Official flag flying days 2025
- 1 March: St David’s Day (in Wales)
- *10 March: Commonwealth Day (second Monday in March; the Commonwealth Flag is flown)
- 17 March: St Patrick’s Day (in Northern Ireland)
- *9 April: Wedding Anniversary of HM The King
- 23 April: St George’s Day (in England)
- *6 May: Coronation Day of HM The King
- *14 June: Official Birthday of HM The King (announced annually)
- *21 June: Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales (*The Duke of Rothesay)
- *17 July: Birthday of HM The Queen
- *8 September: Accession Day of HM The King
- *9 November: Remembrance Day (second Sunday in November)
- *14 November: Birthday of HM The King
- *30 November: St Andrew’s Day (in Scotland)
These are the designated days when the Union Flag must be flown on UK government buildings.
UK government buildings are also encouraged to fly the Union Flag all year round.
The Scottish Government issues its own list of official flag flying days, marked (*) above.
The Welsh Government does not issue a designated list.
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More flag flying days 2025
(*) official Scottish flag flying day
- 9 January: Birthday of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- 20 January: Birthday of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
- 25 January: Burns Night Celebrations
- *1 February: Start of LGBT History Month
- 1 March: Wales: St David’s Day
- 5 March: Cornwall: St Piran’s Day
- 10 March: Birthday of Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
- 20 March: County Durham: St Cuthbert’s Day
- 29 March: West Riding (Yorkshire): Battle of Towton, 1461
- 16 April: Orkney: St Magnus’ Day
- 23 April: England: St George’s Day
- 25 April: Huntingdonshire: Birth of Oliver Cromwell, 1599
- *28 April: International Workers Memorial Day
- 8 May: Victory in Europe (VE Day)
- *9 May: Europe Day
- 9 May: Jersey: Liberation Day
- 9 May: Guernsey: Liberation Day
- 10 May: Sark: Liberation Day
- 11 May: Somerset: Alfred the Great’s Call to Arms, 878
- 16 May: Middlesex: Battle of Albuera, 1811
- *17 May: International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia
- 23 May: Bermuda Day (fourth Friday in May)
- 25 May: Wessex: St Aldhelm’s Day
- 26 May: Kent: St Augustine’s Day
- 30 May: Anguilla: Anguilla Day
- 1 June: Dorset: St Wite’s Day
- 1 June: Pembrokeshire Day
- 4 June: Devon: St Petroc’s Day
- 5 June: Wiltshire: Wiltshire Day
- 14 June: Falkland Islands: Liberation Day
- 16 June: Sussex: St Richard’s Day
- *18 June: Autistic Pride
- 21 June: Shetland: Midsummer Day
- 22 June: Mercia: St Alban’s Day
- *28 June: Armed Forces Day (last Saturday in June)
- *TBC: Edinburgh Pride
- 7 July: Isle of Man: Tynwald Day
- 7 July: Cayman Islands: Constitution Day
- 7 July: Virgin Islands: Virgin Islands Day
- 14 July: Black Country: Unveiling of the Newcomen Engine, 1712
- 15 July: Hampshire: St Swithin’s Day
- 28 July: Buckinghamshire: First Paralympic Games, 1948
- *TBC: Glasgow Pride
- 1 August: Yorkshire: Battle of Minden, 1759
- 5 August: Northumberland: King Oswald’s Day
- 15 August: Birthday of HRH The Princess Royal
- 22 August: North Riding (Yorkshire): Battle of the Standard, 1138
- 24 August: East Riding (Yorkshire): Birth of William Wilberforce, 1759
- 30 August: Turks and Caicos Islands: Constitution Day
- 31 August: Northumbria: St Aidan’s Day
- *3 September: Merchant Navy Day
- 10 September: Gibraltar: Gibraltar Day
- 13 September: Rutland: Grand Assault of Gibraltar, 1782
- 22 September: Derbyshire: Derbyshire Flag Day
- 24 September: Cumberland: Baptism of John Peel, 1777
- 25 September: Monmouthshire: St Cadoc’s Day
- 29 September: Westmorland: First Earl of Westmorland Created, 1397
- 1 October: Lincolnshire: Lincolnshire Uprising, 1536
- 24 October: United Nations Day
- 25 October: Northamptonshire: St Crispin’s Day
- 26 October: Essex: St Cedd’s Day
- *20 November: Transgender Remembrance Day
- 27 November: Lancashire: First Representatives Sent to Parliament, 1295
- 28 November: Bedfordshire: Birth of John Bunyan, 1628
- 28 November: Caernarfonshire: Death of Owain Gwynedd, 1170
- *30 November: Scotland: St Andrews Day
- *1 December: World AIDS Day
- 5 December: Alderney: Homecoming Day
