Historic Rugby

Mark your calendar now for April 15 as our friend William Paul Young, author of worldwide bestseller THE SHACK speaks in Rugby, Tennessee AGAIN! Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE and a link for purchase with more information is HERE. Hope to see you in Rugby! Two different sessions will be held at the Rugby Visitor Centre…

British Festival has become an annual May event for Historic Rugby. Look for vendors, a new food provider, tours of the historic buildings and more. Bring the family for a celebration in this British-founded 1880 village! See the schedule and an event site map below. We will have walk-up and join Cricket Games! We are…

(The bowl for July 29 has been cancelled on account of high temperature.) Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game starts, depending on who is there. All ages! Takes about one hour on the route used. …

Today's 6 p.m. bowl has been CANCELLED on account of stormy weather moving through. Mark your calendar for the next one Sept. 10 (another Sunday) at 6 p.m. EDT. Enjoy a FREE outdoor participant/spectator game of Irish Road Bowling right in the middle of Rugby on slightly traveled Rugby Parkway. Teams form as the game…

2023 marks the fourth annual “Grill Rugby:  Cooking Demonstration and Dinner on the Lawn.” This evening of food and festivities on the lawn at picturesque Uffington House in Rugby is scheduled for two nights only, September 2 and 3, on the long Labor Day weekend. PLEASE NOTE: Sunday's Grill Rugby and now Saturday's as well…

Join the Friends of Rugby State Natural Area for a free guided hike each month on the third Saturday. Holly Taylor, assistant state naturalist with Tennessee state parks, will lead this hike. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Holly Taylor These free guided hikes are scheduled for the third Saturday of each month and start from the Historic…

Join Rugby State Natural Area volunteers in helping with vegetation maintenance and removal of invasive plants along one of Rugby's paved walkway sections between Uffington House and the road to Laurel Dale Cemetery. This requires little or no hiking to reach the site, and unwanted plants & shrubs can be reached from two sides. Volunteers…

RUGBY ROUNDABOUT Pedal Up in Historic Rugby and ride a Roundabout through the country back roads. Take your feet off the ground at the Historic 1880’s English Village of Rugby, Tennessee and PEDAL a Roundabout through rural country roads. Riders may PEDAL BACK from ANY designated stops to enjoy food at R M Brooks Country…

Join the Friends of Rugby State Natural Area for a free guided hike each month on the third Saturday. This hike will be led by Tennessee State Naturalist Randy Hedgepath, who likes to call it a "saunter" because he stops often to point out fascinating natural features. This will be Randy's last official hike in…

Have you ever wished that you could have met Abraham Lincoln?  It’s not too late.  In commemoration of the 160th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, for one night only, our 16th president returns courtesy of writer, actor, and storyteller Jacob Truax.  Be transported to the world of Abraham Lincoln—politician, lawyer, husband, and father—as Mr. Truax…