2026 UK Events Calendar | Race Days, Shows & Occasions

Planning ahead for Royal Ascot, Wimbledon, Cheltenham or another date on the calendar? HK Executive Travel provides a private chauffeur service for every event below. HK Executive Travel's guide to the UK's racing, sporting, cultural and social calendar, month by month. Every fixture below links to a dedicated page with what to know before you go and a private chauffeur to get you there in comfort. Dates are for 2026 and are updated as organisers confirm them.

Available all year

Not tied to a date, always ready to book:

• London Sightseeing

• London Theatre Nights

• Airport Transfers

• Weddings

• Corporate Travel

• Roadshows & Multi-City Trips

• Bath

• Stonehenge

• The Cotswolds

• The Lake District

• York

• Oxford

• Cambridge

• Windsor Castle

• Hampton Court Palace

• Highclere Castle

• Bicester Village

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

• Seaside Day Trips

• Cruise Terminal Transfers

February

• Valentine's Day (14 Feb)

• London Fashion Week

• Six Nations Rugby kicks off

March

• Cheltenham Festival (10-13 Mar)

• Mother's Day / Mothering Sunday (15 Mar)

• Six Nations Rugby continues

• The Boat Race (late Mar/early Apr)

April

• Grand National Festival, Aintree (9-11 Apr)

May

• Royal Windsor Horse Show (14-17 May)

• Chelsea Flower Show (19-23 May)

• Glyndebourne Festival opens (20 May)

• FA Cup Final

June

• The Derby, Epsom Downs (5-6 Jun)

• Queen's Club Championships (8-21 Jun)

• Royal Ascot (16-20 Jun)

• Father's Day (21 Jun)

• Wimbledon begins (29 Jun)

• Henley Royal Regatta begins (30 Jun)

• Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival begins (30 Jun)

• Hurlingham Polo season

• Windsor Racecourse evening racing

July

• Wimbledon (to 12 Jul)

• Henley Royal Regatta (to 5 Jul)

• British Grand Prix, Silverstone (3-5 Jul)

• The Open Championship

• Goodwood Festival of Speed (9-12 Jul)

• RIAT, RAF Fairford (17-19 Jul)

• Farnborough International Airshow

• Qatar Goodwood Festival begins (28 Jul)

August

• Qatar Goodwood Festival (to 1 Aug)

• Cowes Week (1-8 Aug)

• Glyndebourne Festival (to 28 Aug)

September

• Southampton International Boat Show (11-20 Sep)

• Goodwood Revival (18-20 Sep)

• London Fashion Week

November-December

• London Christmas Lights switch-on

• Bath Christmas Market

• Winchester Christmas Market

• New Year's Eve (31 Dec)

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