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Time Change 1971 in the United Kingdom

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Country: United Kingdom
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

Back 1 hour

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.

Other years: 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 2024

Which Constituent Countries, Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies use Daylight Saving Time in 1971

Areas in United Kingdom using DST in 1971
Areas in United Kingdom on standard time all of 1971

DST in Locations in United Kingdom in 1971 (212 Locations)

AberdeenNo Start - Oct 31ExeterNo Start - Oct 31OldhamNo Start - Oct 31
AberystwythNo Start - Oct 31FalkirkNo Start - Oct 31OmaghNo DST
AirdrieNo Start - Oct 31FauldhouseNo Start - Oct 31OxfordNo Start - Oct 31
AlnwickNo Start - Oct 31FavershamNo Start - Oct 31PenrithNo Start - Oct 31
ArmaghNo DSTFelixstoweNo Start - Oct 31PenzanceNo Start - Oct 31
AylesburyNo Start - Oct 31Fort WilliamNo Start - Oct 31PerthNo Start - Oct 31
BangorNo Start - Oct 31FraserburghNo Start - Oct 31PeterboroughNo Start - Oct 31
BarnsleyNo Start - Oct 31GillinghamNo Start - Oct 31PitlochryNo Start - Oct 31
BasildonNo Start - Oct 31GlasgowNo Start - Oct 31PlymouthNo Start - Oct 31
BathNo Start - Oct 31GlastonburyNo Start - Oct 31PooleNo Start - Oct 31
BedfordNo Start - Oct 31GloucesterNo Start - Oct 31PortreeNo Start - Oct 31
BelfastNo DSTGreat YarmouthNo Start - Oct 31PortsmouthNo Start - Oct 31
Berwick-upon-TweedNo Start - Oct 31Greenwich BoroughNo Start - Oct 31PrestonNo Start - Oct 31
BicesterNo Start - Oct 31GrimsbyNo Start - Oct 31PrestwickNo Start - Oct 31
BidefordNo Start - Oct 31GuildfordNo Start - Oct 31ReadingNo Start - Oct 31
BirminghamNo Start - Oct 31HartlepoolNo Start - Oct 31RiponNo Start - Oct 31
BlackburnNo Start - Oct 31HarwichNo Start - Oct 31RomseyNo Start - Oct 31
BlackpoolNo Start - Oct 31HastingsNo Start - Oct 31RotherhamNo Start - Oct 31
Blandford ForumNo Start - Oct 31HatfieldNo Start - Oct 31RuncornNo Start - Oct 31
BodminNo Start - Oct 31Haywards HeathNo Start - Oct 31SalfordNo Start - Oct 31
BoltonNo Start - Oct 31HerefordNo Start - Oct 31SalisburyNo Start - Oct 31
BournemouthNo Start - Oct 31HexhamNo Start - Oct 31SheffieldNo Start - Oct 31
BracknellNo Start - Oct 31High WycombeNo Start - Oct 31ShrewsburyNo Start - Oct 31
BradfordNo Start - Oct 31HinckleyNo Start - Oct 31SilverstoneNo Start - Oct 31
BrentwoodNo Start - Oct 31HitchinNo Start - Oct 31SkegnessNo Start - Oct 31
BridlingtonNo Start - Oct 31HolyheadNo Start - Oct 31SkelmersdaleNo Start - Oct 31
BrightonNo Start - Oct 31HorshamNo Start - Oct 31SloughNo Start - Oct 31
BristolNo Start - Oct 31HuddersfieldNo Start - Oct 31SolihullNo Start - Oct 31
BromleyNo Start - Oct 31Hugh TownNo Start - Oct 31SouthamptonNo Start - Oct 31
BurnleyNo Start - Oct 31HuntingdonNo Start - Oct 31Southend-on-SeaNo Start - Oct 31
BuryNo Start - Oct 31InvernessNo Start - Oct 31St AndrewsNo Start - Oct 31
CamberleyNo Start - Oct 31IpswichNo Start - Oct 31St DavidsNo Start - Oct 31
CambridgeNo Start - Oct 31JarrowNo Start - Oct 31St HelensNo Start - Oct 31
CanterburyNo Start - Oct 31KelsoNo Start - Oct 31StaffordNo Start - Oct 31
Canvey IslandNo Start - Oct 31KendalNo Start - Oct 31StevenageNo Start - Oct 31
CardiffNo Start - Oct 31KetteringNo Start - Oct 31StirlingNo Start - Oct 31
