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The Olney Pancake Race 2025

Where: about 95 km North of London, ,
When: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Photo: olneypancakerace.org
Olney Pancake Race
Photo: olneypancakerace.org

The Olney Pancake Race, dating back more than five hundred years, is held on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gars). The course is 415 yards (380m) long and is run from the Market Place to the Church at 11.55 a.m. Participants, housewives or young ladies of the town, must have lived in Olney for at least 3 months and be at least 18 years old.

Competitors must wear the traditional costume of a housewife, including a skirt, apron and head covering. They must of course carry a frying pan containing a pancake. The winner, on crossing the line, must toss her pancake and she is then greeted by the verger with the traditional kiss of peace.

The race is immediately followed by a Shriving service in the Parish Church when the official Olney and Liberal prizes are presented.

[Courtesy of Olney Town Council website]
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Olney Town Council
The Olney Centre, High Street,
Olney, Bucks, MK46 4EF
United Kinkdom
Phone:+44 1234 711679
Fax: +44 1234 241107
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Capital:
London
Currency:
British pound (GBP)
Voltage and Frequency:
230V 50 Hz
Dialing country code:
+44
Time Zone:
UTC+0 (GMT) BST= (British Summer Time) UTC+1
Language:
English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland).
Location:
Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France.
Climate:
Temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast.
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VisitBritain Headquarters Thames Tower Black's Road Hammersmith London W6 9EL Phone: 020 8846 9000
United Kingdom background and overview
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface.
The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe.
A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to wrangling over the peace process.
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City Information

In-country dialing code:
1234
Longitude:
-0.7°
Latitude:
52.15°

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