January

1
2
6
7
11
25

New Years Day. Sunrise-London 0807, Set 1601 GMT.
Holiday Scotland only
Epiphany. *Spring school term starts.
Christmas Day (Eastern Orthodox, Armenian, Rastafarian)
Law Sitting - Hilary - start
Burns Night

February

8
14
17-21
28

Half Quarter Day - England. Rise. 0728, Set 1702 GMT.
St. Valentine's Day
*School half-term
Candlemas Quarter Day - Scotland

March

1
4
5
9
11
17
25
30

St. David's Day. Sunrise-London 0647, Set 1740 GMT
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
First Sunday in Lent
Commonwealth Day
St. Patricks Day - holiday Ireland
Lady Day Quarter Day
Mothering Sunday -Brit. Summer Time begins. (GMT+1)

April

1
6
11
16
18
20
21
23
28
29

April Fool's Day
Sunrise-London 0624, Set 1941 BST
*Spring school term ends
Law Sitting - Hilary - end
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday Birthday, HM Queen Elizabeth II
St. George's Day
*Summer school term starts
Law Sitting - Easter - start

May

3
5
9
23
26
28

Sunrise-London 0530 Set 2026 BST
Bank Hol. UK & Ireland.
Half Quarter Day - England
Law Sitting - Easter - end
Bank Hol. UK & Ireland.
Whitsunday Quarter Day - Scotland

June

1
2
3
8
15
21
24

Sunrise-London 00448, Set 2108 BST
Holiday Republic of Ireland
Law Sitting - Trinity - start
Whitsunday - Pentecost
Father's Day
Summer Solstice
Midsummer Quarter Day

July

6
14
15
25
31

Sunrise-London 0450, Set 2119 BST
Holiday Northern Ireland - Orangeman's Day
St. Swithin's Day
*Summer school term ends
Law Sitting - Trinity -end

August

3
4
11
15
25
28

Sunrise-London 0526, Set 2046 BST
Holiday Republic of Ireland
Half Quarter Day - England
Feast of the Assumption
Bank Holiday UK
Lammas Quarter Day - Scotland

September

1
3
29

Sunrise-London 0612, Set 1947 BST
* Autumn school term (and year 2004) starts
Michaelmas Quarter Day

October

1
5
20-24
26
27
31

Law Sitting - Michaelmas - start
Sunrise-London 0707, Set 1829 BST
*School half-term
British Summer Time ends (BST -1hr. = GMT)
Holiday Republic of Ireland
Halloween

November

1
2
5
9
11
28
30

All Saint's Day.
Sunrise-London 0655, Set 1631 GMT
Guy Fawkes Night
Remembrance Sunday
Half Quarter Day - England
Martinmas Quarter Day - Scotland
St. Andrew's Day - Advent Sunday

December

1
17
21
22
25
26

Advent Sunday, Rise-London 0744, Set 1554 GMT
*Autumn school term ends
Law Sitting - Michaelmas - end
Winter Solstice
Christmas Day and Quarter Day
Boxing Day, Bank Holiday UK & Republic of Ireland

   * School terms vary between counties and from private to public sectors.