List of county days in the United Kingdom

County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county. County days may be selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day that has local significance.

County Date First observed Origin
Bedfordshire 28 November 2015 Date decided by a public vote organised by The Friends of Bedfordshire society [1]
Buckinghamshire 29 July 2015 Date selected to remember the founding of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, near Aylesbury.
Cornwall (St Piran's Day) 5 March c1900 (Cornwall) Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement
Devon 4 June Traditional It is Saint Petroc’s Day
Dorset 1 June Traditional The Feast Day of St Wite.
Durham 20 March Traditional The Feast Day of St Cuthbert.[2]
Huntingdonshire 25 April 2002 Huntingdonshire Society[3]
Lancashire 27 November 1996 Friends of Real Lancashire
Lincolnshire / Lincolnshire Day 1 October 2006 Commemorates Lincolnshire Rising 1536
Middlesex 16 May c2003 John Randall originated early day motion[4]
Orkney 16 April Traditional The feast day of Saint Magnus
Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire Day) 19 October ? Also called Saint Frideswide's Day.
Shetland 21 June Traditional Celebrated in the Shetland Isles annually.
Shropshire 23 February Traditional The feast day of St Milburga, the abbess of Wenlock Priory, Shropshire.
Staffordshire 1 May 2016 Date decided by a public vote organised by Destination Staffordshire
Sussex (Sussex Day, also known as St Richard's Day) 16 June 2007 County councils of East and West Sussex[5]
Yorkshire (Yorkshire Day) 1 August 1975 Yorkshire Ridings Society

Proposals exist for various days in Somerset.[6]

A proposal also exists to make the 29th of July Buckinghamshire Day. The date was chosen as a truly Global event can be traced back to this date, the founding of the Paralympic Games which goes from strength to strength and started in Stoke Maderville in Buckinghamshire. Although in 2015 as the 29th of July falls in midweek, events are taking place on the 18th and 26 July across the county.

The Memorial Mob a Bucks-based group who create Memorials to Lost & Forgotten events of the Armed & Emergency Services, felt it was appropriate to honour Buckinghamshire.

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