Greeting cards for United Kingdom
11 holidays and observances locally associated with United Kingdom.
The list below gathers every CardVerse occasion that Wikidata associates with United Kingdom. It includes nationally observed public holidays, religious holidays of the country’s major faith communities, cultural festivals, and civic remembrance days. If you’re sending a card to someone in United Kingdom, this page is a good shortcut for finding an occasion they’re likely to recognise immediately.
Some occasions appear under more than one country — widely shared holidays like New Year, Christmas and Mother’s Day may show up here even though they aren’t exclusive to United Kingdom. For occasions that aren’t country-specific (birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy, friendship cards), see the categories index.
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
2022 Mourning Day
public holiday in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some Commonwealth states on the occasion of the state funeral of Elizab…
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
August Bank Holiday
public holiday in United Kingdom
first Monday in August - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Diamond Jubilee Holiday
one-off public holiday in the United Kingdom on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Golden Jubilee Holiday
one-off public holiday in the United Kingdom on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Late Summer Bank Holiday
public holiday in the United Kingdom, replaces August Bank Holiday
last Monday in August - Awareness Day Cards
Peace Day
Great Britain formally celebration of the end of World War I on 19 July 1919
- Cultural & Heritage Cards
Platinum Jubilee Holiday
one-off public holiday in the United Kingdom on occasion of the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II
- National & Civic Holiday Cards
Remembrance Day
holiday in Commonwealth countries remembering armed forces members who have died in the line of duty
November 11 - Cultural & Heritage Cards
Spring Bank Holiday
public holiday in the United Kingdom replacing Whit Monday
last Monday in May - Sympathy Cards
state funeral of Elizabeth II
state funeral in 2022
- Religious Holiday Cards
The Twelfth
Ulster Protestant celebration
July 12
Cultural deep-dives for United Kingdom
Beyond the dated calendar above, CardVerse keeps editorially curated cultural-detail pages for the major festivals of Europe. Each one covers origin, native-language greetings, design tips and reference links.
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Cultural guide
Burns Night
The Scottish night of suppering, toasting, and reciting the work of the national bard Robert Burns — observed on his birthday sinc…
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Cultural guide
La Befana
Italy's beloved Christmas witch, who flies on her broomstick to fill children's stockings on Epiphany Eve.…
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Cultural guide
Midsummer
Northern Europe's white-night solstice festival of bonfires, flower crowns, and the longest day of the year.…
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Cultural guide
Saint Lucia's Day
Scandinavia's mid-Advent festival of light, when a young girl in a candle-crown leads a white-robed procession through homes, scho…