages, 9-10 August
On the Home Front, 1939-45, 16-17 August
The Sheffield Fayre, 24-25 August
Blasts from the Past, 6-7 September
Sherwood through the ages, 27-28 September
Colchester Roman Festival, 4-5 October
Osterley through the ages, 6-7 May
Events at Rufford Country Park, May to August
The Colchester Military Festival, 16-17 June
Colchester Chariot Spectacular, 17 June
Clumber Park in the age of elegance, 23-24 June
Sutton Hoo through the ages, 14-15 July
On the Home Front 1939-45, 18-19 August
The Sheffield Fayre, 26-27 August
Blasts from the Past, 8-9 September
Sherwood Forest Time Trail, 29- 30 September
The siege and surrender of Newark, 1646, 30 April-1 May
Timetable of displays and activities
Historical account of the siege
Rufford through the ages, 20-21 May
The Colchester Military Festival and Chariot Spectacular, 15-16 July
The Sheffield Fayre, 27-28 August
Blasts from the Past, 9-10 September
Sherwood Forest Time Trail, 30 September -1 October
Rufford through the ages, 14-15 May 2005
Codename Hillside - Hughenden Manor in WWII, 11-12 June 2005
Colchester Military Festival, 16 July 2005
History in the Park, 23-24 July 2005
Huntingdon 800, 6-7 August 2005
Jane Austen Fayre, 21-22 August 2005
Sheffield Fayre, 28-29 August 2005
Blasts from the Past, 10-11 September 2005
Sherwood Forest Time trail, 1-2 October
Medieval Entertainment, Theyden Bois School, 26 June 2004
Colchester Military Festival, 10 July 2004
History in the Park, 24-25 July 2004
Jane Austin Fair, 21 August 2004
Sheffield Fayre, 29-30 August 2004
Blasts from the Past, Cliveden, 18-19 September 2004
The Siege of Bolingbroke Castle, 10-12 October 2003
Additional information for ECWS members
Programme of events for Caldicot Castle, May to August 2003
Invasion 2003, Colchester, 9-10 August 2003
Sheffield Fayre, 13-14 September 2003
London Historical Action Spectacular, 5-7 July 2002
Stafford Castle 1000 Year Fair, 18-19 May 2002
Stafford Castle 1000 Year Fair, 21-22 July 2001
The Battle of Orgreave, 17 June 2001 (via a link to our Historical Film Services web site)
Living History, Ancient High House, 9 June 2001
We offer specific event-related training and lecturing services for students or those engaged in organising or promoting events at historic houses, castles, parks and other venues. All aspects of event planning and management can be covered, but crucially we offer special emphasis on outdoor historical events and their particular requirements, which is not readily available elsewhere.
Re-enactment
Information for those interested in or already participating in the growing hobby of re-enactment:
A brief history of re-enactment
EventPlan, working with re-enactors
EventPlan Health and Safety policy
Standard terms and conditions for participation
Historical Film Services database (via a link to our Historical Film Services web site)
Historical Film Services is the TV and film division of EventPlan Limited.
Pictures from EventPlan events, Summer 2001 to date. Newest galleries are towards the bottom of the list.
Gallery 1 - Events 2001 (Please note that photographs of our Battle of Orgreave recreation, are now situated within the Historical Film Services* web site. To avoid having to see the EventPlan navigation bar when viewing the HFS site, go direct to www.historicalfilmservices.com/orgreave.htm
Gallery 2 - Stafford Castle 1000 Year Fair, 18-19 May 2002
Gallery 3 - London Historical Action Spectacular, 5-7 July 2002
Gallery 4 - Events, Summer 2003
Gallery 5 - 360th anniversary of the Siege of Bolingbroke Castle and Battle of Winceby 1643, Winceby and Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, 10-12 October 2003
Gallery 6 - Events 2004
Gallery 7 - Events May to July 2005
Gallery 8 - Events August to October 2005
Gallery 9 - Events May to July 2006
Gallery 10 - Events August to October 2006
Gallery 11 - Events May to June 2007
Gallery 12 - Events July to October 2007
Historical articles
Some illustrated articles written by historian and EventPlan Managing Director, Howard Giles.
A brief history of re-enactment
A brief history of the English Civil War
A brief history of the American Civil War
The Battle of Orgreave, 1984 (via a link to our Historical Film Services web site).
Bolingbroke Castle articles (via a link to the Friends of Bolingbroke Castle web site):
A brief history of Bolingbroke Castle
The Siege of Bolingbroke Castle, 1643
Updated 26 March 2008