August facts:

Sign of the zodiac = Leo (July 23rd – August 23rd)

Birthstone = Peridot

Flower = Gladioli

August is:

National Road Victim Month

Special Weeks in August

10th – 16th
National Allotments Week

16th – 22nd
World water Week

1st
Lammas – Christian

First week in August
Great Wardmote of the Woodmen of Arden
Meride, Warwickshire

First week in August
Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales

First Saturday in August
Feast of St. Wilfird
Ripon, Yorkshire

2nd
Lughnassad – Wicca Northern hemisphere
Imbolc – Wicca Southern hemisphere

Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus – Orthodox Christian

3rd
Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland & ROI)

5th
Raksha Bandhan – Hindu

6th
Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian

2nd Sunday in August
Battle of Otterburn Commemoration
Souden, Roxburgshire, Scotland

12th
International Youth Day

Monday after August 12th (Feast of St Marwenne)
Marhamchurch Revel
Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scotland

13th
International left Handers day

14th
Krishna Janmashtami – Hindu

15th
Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian

Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian

16th
Laylat ul Bara’ah – Islam

17th
Marcus Garvey’s Birthday – Rastafari

19th
No Ruz – Zoroastrian

22nd
Ramadan begins – Islam

22nd & 23rd
V Festival

23rd
Ganesa Chaturthi – Hindu

August 24th
Blessing of the Mead
Gulval, St. Mount’s Bay, Cornwall

26th
Khordad Sal – Zoroastrian

Last Sunday in August
Plague Sunday
Eyam, Derbyshire

30th – 31st
Notting Hill Carnival

31st
Bank Holiday (England, Wales, NI)

31st
National Zoo Awareness Day
The Captive Animals’ Protection Society aims to highlight some of the cruelty associated with zoos.