Events Calendar

Annual Event: Battle Of Trafalgar   WHAT IS IT? Victory Ship by Morris Allen Festival Art Exhibition 2003 A local 1-2 week festival celebrating the well known Battle of Trafalgar that occurred on October 21 1805, from which our Town gets its name.   WHO RUNS IT? The Trafalgar Community Development Association is a community 'progress related' organisation that, amongst other things, undertakes an annual Battle of Trafalgar festival, which runs for approximately 10 days in the second half of October. We are proposing to make the festival in 2005 one of special significance.   HISTORY The township of Trafalgar was named after the famous naval battle between Lord Horatio Nelson, leading a fleet from the British Navy, and a combined French/Spanish naval force off the Cape of Trafalgar in Spain on 21 October 1805. As 2005 is the 200th anniversary of the original battle, we have formed a sub-committee to start planning for the event. We also expect that the British government, and probably a number of the Nelson related societies and associations in Britain, will also be undertaking special events during this time to mark the anniversary.