Significant Dates

Significant national dates for 2026

11^th Jan                  Plough Sunday

18^th Jan                  start of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

27^th Jan                  Holocaust Memorial Day

7th Feb                  start of National Marriage Week

8^th Feb                   Racial Justice Sunday

17^th February          Shrove Tuesday

18^th February          Ash Wednesday

15^th March              Mothering Sunday

3^rd April                  Good Friday

5^th April                  Easter Sunday

22nd April              Earth Day

4th May                 May Bank Holiday

4th May                 start of Deaf Awareness Week 

7th May                 Local Elections

10th May                start of Christian Aid Week

14th May                Ascension Day

14^th- 24^th May         Thy Kingdom Come

24^th May                 Pentecost

25th May                Spring Bank Holiday

6th – 14th June       Churches Count on Nature/Love your burial ground week

5th June                 World Environment Day

21th June               Fathers Day

15th- 21st June       Refugee Week

13^th July                 Sea Sunday

31th August           Summer Bank Holiday

21th Sept – 4^th Oct   Fairtrade Fortnight 

13^th Sept                Education Sunday

1st Oct                   start of Black History Month

8th Nov                  Remembrance Sunday

29^th Nov                 First Sunday in Advent