County Days

Calendar created by Luke Blackstaffe.

Special commemorative days have been established by a number of counties to celebrate the achievements of famous sons and daughters and to extol the virtues of any particular county. While, obviously, county flags may be flown at any time, these special days are ideal occasions to fly them. In several counties, such as Cornwall, Sussex and Yorkshire, there is a marked recognition of the county day, with flags raised and special ceremonies held, whilst in other locations the concept is still fresh and not widely considered.

Other counties have yet to establish definitive days for themselves although the date a recently acquired flag was established is itself a viable date to be recognised as a county day. In recent years another aspect associated with the “County Day” has been the raising of the flag at the headquarters of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) at its Eland House headquarters, London. Although sadly, this practice now seems to be discontinued, all the county flags were raised by government on Historic County Flags Day (see below) 2019.

County and regional days are listed below by location and further on, by a list in chronological order

Historic County Flags Day – July 23rd

England    

1. Bedfordshire Day – November 28th 
2. Buckinghamshire – July 29th
3. Cheshire Day – March 30th
4. Cornwall – March 5th
5. County Durham – March 20th
6. Cumberland – September 24th
7. Devon – June 4th
8. Derbyshire – September 22nd
9. Dorset – June 1st
10. Essex – October 26th
11. Hampshire – July 15th
12. Huntingdonshire – April 25
13. Kent – May 26th
14. Lancashire – November 27th
15. Lincolnshire – October 1st
16. Middlesex – May 16th
17. Nottinghamshire – August 25th
18. Norfolk – July 27th
19. Northamptonshire – October 25th
20. Oxfordshire – October 19th
21. Rutland – September 13th
22. Shropshire – February 23rd
23. Somerset – May 11th
24. Staffordshire – May 1st
25. Suffolk Day – June 21st
26. Sussex Day – June 16th
27. Gloucestershire Day – September 21st
28. Westmorland – September 29th
29. Wiltshire – June 5th
30. Yorkshire – August 1st
31. Yorkshire – East Riding – August 24th
32. Yorkshire – North Riding – August 22nd
33. Yorkshire – West Riding – March 29th

Scotland 

1. Orkney – April 16th
2. Shetland – June 21st

Wales                           

1. Caernarfonshire – November 28th
2. Monmouthshire – September 25th
3. Pembrokeshire – June 1st

Regional

1. Black Country – July 14th
2. East Anglia – March 8th
3. Mercia Day – June 22nd
4. Northumbria – August 31st
5. Wessex – May 25th

County and other regional days in chronological order.

1. February 23rd – Shropshire
2. March 5th – Cornwall
3. March 8th – East Anglia
4. March 20th – County Durham
5. March 29 – Yorkshire – West Riding
6. March 30th – Cheshire
7. April 16th – Orkney
8. April 25th – Huntingdonshire
9. May 1st – Staffordshire
10. May 11th – Somerset
11. May 16th – Middlesex
12. May 25th – Wessex
13. May 26th – Kent
14. June 1st – Dorset
15. June 1st – Pembrokeshire
16. June 4th – Devon
17. June 5th – Wiltshire
18. June 16th – Sussex
19. June 21st – Suffolk
20. June 21st – Shetland
21. June 22nd – Mercia
22. July 14th – Black Country
23. July 15th – Hampshire
24. July 23rd – Historic County Flags Day
25. July 27th – Norfolk
26. July 29th – Buckinghamshire
27. August 1st – Yorkshire
28. August 22nd – Yorkshire – North Riding
29. August 24th – Yorkshire – East Riding
30. August 25th – Nottinghamshire
31. August 31st – Northumbria
32. September 13th – Rutland
33. September 21st – Gloucestershire
34. September 22nd – Derbyshire
35. September 24th – Cumberland
36. September 25th – Monmouthshire
37. September 29th – Westmorland
38. October 1st – Lincolnshire
39. October 19th – Oxfordshire
40. October 25th – Northamptonshire
41. October 26th – Essex
42. November 27th – Lancashire
43. November 28th – Bedfordshire
44. November 28th – Caernarfonshire