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Middlesex Day 2026

Dust off your three seaxes and raise a glass to community, heritage and identity – for today, Saturday 16th May 2026, is Middlesex Day. The date commemorates the actions of the 57th (West Middlesex Regiment) at the Battle of Albuera (1811) during the Peninsula War … Continue reading

Somerset Day 2026 and Surrey Day 2026

The weekend of 9-10th May 2026 saw two county day celebrations. Our friends at Passion for Somerset have made Somerset Day one of the biggest county days in the country. This year the celebrations took place over the whole weekend of 9-10th May and on … Continue reading

County News: May 2026

There’s a whole lot happening in the traditional county movement at the moment, from the upcoming abolition of the last of the 1974 “county councils”, to the erection of new historic county border signs and much else besides. We present a roundup of the latest … Continue reading


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