The Council for British Archaeology has announced that in 2009, they will hold the Festival of British Archaeology, the new name for National Archaeology Week.

Due to the continued success of the ever expanding and popular National Archaeology Week, from 2009 it will be extended to a fortnight long festival of archaeologically inspired events.

The Festival of British Archaeology 2009 will run from Sat 18th July – Sun 2nd August. It will retain the general format of National Archaeology Week but with even more opportunity to participate in a wide range of archaeology related activities across the UK.