HolidaysandFestivalsinUKBritishBankHolidays2011-PublicHolidaysUK1Whatarebankholidays?BankholidaysarepublicholidaysintheUnitedKingdom,whenbanksandmanyotherbusinessesareclosedfortheday.2NewYear'sDay3Morethan10,000dancers,acrobats,cheerleaders,musiciansandperformersassembleintheheartofthecityfora“celebrationofnations.”4StartingasBigBenstrikes12Noon,theParadetakesthefollowingroute:

ParliamentSquare,Whitehall,TrafalgarSquare,PallMall（倫敦的一條街名，以俱樂部多而聞名）,RegentStreet攝政街，以高級服裝而著名）,PiccadillyCircus（戲院和娛樂中心）andthenuptothejunctionofBerkeleyStreetonPiccadilly.5St.Patrick'sDay(17March)6GoodFriday

7EasterMonday8MayDayorEarlyMayBankHoliday9SpringBankHoliday

10BattleoftheBoyne-Orangemen'sDay12July201012July201112July2012

11SummerBankHoliday

FirstMondayinAugust2

Aug20101

Aug20116Aug2012

12SummerBankHoliday

LastMondayinAugustYesNoYes30Aug201029Aug201127Aug2012

13StAndrew'sDay

NoYesNo30Nov201030Nov201130Nov2012

14ChristmasDayBankHoliday

YesYesYes27Dec2010▲

26Dec2011▲

25Dec2012

15BoxingDay,St.Stephen'sDay

28Dec2010?27Dec201126Dec201216WhatareBankHolidays?Britishbankholidaysarepublicholidaysandhavebeenrecognisedsince1871.WhyaretheycalledBankholidays?ThenameBankHolidaycomesfromthetimewhenbankswereshutandsonotradingcouldtakeplace.17BankholidaysTodayThereiscurrentlyatotalof8permanentbankandpublicholidaysinEngland,WalesandScotlandand10inNorthernIreland.TheseincludeChristmasDayandGoodFriday,whichinEngland,WalesandNorthernIrelandarecommonlaw'holidays(theyarenotspecifiedbylawasbankholidaysbuthavebecomecustomaryholidaysbecauseofcommonobservance).18HolidaysandNotableSpecialDaysinGreatBritainJanuary1stNewYear'sDay

5thTwefthNight

February1stCandlemasDay圣燭節(jié)14thValentine‘sDay情人節(jié)19March1stStDavid'sDay

(WalesNationalDay)17thSt.Patrick'sDay

(Ireland'sSpecialDay)20March/AprilShroveTuesday懺悔星期二Lent大齋節(jié)MotheringSunday拜望雙親節(jié)MaundyThursday圣星期四Easter

April

1stAprilFool'sDay

23rdStGeorge'sDay(England'sNationalDay)May1st

MayDay21JuneTroopingtheColours

WimbledonTennisTournamentJulySwanUpping

AugustNottingHillCarnival諾丁山狂歡節(jié)22SeptemberHarvestFestival

October31stHalloween

23November5thBonfireNight篝火夜晚11thRemembranceDay榮軍紀(jì)念日30thStAndrew'sDay

(Scotland'sNationalDay)24DecemberAdvent基督降臨25thChristmas

26thBoxingDay25Howtospendtheholidays26CanalHolidaysintheUK

TakeaUKcanalholidayonthecanalsofEngland,Wales,ScotlandandIreland.Cruisesceniccountryandhistorictownscapesbynarrowboat.272829BoatingHolidaysintheUKandIreland

Hireacruiseroryacht游艇foraUKboatingholidayonthefamousNorfolkBroads,諾?？撕訙\而寬的地方theRoyalRiverThames,orLochNess（尼斯湖，蘇格蘭，水怪）andtheCaledonianCanalinScotland.30Englandhassomuchtoofferandthebestwaytoseeitallisbyboat.VisittheShakespearetownofStatford-upon-Avon,historicBath,ortheRiverThameswithitsroyalattractionsofWindsorandHamptonCourt.31CottageHolidaysintheUKorchooseaCountryLodgebreak

BookaUKcottageholidayinthemostscenicpartsoftheUKwithahugeselectionavailable.Perhapsyouwouldpreferacountrylodgeforaromanticbreakoralodgeparkforafamilyholiday.Weofferonlineavailabilityonallproperties.EnjoyaseasidestayinDevonorCornwall,maybeawalkingbreakintheLakeDistrict,ortrytheYorkshireCoast.UKHotelBreaksandTravelintheUK3233WeofferahugeselectionofholidaycottagesthroughouttheUKandIreland.WitheverythingfromacosyromanticcottageinCornwalltoagrandcastleinScotland,there'sboundtobesomethingtosuityou!Youcanexploreyourcottage34UKHotelBreaksandTravelintheUKTakeaUKHotelBreaktoacityorthecountry.PerhapsaTheatreBreakinLondon,maybebyrailorcoach.MaybeyouwanttobuildanEventBreakaroundasportingeventoraconcert?HowabouttreatingthefamilytoaThemeParkBreakatoneoftheleadingattractionsintheUK?OrpamperyourselfonaSpaBreak.3536UKCruises-sailfromUKportsaroundtheUKandEurope

StartyourholidayatoneoftheUKports,includingSouthampton,Harwich,LiverpoolandLeith37WalkingandCyclingHolidaysintheUKTakeaguidedorself-ledhikeinthebestcountrysideoftheUKandIreland.Walkingholidaysoncoastalpaths,gentleslopes,hillsanddales,ruggedmountains38WalkthemostscenicareasofEnglandonaguidedorself-guidedho