Traditional Celebrations

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Traditional Holidays and celebrations.

Celebrate Traditional British Holidays & Celebrations. A guide to traditional British holidays and annual celebrations throughout the year. Gatherings, age old customs and traditions, local food and drink, all help mark the occasions.

Twelfth Night Christmas Decorations

Twelfth Night

Recognised as the last day of the Christmas festive season. It is tradition to take down your Christmas tree and decorations to avoid bad luck in the year ahead.
January 5 2025

Burns Night Scotland

Burns Night

Celebrate the life and poetry Scottish Robert Burns, with a special Burns Night Supper with Haggis, Neeps and Tatties and friends.
January 25 2025

St Davids Day Welsh Flag

St. Dwynwen’s Day

Celebrate Welsh Valentine’s day. St Dwynwen’s Day celebrates the patron saint of lovers with gifts, poems and tokens of heartfelt devotion.
January 25 2025

Candlemas UK

Candlemas Day

Candlemas is the last festival in the Christian Christmas calendar. It is tradition, although not so popular these days, for people to have light candles in their windows on the night.
February 2 2025

Valentines Day Roses

Valentines Day

Send the one you love a Valentines gift & card. Give chocolates and jewellery.
February 14 2025

Pancake Day UK

Shrove Tuesday

Pancakes piled high with sugar, lemon or lavish toppings. Everybody loves pancakes, and Shrove Tuesday is the perfect day to indulge.
March 4 2025

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St Pirans Day

Cornwall celebrates its patron saint with pasty feasts, parades and black-and-white flags flown proudly in towns and villages.
March 5 2025

Mothering Sunday UK

Mothering Sunday

Mothers Days is celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent. Buy a great British made gift or British Flowers for your mother on Mothers Day.
March 27 2025

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April Fools Day

Traditional day of jokes and playful pranks every year on the 1st of April, until 12 noon, when all pranks must stop and be revealed.
April 1 2025

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Maundy Thursday

Marking the night of the Last Supper, Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday.
April 17 2025

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Good Friday

Have a hot cross bun and a fish supper this Good Friday. It follows Maundy Thursday and precedes Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.
April 18 2025

Easter Sunday UK

Easter Sunday

Springtime joy arrives with chocolate eggs, family gatherings, church services and shared celebrations of renewal and hope.
April 20 2025

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Easter Monday

An extra day of rest on Easter Monday.
April 21 2025

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Beltane

A Gaelic May Day festival welcoming summer with bonfires, blossoms, music and ancient rituals of renewal.
May 2 2025

May Day UK

May Day

May Day has been celebrated in England for centuries. Traditional May Day celebrations include the crowning a May Queen, Dancing around the Maypole and Morris Dancing.
May 2 2025

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Punkie Night

Punky night is a local Somerset tradition where villagers gather together for a procession with lanterns made out of manglewurzel.
October 30 2025

Bonfire Night Celebrations UK

Bonfire Night

Fires blaze and fireworks crackle to remember Guy Fawkes’ failed plot. One of the biggest occasions for fireworks in Britain.
November 5 2025

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Winter Solstice

The shortest day of the year, observed at sacred sites. People gather at Stonehenge in Glastonbury.
Sunday nearest the harvest moon 2025

Christmas Day

A sparkling Christmas tree, cards and presents with everyone around the table for Christmas lunch.
December 25 2025

Boxing Day UK

Boxing Day

The day after Christmas brings giving back, gift exchanges with neighbours, and countryside walks.
December 26 2025

Hogmanay Scotland

Hogmanay

Hogmanay is Scotland’s world famous New Year’s celebration, with fireworks, first-footers and midnight celebrations.
December 31 2025

All across the year, there are traditional and cultural times of the year with festivals and events to mark the occasion. Enjoy traditional customs and local trivia celebrating special days in Britain.

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