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Always one of the biggest county day celebrations, Lincolnshire Day on 1st October 2025 did not disappoint, ending with the spectacular sight of Lincoln Cathedral lit up in the colours of the county flag Earlier there was a gathering of civic leaders at International Bomber … Continue reading →

The Association of British Counties held its Triennial General Meeting in Tamworth, Staffordshire on Saturday 27th September 2025. We present highlights from what was a busy day with a packed programme. The Association’s Chairman, Peter Boyce, discussed the local government changes happening in England as … Continue reading →

A quiet revolution is taking place in England as the remaining fake 1974 ‘counties’ face their upcoming demise. As part of the Government’s plan to create mayoral ‘Strategic Authorities’, most of the county councils are set to be split up into two or more unitary … Continue reading →

The Historic Counties Trust has produced a splendid new A1 wall map of the Historic Counties of the United Kingdom. The map was created for the Trust by the expert cartographers Lovell Johns. The map features every historic county, as well as the Ridings of … Continue reading →

Yorkshire Day celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in spectacular style on 1st August 2025. Launched in 1975 by our old friends the Yorkshire Ridings Society, after fifty years the event continues to grow in size and its coverage year on year. This year saw major TV … Continue reading →

Historic County Flags Day 23rd July 2025 has been another spectacular celebration of our county heritage. Our thanks are due to Jim McMahon MP, Minister of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for once again displaying the county flags in Parliament … Continue reading →

A long-time sore for county lovers has been the inclusion of the Spelthorne area of Middlesex within the local government “county” of “Surrey”. Now a public consultation on Proposals for local government reorganisation in Surrey has been opened, with Surrey County Council set to be … Continue reading →

Suffolk Day is celebrated each Midsummer’s Day. The theme for 2025 was Celebrate the Sunrise County. This year the principal event, involving the Suffolk Day Proclamation and Suffolk Medal presentations, was held in Lowestoft. The annual Suffolk Remembers service was held on Felixstowe seafront in the … Continue reading →

Sussex Day is celebrated on 16th June, the feast day of St Richard of Chichester, the county’s patron saint. This has become a huge annual event, one of the largest and most joyful of all county day celebrations. Huge thanks and congratulations are due to … Continue reading →

Kent Day is celebrated on 26th May, the feast day of St Augustine. In celebration, we present a few of the county’s sometimes overlooked gems in Off the Beaten Track. Kent’s name derives from the Cantii, an ancient British tribe. Kent was a British kingdom before the … Continue reading →