Calendar

Nov
27
Sun
2022
Lancashire Day: Lancashire First Represented in Parliament
Nov 27 all-day

Lancashire Day has taken place annually on 27 November since 1996.

It commemorates the day when Lancashire first sent representatives to Parliament, the Model Parliament of King Edward I (1295).

Nov
28
Mon
2022
Bedfordshire Day: Birthday of John Bunyan
Nov 28 all-day

Bedfordshire Day takes place annually on 28 November.

The date, chosen by popular vote, commemorates the birthday of John Bunyan.

Several alternative options included:19 January – earldom (later dukedom) of Bedford recreated (1550); 12 April – Bedfordshire County Council granted its coat-of-arms (1951); 20 June – siege of Bedford Castle begins (1224); 13 August – Blenheim Day, celebrated by the Bedfordshire Regiment and its successors; 12 September – birth of prison reformer John Howard (1726); 14 October – first flight of the airship R101 from Cardington (1929); 6 November – 1st and 2nd Battalions Bedfordshire Regiment meet at Bailleul en route to Ypres (1914); 15 November – first High Sheriff of Bedfordshire appointed (1575); 25 November – feast of St Catherine, patron saint of spinners, weavers and lacemakers; 15 December – birth of Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams (1899).

Caernarfonshire Day: Death of Owain Gwynedd
Nov 28 all-day

Caernarfonshire Day takes place annually on 28 November.

It commemorates the death of Prince Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (1137–70).

Dec
15
Thu
2022
Alderney: Homecoming Day
Dec 15 all-day

Alderney celebrates Homecoming Day annually on 15 December.

The people of Alderney were evacuated in June 1940 before the German occupation.

Homecoming Day marks the day the islanders could first return home in 1945.

Jan
9
Mon
2023
Scotland: Birthday of the Duchess of Rothesay
Jan 9 all-day

The birthday of the Duchess of Rothesay (Princess of Wales) is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/

Jan
20
Fri
2023
Scotland: Birthday of the Duchess of Edinburgh
Jan 20 all-day

The birthday of the Duchess of Edinburgh (and Countess of Forfar) is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/

Jan
23
Mon
2023
Pitcairn Islands: Bounty Day
Jan 23 all-day

The Pitcairn Islands celebrate Bounty Day annually on 23 January.

Bounty Day commemorates the burning of HMS Bounty by the mutineers in 1790.

Feb
1
Wed
2023
LGBT+ History Month
Feb 1 all-day

The start of LGBT+ History Month is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.

https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/

Feb
23
Thu
2023
Shropshire Day: Feast of St Milburga
Feb 23 all-day

Shropshire Day takes place annually on 23 February, the feast of St Milburga.

Milburga (d.715) was a Mercian princess and the abbess of Wenlock Priory.

In the eleventh century, her reputation as a miracle worker turned Much Wenlock into a place of pilgrimage.

Visitors flocked to St Milburga’s Well seeking cures for their ailments.

Mar
1
Wed
2023
Wales: St David’s Day
Mar 1 all-day

 

St David’s Day is Wales’ national day.

The Senedd Cymru flies the Welsh national flag – Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) – all year round.

On St David’s Day it also flies the flag of St David (below).

https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf

St David’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Wales only) by UK government guidance.

The Union Flag is specified.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying