List of county days in the United Kingdom

County days in the United Kingdom are relatively recent observances, formed to celebrate the cultural heritage of a particular British county. County days may be selected to coincide with the observance of a Saint's Day that has local significance.

County	Date	First observed	Origin
Bedfordshire	28 November	2015	Date decided by a public vote organised by The Friends of Bedfordshire society [1]
Buckinghamshire	29 July	2015	Date selected to remember the founding of the Paralympic Movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, near Aylesbury.
Cornwall (St Piran's Day)	5 March	c1900 (Cornwall)	Previously a local holiday, revived as part of Cornish nationalism movement
Devon	4 June	Traditional	It is Saint Petroc’s Day
Dorset	1 June	Traditional	The Feast Day of St Wite.
Durham	20 March	Traditional	The Feast Day of St Cuthbert.[2]
Huntingdonshire	25 April	2002	Huntingdonshire Society[3]
Lancashire	27 November	1996	Friends of Real Lancashire
Lincolnshire / Lincolnshire Day	1 October	2006	Commemorates Lincolnshire Rising 1536
Middlesex	16 May	c2003	John Randall originated early day motion[4]
Orkney	16 April	Traditional	The feast day of Saint Magnus
Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire Day)	19 October	?	Also called Saint Frideswide's Day.
Shetland	21 June	Traditional	Celebrated in the Shetland Isles annually.
Staffordshire	1 May	2016	Date decided by a public vote organised by Destination Staffordshire
Sussex (Sussex Day, also known as St Richard's Day)	16 June	2007	County councils of East and West Sussex[5]
Yorkshire (Yorkshire Day)	1 August	1975	Yorkshire Ridings Society

Proposals exist for various days in Somerset.^[6]

A proposal also exists to make the 29th of July Buckinghamshire Day. The date was chosen as a truly Global event can be traced back to this date, the founding of the Paralympic Games which goes from strength to strength and started in Stoke Maderville in Buckinghamshire. Although in 2015 as the 29th of July falls in midweek, events are taking place on the 18th and 26th of July across the county.

The Memorial Mob a Bucks based group who create Memorials to Lost & Forgotten events of the Armed & Emergency Services, felt it was appropriate to honour Buckinghamshire.

References

1. The Friends of Bedfordshire Society - Bedfordshire Day
2. "[New] County Durham Flag". Andy Stangeway, Traditional Counties Campaigner. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
3. Huntingdonshire Day page
4. UK Parliament - Early Day Motions By Details
5. Sussex day page from West Sussex County Council, Hastings Observer, 16 June 2010
6. Somerset, England