Notable Dates 2021
Please note that events to celebrate significant dates in 2021 may be cancelled due to coronavirus.
| BANK HOLIDAY | Jan 1st |
| Bank Holiday (Scotland) | Jan 4th |
| Epiphany | Jan 6th |
| Burns Night (Scotland) | Jan 25th |
| Septuagesima Sunday | Jan 31st |
| Accession of Queen Elizabeth II | Feb 6th |
| Chinese New Year | Feb 12th |
| St. Valentine’s Day | Feb 14th |
| Quinquagesima Sunday | Feb 14th |
| Shrove Tuesday | Feb 16th |
| Ash Wednesday | Feb 17th |
| Quadragesima Sunday | Feb 21st |
| St. David (Wales) | Mar 1st |
| Commonwealth Day | Mar 8th |
| Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) | Mar 11th |
| Isra and Mi’raj (Muslim) | Mar 11th |
| Mothering Sunday | Mar 14th |
| St. Patrick (Ireland) | Mar 17th |
| Bank Holiday (N. Ireland/Eire) | Mar 17th |
| Annunciation (Lady Day) | Mar 25th |
| Holi (Hindu) | Mar 28th |
| British Summertime commences | Mar 28th |
| Palm Sunday | Mar 28th |
| Passover (Jewish) 1st day of | Mar 28th |
| GOOD FRIDAY | Apr 2nd |
| Easter Day | Apr 4th |
| BANK HOLIDAY (Easter Monday - Excl. Scotland) | Apr 5th |
| Low Sunday | Apr 11th |
| First Day of Ramadan (Muslim) | Apr 13th |
| H.M. The Queen’s Birthday | Apr 21st |
| St. George (England) | Apr 23rd |
| BANK HOLIDAY | May 3rd |
| Laylat al-Qadr – Night of Destiny (Muslim) | May 8th |
| Liberation Day (Jersey/Guernsey) | May 9th |
| Rogation Sunday | May 9th |
| Ascension Day | May 13th |
| Eid al-Fitr (Muslim) | May 13th |
| Feast of Weeks (Jewish) | May 17th |
| Whit Sunday | May 23rd |
| Trinity Sunday | May 30th |
| BANK HOLIDAY | May 31st |
| Coronation Day | June 2nd |
| Corpus Christi | June 3rd |
| Bank Holiday (Eire) | June 7th |
| Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh’s Birthday | June 10th |
| H.M. The Queen’s Official Birthday* | June 12th |
| Fathers’ Day | June 20th |
| Longest Day | June 21st |
| Midsummer Day | June 24th |
| Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) | July 12th |
| Eid-al-Adha (Muslim) | July 20th |
| Bank Holiday (Eire & Scotland) | Aug 2nd |
| Al-Hijra/Muharram (Muslim) | Aug 10th |
| Islamic New Year (1443) | Aug 10th |
| Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) | Aug 21st |
| Janmashtami (Hindu) | Aug 29th |
| BANK HOLIDAY (Excl. Scotland) | Aug 30th |
| Jewish New Year (5781) | Sept 7th |
| Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) | Sept 10th |
| Day of Atonement (Jewish) | Sept 16th |
| Tabernacles (Jewish) 1st day of | Sept 21st |
| Michaelmas Day | Sept 29th |
| Navaratri (Hindu) | Oct 6th |
| Dussehra (Hindu) | Oct 14th |
| Prophet’s Birthday (Muslim) | Oct 19th |
| Trafalgar Day | Oct 21st |
| Bank Holiday (Eire) | Oct 25th |
| British Summertime ends* | Oct 31st |
| Hallow’een | Oct 31st |
| Guy Fawkes | Nov 5th |
| Remembrance Sunday | Nov 14th |
| Birthday of the H.R.H. Prince of Wales | Nov 14th |
| 1st Sunday in Advent | Nov 28th |
| St. Andrew (Scotland) | Nov 30th |
| Shortest Day | Dec 21st |
| CHRISTMAS DAY | Dec 25th |
| BOXING DAY | Dec 26th |
| BANK HOLIDAY | Dec 27th |
| BANK HOLIDAY | Dec 28th |
Reproduced, with permission, from data supplied by H.M. Nautical Almanac Office,
© Crown Copyright 2019
* Dates correct at time of going to press.
