United Kingdom in March

Days lengthen quickly; daffodils and lambs. Easter may fall at the end of the month.

• London and the south-east · London, Oxford, Cambridge, Kent, Brightoncool

  Mildest and driest region; summer heat waves above 30 °C are now common, and older Tube lines and many homes have no air conditioning.

• South-west England · Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devoncool

  Mild winters and the warmest sea; Cornish roads and beaches jam in the August school holidays.

• Northern England and Wales · York, Manchester, Lake District, Snowdonia (Eryri), Cardiffcool

  Uplands catch the Atlantic rain; May–June and September are the clearest walking months.

• Scotland · Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands, Skyecool

  18+ hours of daylight in June; midges in the west from June to August; winter gales cancel ferries and close high roads.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• St Patrick's Day

  17 Mar (Northern Ireland)

  Holiday in Northern Ireland only; parades in Belfast.

• Easter (Good Friday, Easter Monday) big impact

  26–29 Mar 2027

  Four-day weekend; engineering works close rail lines; school holidays around it.

Crowds · United Kingdom

Medium

Prices · United Kingdom

Medium

• Layers: a fleece or light jacket

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Rated best or good this month

• London

  Cool; spring starts.