To make your trip to the UK even more enriching and exciting, consider combining your visit with one of the country's iconic holidays. Here's a list of some of the main ones:
January 1 - New Year's Day
January 25 - Burns Night in Scotland
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 17 - Pancake Day or Shrove Day
February 19 is Chinese New Year.
March 1 - St. David's Day in Wales.
March 6- Holi is a festival of colors that takes place not only in London but also in Manchester, Bristol and Belfast
March 15 - Mother's Day
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland
April 1 - Fool's Day.
April 3-6 - Easter weekend.
April 23 - St. George's Day in England
April 23rd - William Shakespeare's birthday
May 1 - Beltane is the Celtic festival of fire. The largest celebrations are held in Edinburgh, Thornborough and in Yorkshire
May 4 and May 25 are bank holidays in 2015
June 13 -an official celebration of the Queen's birthday
June 21 - Father's Day, Summer Solstice Day.
July 12 - 29 - Tennis tournament at Wimbledon
July 17 - Uraza al-Fitr, or Eid al-Fitr.
Aug. 1-8 - Istedvd.
Aug. 7-31 -Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Aug. 31 -Notting Hill Carnival
September 18-22 -London Fashion Week
October 31- Halloween
November 5- Bonfire Night.
November 11 -Diwali, a day of remembrance during which members of the armed forces are honored.
November 30- St. Andrew's Day in Scotland
December 6-14 - Hanukkah.
December 25 -Christmas.
December 26 - Boxing Day.
