Calendar of Festivals and Special Days UK
Calendar of Special Events / Special Days / Holidays / Festivals in England / Britain / UK - 2005 / 2006
Calendar of Festivals and Special Days UK |
|
Calendar of Special Events / Special Days / Holidays / Festivals in England / Britain / UK - 2005 / 2006 |
|
Festivals and Events in more details further down the page
 |
June 2006 |
 |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
1
|
||||||
| 6 | 7 | 8 World Oceans Day |
9 Togs for Dogs Day |
10 |
11 |
|
12 National Food Safety Week |
13 Royal Ascot, York |
14 |
15
|
16 Royal Ascot, York |
17 Queen's Official Birthday Trooping the Colour |
18  Last QuarterFathers Day |
|
Bring Your Bear |
20 World Cup (England game) |
21 Summer Begins Longest Day |
22 | 23 Wrong Trousers Day |
24 |
25  New Moon |
| 26 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships 1st Week Design Technology Week |
27 |
28 Henley Royal Regatta (to 2nd Jul) |
29 |
30 |
||
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
| Coronation Day: gun salute Gun salute to mark the anniversary of the day when the Queen was crowned (in 1952). A 41-gun salute at 12 noon fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park, London |
Jun 2 |
Jun 2 |
Jun 2 |
| Derby Day Horse racing event at Epsom Downs Racecourse, ending in "the Derby", one of the most famous flat races. |
Jun 3 - 4 |
||
| Pentecost\ Whitsuntide (Christian Festival) Christian observation of the day when the God the Holy Spirit came to the disciples in the forms of tongues of fire and rushing wind. It is a traditional day for baptism and confirmation of new Christians. |
Jun 4 |
May 27 |
May 11 |
| The Queen's Official birthday (varies each year in June) | Jun 17 |
||
Trooping the Colour (Royal Tradition) |
Jun 17 |
||
| Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June) | Jun 18 |
Jun 17 |
Jun 15 |
| Royal Ascot More than 300,000 people visit the Ascot racecourse during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's most popular race meeting. |
Jun 20 - 24 |
||
| Summer begins The longest day of the year, when the Sun is at its most northern point in the sky. Due to Britain's northern location, the sun rises around 4:30 a.m. and doesn't set until 9:30 p.m. on this day. |
Jun 21 |
Jun 21 |
Jun 20 |
| Midsummer's Day | Jun 24 |
Jun 24 |
Jun 24 |
| Wimbledon Tennis Championships One of the four great world tennis championships and the only one which is played on grass. |
Jun 26 - Jul 9 |
Jun |
Jun |
| Henley Royal Regatta The River Thames and the town of Henley on Thames are transformed into one large sporting and social arena where the world's best rowers compete. |
28 June - 2 July 2006 | ||
|
|
About Us | Search | Site Map | Feedback | User Information | Contact Us | Britain A - Z
|
If you find our pages useful please tell us! Sign our guest book |
You are here: 
