2012 Calendar of Events
JANUARY
Monday 2nd Public holiday
Friday 6th – Sunday 15th London Boat Show at Excel
Monday 23rd Chinese New Year – The Year of the Dragon
Wednesday 25th Burns Night
FEBRUARY
Tuesday 7th – all year Celebrations to mark 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens
Tuesday 14th Valentine’s Day
Tuesday 21st Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday 22nd Ash Wednesday
MARCH
Thursday 1st St David’s Day
Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th Crufts
Tuesday 13th – Friday 16th Cheltenham Festival
Saturday 17th St Patrick’s Day
Sunday 18th Mother’s Day
Saturday 24th – Sunday 1st April Oxford Literary Festival
Sunday 25th Clocks go forward 1 hour
APRIL
Sunday 1st April Fools Day
Friday 6th Good Friday – Public Holiday
Saturday 7th Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
Sunday 9th Easter Monday – Public Holiday
Thursday 12th – year round events to mark 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic
Thursday 12th – Saturday 14th Grand National
Sunday 22nd London Marathon
Monday 23rd St George’s Day
Monday 23rd – end November World Shakespeare Festival
MAY
Monday 7th Public Holiday
From Saturday 19th for 70 days Olympic Torch Relay
Tuesday 22nd – Sunday 26th Chelsea Flower Show
JUNE This month - 400th Anniversary of The Cotswolds Olympics
Monday 4th Public Holiday, Queens Birthday
Tuesday 5th Jubilee Public holiday
Saturday 9th – Sunday 10th Blenheim Triathlon
Sunday 17th Father’s Day
Tuesday 19th – Saturday 23rd Royal Ascot
Wednesday 20th Summer Solstice – Longest Day
Thursday 21st – 9th September London 2012 Festival
Monday 25th – Sunday 8th July Wimbledon
Wednesday 27th – Sunday 1st July Henley Royal Regatta
JULY This month - Swan Upping on the River Thames
Tuesday 3rd – Sunday 8th Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
Friday 6th – Sunday 8th Formula 1 Grand Prix Silverstone
Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th Fairford Airshow
Saturday 15th St Swithin’s Day
Thursday 19th – Sunday 22nd British Open Golf Championship
Friday 27th – Sunday 12th August London 2012 Olympics
AUGUST
Saturday 11th – Saturday 18th Cowes Week, Isle of Wight
Sunday 26th – Monday 27th Notting Hill Carnival
Monday 27th Public Holiday
Wednesday 29th - Sunday 9th September London 2012 Paralympic Games
SEPTEMBER This month - The Proms at TheRoyal Albert Hall
Thursday 6th – Sunday 9th Heritage Open Days
Saturday 15th Great River Race, London
Sunday 16th Challenge Henley
Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd London Triathlon
OCTOBER
Sunday 28th Clocks go back 1 hour
Tuesday 31st Halloween
NOVEMBER This month -Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park
Monday 5th Guy Fawkes Night
Saturday 10th Lord Mayors Show, London
Sunday 11th Remembrance Sunday
Friday 30th St Andrew’s Day
DECEMBER
Thursday 1st Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree Lighting
Tuesday 25th Christmas Day – Public Holiday
Wednesday 26th Boxing Day – Public Holiday
