32nd Cornwall Regiment of Foot

The Jane Austen Festival officially opens with our world famous Grand Regency Costumed Promenade. The Promenade is a procession through the streets of this beautiful city and over 500 people all in 18th Century costume take part, making it a record breaking event. In 2014 the Jane Austen Festival achieved the Guinness World Record TM for ‘The largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes’. All sorts of people take part from the very young to the young at heart plus red coats, dancers and our official town crier.