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 |
| 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.
Key dates are not only important to us as calendar manufacturers, but of great interest to businesses and individuals. Special dates such as Bank Holidays may even differ for the countries within the UK! This table of notable dates not only shows special dates such as religious festivals, but also significant dates such as the end of British Summertime. These calendar dates are a handy point of reference for anyone trading with the UK.
