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Country: | United Kingdom |
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Long Name: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Abbreviations: | UK, GBR |
Capital: | London |
Time Zones: | 1 (Main Country) |
Total Time Zones: | 9 (with dependencies) |
Dial Code: | +44 |
Oct 31
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Oct 31, 1971 - Daylight Saving Time Ended
When local daylight time was about to reach
Sunday, October 31, 1971, 3:00:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, October 31, 1971, 2:00:00 am local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Oct 31, 1971 than the day before. There was more light in the morning.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.
Which Constituent Countries, Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies use Daylight Saving Time in 1971
DST in Locations in United Kingdom in 1971 (212 Locations) | |||||
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Aberdeen | No Start - Oct 31 | Exeter | No Start - Oct 31 | Oldham | No Start - Oct 31 |
Aberystwyth | No Start - Oct 31 | Falkirk | No Start - Oct 31 | Omagh | No DST |
Airdrie | No Start - Oct 31 | Fauldhouse | No Start - Oct 31 | Oxford | No Start - Oct 31 |
Alnwick | No Start - Oct 31 | Faversham | No Start - Oct 31 | Penrith | No Start - Oct 31 |
Armagh | No DST | Felixstowe | No Start - Oct 31 | Penzance | No Start - Oct 31 |
Aylesbury | No Start - Oct 31 | Fort William | No Start - Oct 31 | Perth | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bangor | No Start - Oct 31 | Fraserburgh | No Start - Oct 31 | Peterborough | No Start - Oct 31 |
Barnsley | No Start - Oct 31 | Gillingham | No Start - Oct 31 | Pitlochry | No Start - Oct 31 |
Basildon | No Start - Oct 31 | Glasgow | No Start - Oct 31 | Plymouth | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bath | No Start - Oct 31 | Glastonbury | No Start - Oct 31 | Poole | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bedford | No Start - Oct 31 | Gloucester | No Start - Oct 31 | Portree | No Start - Oct 31 |
Belfast | No DST | Great Yarmouth | No Start - Oct 31 | Portsmouth | No Start - Oct 31 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | No Start - Oct 31 | Greenwich Borough | No Start - Oct 31 | Preston | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bicester | No Start - Oct 31 | Grimsby | No Start - Oct 31 | Prestwick | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bideford | No Start - Oct 31 | Guildford | No Start - Oct 31 | Reading | No Start - Oct 31 |
Birmingham | No Start - Oct 31 | Hartlepool | No Start - Oct 31 | Ripon | No Start - Oct 31 |
Blackburn | No Start - Oct 31 | Harwich | No Start - Oct 31 | Romsey | No Start - Oct 31 |
Blackpool | No Start - Oct 31 | Hastings | No Start - Oct 31 | Rotherham | No Start - Oct 31 |
Blandford Forum | No Start - Oct 31 | Hatfield | No Start - Oct 31 | Runcorn | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bodmin | No Start - Oct 31 | Haywards Heath | No Start - Oct 31 | Salford | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bolton | No Start - Oct 31 | Hereford | No Start - Oct 31 | Salisbury | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bournemouth | No Start - Oct 31 | Hexham | No Start - Oct 31 | Sheffield | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bracknell | No Start - Oct 31 | High Wycombe | No Start - Oct 31 | Shrewsbury | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bradford | No Start - Oct 31 | Hinckley | No Start - Oct 31 | Silverstone | No Start - Oct 31 |
Brentwood | No Start - Oct 31 | Hitchin | No Start - Oct 31 | Skegness | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bridlington | No Start - Oct 31 | Holyhead | No Start - Oct 31 | Skelmersdale | No Start - Oct 31 |
Brighton | No Start - Oct 31 | Horsham | No Start - Oct 31 | Slough | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bristol | No Start - Oct 31 | Huddersfield | No Start - Oct 31 | Solihull | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bromley | No Start - Oct 31 | Hugh Town | No Start - Oct 31 | Southampton | No Start - Oct 31 |
Burnley | No Start - Oct 31 | Huntingdon | No Start - Oct 31 | Southend-on-Sea | No Start - Oct 31 |
Bury | No Start - Oct 31 | Inverness | No Start - Oct 31 | St Andrews | No Start - Oct 31 |
Camberley | No Start - Oct 31 | Ipswich | No Start - Oct 31 | St Davids | No Start - Oct 31 |
Cambridge | No Start - Oct 31 | Jarrow | No Start - Oct 31 | St Helens | No Start - Oct 31 |
Canterbury | No Start - Oct 31 | Kelso | No Start - Oct 31 | Stafford | No Start - Oct 31 |
Canvey Island | No Start - Oct 31 | Kendal | No Start - Oct 31 | Stevenage | No Start - Oct 31 |
Cardiff | No Start - Oct 31 | Kettering | No Start - Oct 31 | Stirling | No Start - Oct 31 |
Carlisle | No Start - Oct 31 | King's Lynn | No Start - Oct 31 | Stockport | No Start - Oct 31 |
