Riding and regional celebrations

Related days have their own place

British County Flags includes Riding and regional days alongside County Days. Yorkshire’s Ridings are divisions of Yorkshire, rather than separate geographic counties. The Black Country and the other regions below are also distinguished from counties in this directory.

Related observances listed by British County Flags

Date	Celebration	Geography
29 March	West Riding of Yorkshire	Riding
22 August	North Riding of Yorkshire	Riding
24 August	East Riding of Yorkshire	Riding
8 March	East Anglia	Region
25 May	Wessex	Region
22 June	Mercia	Region
14 July	Black Country	Region
31 August	Northumbria	Region

West Riding of Yorkshire

29 March · The Battle of Towton. This is a Riding observance. Yorkshire Day on 1 August celebrates the whole county.

North Riding of Yorkshire

22 August · The Battle of the Standard and Battle of Bosworth anniversaries. This is a Riding observance. Yorkshire Day on 1 August celebrates the whole county.

East Riding of Yorkshire

24 August · William Wilberforce’s birthday. This is a Riding observance. Yorkshire Day on 1 August celebrates the whole county.

Additional saints’ days

County identity can also be celebrated on more than one occasion. British County Flags describes St Walstan’s Day on 30 May as an additional Norfolk flag-flying occasion, and St Edmund’s Day on 20 November as a second celebration associated with Suffolk. These complement the modern Norfolk Day on 27 July and Suffolk Day on 21 June.

Norfolk Day → · Suffolk Day → · Northumberland’s traditional August and separate May observances →