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Throughout May, June and August Visit Ely, as a part of the City of Ely Council, will be leading events for two incredibly important anniversary celebrations. They are VE Day 80, the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and the end of the European element of the Second World War and VJ Day 80, the […]

2025 is going to be another exciting year for Ely, and we can’t wait to share it with you all. On May 8th, 2025, as a nation, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe. To commemorate VE Day 2025, Ely will join in with the National Day of Commemoration for this hugely important

What a Golden year 2024 has been! First and foremost, we would like to thank you, the Visitor and our community, for supporting what we do here at Visit Ely. Every year it’s a joy to provide a first-class tourism offering and we continue to strive to make Ely not only a place to visit,

The City Council has appointed Matthew Routledge to the honorary office of Town Crier, continuing a long-standing tradition of Ely having a town crier. In Mid-October the City of Ely Council agreed the appointment of a new Town Crier, a post that has been a point of pride for several decades. Though the office is

Despite the weather, the events team at Visit Ely together with Traders turned out to put on a spectacular day of Apple and Harvest Fun!  Over 80 traders pitched up selling the most delicious produce and craft. There was something for everyone, from apple themed bakes and cakes and fudge, autumnal crafts, apple ID, many

Amazingly warm and dry weather and the best in contemporary roots music greeted fans as they flocked to the Stuntney Estate last weekend for the 38th Ely Folk Festival. Three stages hosted a dazzling array of artists from world-renowned headliners to the brightest rising stars. Together with the full programme of extra activities including  workshops,

This year, Visit Ely and the Ely branch of the Royal British Legion came together to provide the community with a ‘bigger and better’ National Day of Celebration.

With the weather turning much colder, we are swiftly taken back to memories of January 2023. The chill in the air and the early morning crisp frosts transport us back to the start of what has been a remarkable year In Ely. Beginning with January, the team at Visit Ely didn’t let the festive break