Caversham | No Start - Oct 31 | Kingston upon Hull | No Start - Oct 31 | Stoke-on-Trent | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chatham | No Start - Oct 31 | Kirkwall (Orkney Islands) | No Start - Oct 31 | Stornoway | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chatteris | No Start - Oct 31 | Lancaster | No Start - Oct 31 | Sudbury | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chelmsford | No Start - Oct 31 | Launceston | No Start - Oct 31 | Sunderland | No Start - Oct 31 |
Cheltenham | No Start - Oct 31 | Leeds | No Start - Oct 31 | Sutton Coldfield | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chesham | No Start - Oct 31 | Leicester | No Start - Oct 31 | Swanage | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chester | No Start - Oct 31 | Lerwick (Shetland Islands) | No Start - Oct 31 | Swansea | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chesterfield | No Start - Oct 31 | Lichfield | No Start - Oct 31 | Swindon | No Start - Oct 31 |
Chichester | No Start - Oct 31 | Lincoln | No Start - Oct 31 | Tamworth | No Start - Oct 31 |
Clacton-on-Sea | No Start - Oct 31 | Lindisfarne | No Start - Oct 31 | Taunton | No Start - Oct 31 |
Cleethorpes | No Start - Oct 31 | Lisburn | No DST | Telford | No Start - Oct 31 |
Clitheroe | No Start - Oct 31 | Liverpool | No Start - Oct 31 | Thornton-Cleveleys | No Start - Oct 31 |
Coatbridge | No Start - Oct 31 | London | No Start - Oct 31 | Truro | No Start - Oct 31 |
Colchester | No Start - Oct 31 | Londonderry | No DST | Uckfield | No Start - Oct 31 |
Colwyn Bay | No Start - Oct 31 | Loughborough | No Start - Oct 31 | Uxbridge | No Start - Oct 31 |
Coventry | No Start - Oct 31 | Loughton | No Start - Oct 31 | Wakefield | No Start - Oct 31 |
Craigavon | No DST | Lowestoft | No Start - Oct 31 | Walsall | No Start - Oct 31 |
Crawley | No Start - Oct 31 | Luton | No Start - Oct 31 | Warrington | No Start - Oct 31 |
Croydon | No Start - Oct 31 | Maidstone | No Start - Oct 31 | Watford | No Start - Oct 31 |
Darlington | No Start - Oct 31 | Manchester | No Start - Oct 31 | Wellingborough | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dartmouth | No Start - Oct 31 | Mansfield | No Start - Oct 31 | West Bromwich | No Start - Oct 31 |
Derby | No Start - Oct 31 | Market Harborough | No Start - Oct 31 | Weston-Super-Mare | No Start - Oct 31 |
Doncaster | No Start - Oct 31 | Middlesbrough | No Start - Oct 31 | Weymouth | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dover | No Start - Oct 31 | Milton Keynes | No Start - Oct 31 | Whitstable | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dudley | No Start - Oct 31 | Minehead | No Start - Oct 31 | Winchester | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dumbarton | No Start - Oct 31 | Morpeth | No Start - Oct 31 | Witney | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dundee | No Start - Oct 31 | Newcastle upon Tyne | No Start - Oct 31 | Wokingham | No Start - Oct 31 |
Dunfermline | No Start - Oct 31 | Newport | No Start - Oct 31 | Wolverhampton | No Start - Oct 31 |
Durham | No Start - Oct 31 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | No Start - Oct 31 | Worcester | No Start - Oct 31 |
Eastbourne | No Start - Oct 31 | Newtown | No Start - Oct 31 | Worthing | No Start - Oct 31 |
Edinburgh | No Start - Oct 31 | Northampton | No Start - Oct 31 | Yatton | No Start - Oct 31 |
Ely | No Start - Oct 31 | Norwich | No Start - Oct 31 | Yeovil | No Start - Oct 31 |
Enfield | No Start - Oct 31 | Nottingham | No Start - Oct 31 | York | No Start - Oct 31 |
Epsom | No Start - Oct 31 | Oban | No Start - Oct 31 |
When Does DST Start and End in the UK?
Daylight Saving Time (DST), or summer time, as it is known as in the UK, starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October.
Daylight Saving Time in Dependencies of United Kingdom
Dependency | Type | Daylight Saving Time Period |
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Anguilla | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Bermuda | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
British Indian Ocean Territory | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
British Virgin Islands | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Cayman Islands | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Falkland Islands | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Gibraltar | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Guernsey | Crown dependency | No Daylight Saving Time |
Isle of Man | Crown dependency | No Daylight Saving Time |
Jersey | Crown dependency | No Daylight Saving Time |
Montserrat | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Pitcairn Islands | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Saint Helena | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
South Georgia/Sandwich Is. | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Overseas territory | No Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight Saving Time History in United Kingdom
- United Kingdom first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1916.
- United Kingdom has observed DST for 109 years between 1916 and 2024 (DST in at least one location).
- See Worldwide DST Statistics