August 2026 Calendar of the United Kingdom (August 2026 Holidays and Celebrations)

August 2026 Calendar with Holidays and Celebrations of the United Kingdom.

Holiday Holiday

Other Celebrations

1st Quarter

Full Moon

3rd Quarter

New Moon

August 2026 Holidays and Celebrations

1 Sat

National Girlfriend Day
1 Sat

World Lung Cancer Day
1 Sat

Lammas Day
3 Mon

National Watermelon Day
5 Wed

Playday - National Day for Play
6 Thu

Hiroshima Day
7 Fri

International Beer Day
8 Sat

National Bowling Day
8 Sat

International Cat Day
9 Sun

National Book Lovers Day
9 Sun

International Day of the World's Indigenous People
9 Sun

International Coworking Day
10 Mon

Lazy Day
11 Tue

National Son and Daughter Day
12 Wed

Middle Child Day
13 Thu

Left-Handers Day
14 Fri

National Financial Awareness Day
14 Fri

World Lizard Day
15 Sat

Assumption of Mary
15 Sat

National Relaxation Day
15 Sat

International Geocaching Day
16 Sun

Tell a Joke Day
16 Sun

National Roller Coaster Day
16 Sun

National Rum Day
18 Tue

National Fajita Day
19 Wed

World Humanitarian Day
20 Thu

National Radio Day
20 Thu

World Mosquito Day
21 Fri

International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22 Sat

World Plant Milk Day
22 Sat

Be An Angel Day
23 Sun

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26 Wed

National Dog Day
29 Sat

International Day Against Nuclear Tests
30 Sun

National Beach Day
30 Sun

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance
31 Mon

Summer bank holiday
31 Mon

International Overdose Awareness Day