Notable Dates 2018
| BANK HOLIDAY | Jan 1st |
| BANK HOLIDAY (Scotland) | Jan 2nd |
| Epiphany | Jan 6th |
| Burns Night (Scotland) | Jan 25th |
| Accession of Queen Elizabeth II | Feb 6th |
| Shrove Tuesday | Feb 13th |
| St. Valentine’s Day | Feb 14th |
| Ash Wednesday | Feb 14th |
| Chinese New Year | Feb 16th |
| St. David (Wales) | Mar 1st |
| Mothering Sunday | Mar 11th |
| Commonwealth Day | Mar 12th |
| St. Patrick (Ireland) | Mar 17th |
| Bank Holiday (N. Ireland/Eire) | Mar 19th |
| British Summertime commences | Mar 25th |
| Palm Sunday | Mar 25th |
| GOOD FRIDAY | Mar 30th |
| Passover (Jewish) 1st day of | Mar 31st |
| Easter Day | Apr 1st |
| BANK HOLIDAY (Easter Monday - Excl. Scotland) | Apr 2nd |
| Low Sunday | Apr 8th |
| Annunciation (Lady Day) | Apr 9th |
| H.M. The Queen’s Birthday | Apr 21st |
| St. George (England) | Apr 23rd |
| Rogation Sunday | May 6th |
| BANK HOLIDAY | May 7th |
| Liberation Day (Jersey/Guernsey) | May 9th |
| Ascension Day | May 10th |
| First Day of Ramadan | May 16th |
| Whit Sunday | May 20th |
| Feast of Weeks (Jewish) | May 20th |
| Trinity Sunday | May 27th |
| BANK HOLIDAY | May 28th |
| Corpus Christi | May 31st |
| Coronation Day | June 2nd |
| Bank Holiday (Eire) | June 4th |
| H.M. The Queen’s Official Birthday* | June 9th |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s Birthday | June 10th |
| Fathers’ Day | June 17th |
| Longest day | June 21st |
| Midsummer Day | June 24th |
| Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) | July 12th |
| Bank Holiday (Eire & Scotland) | Aug 6th |
| BANK HOLIDAY (Excl. Scotland) | Aug 27th |
| Jewish New Year (5779) | Sept 10th |
| Islamic New Year (1440) | Sept 12th |
| Day of Atonement (Jewish) | Sept 19th |
| Tabernacles (Jewish) 1st day of | Sept 24th |
| Michaelmas Day | Sept 29th |
| Trafalgar Day | Oct 21st |
| British Summertime ends* | Oct 28th |
| Bank Holiday (Eire) | Oct 29th |
| Hallow’een | Oct 31st |
| Guy Fawkes | Nov 5th |
| Remembrance Sunday | Nov 11th |
| Birthday of the H.R.H. Prince of Wales | Nov 14th |
| St. Andrew (Scotland) | Nov 30th |
| 1st Sunday in Advent | Dec 2nd |
| Shortest day | Dec 21st |
| CHRISTMAS DAY | Dec 25th |
| BOXING DAY | Dec 26th |
Reproduced, with permission, from data supplied by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office,
© Crown Copyright 2008
* Dates correct at time of going to press.