CarlisleNo Start - Oct 31King's LynnNo Start - Oct 31StockportNo Start - Oct 31
CavershamNo Start - Oct 31Kingston upon HullNo Start - Oct 31Stoke-on-TrentNo Start - Oct 31
ChathamNo Start - Oct 31Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)No Start - Oct 31StornowayNo Start - Oct 31
ChatterisNo Start - Oct 31LancasterNo Start - Oct 31SudburyNo Start - Oct 31
ChelmsfordNo Start - Oct 31LauncestonNo Start - Oct 31SunderlandNo Start - Oct 31
CheltenhamNo Start - Oct 31LeedsNo Start - Oct 31Sutton ColdfieldNo Start - Oct 31
CheshamNo Start - Oct 31LeicesterNo Start - Oct 31SwanageNo Start - Oct 31
ChesterNo Start - Oct 31Lerwick (Shetland Islands)No Start - Oct 31SwanseaNo Start - Oct 31
ChesterfieldNo Start - Oct 31LichfieldNo Start - Oct 31SwindonNo Start - Oct 31
ChichesterNo Start - Oct 31LincolnNo Start - Oct 31TamworthNo Start - Oct 31
Clacton-on-SeaNo Start - Oct 31LindisfarneNo Start - Oct 31TauntonNo Start - Oct 31
CleethorpesNo Start - Oct 31LisburnNo DSTTelfordNo Start - Oct 31
ClitheroeNo Start - Oct 31LiverpoolNo Start - Oct 31Thornton-CleveleysNo Start - Oct 31
CoatbridgeNo Start - Oct 31LondonNo Start - Oct 31TruroNo Start - Oct 31
ColchesterNo Start - Oct 31LondonderryNo DSTUckfieldNo Start - Oct 31
Colwyn BayNo Start - Oct 31LoughboroughNo Start - Oct 31UxbridgeNo Start - Oct 31
CoventryNo Start - Oct 31LoughtonNo Start - Oct 31WakefieldNo Start - Oct 31
CraigavonNo DSTLowestoftNo Start - Oct 31WalsallNo Start - Oct 31
CrawleyNo Start - Oct 31LutonNo Start - Oct 31WarringtonNo Start - Oct 31
CroydonNo Start - Oct 31MaidstoneNo Start - Oct 31WatfordNo Start - Oct 31
DarlingtonNo Start - Oct 31ManchesterNo Start - Oct 31WellingboroughNo Start - Oct 31
DartmouthNo Start - Oct 31MansfieldNo Start - Oct 31West BromwichNo Start - Oct 31
DerbyNo Start - Oct 31Market HarboroughNo Start - Oct 31Weston-Super-MareNo Start - Oct 31
DoncasterNo Start - Oct 31MiddlesbroughNo Start - Oct 31WeymouthNo Start - Oct 31
DoverNo Start - Oct 31Milton KeynesNo Start - Oct 31WhitstableNo Start - Oct 31
DudleyNo Start - Oct 31MineheadNo Start - Oct 31WinchesterNo Start - Oct 31
DumbartonNo Start - Oct 31MorpethNo Start - Oct 31WitneyNo Start - Oct 31
DundeeNo Start - Oct 31Newcastle upon TyneNo Start - Oct 31WokinghamNo Start - Oct 31
DunfermlineNo Start - Oct 31NewportNo Start - Oct 31WolverhamptonNo Start - Oct 31
DurhamNo Start - Oct 31Newport (Isle of Wight)No Start - Oct 31WorcesterNo Start - Oct 31
EastbourneNo Start - Oct 31NewtownNo Start - Oct 31WorthingNo Start - Oct 31
EdinburghNo Start - Oct 31NorthamptonNo Start - Oct 31YattonNo Start - Oct 31
ElyNo Start - Oct 31NorwichNo Start - Oct 31YeovilNo Start - Oct 31
EnfieldNo Start - Oct 31NottinghamNo Start - Oct 31YorkNo Start - Oct 31
EpsomNo Start - Oct 31ObanNo 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

DependencyTypeDaylight Saving Time Period
AnguillaOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
BermudaOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
British Indian Ocean TerritoryOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
British Virgin IslandsOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
Cayman IslandsOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
Falkland IslandsOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
GibraltarOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
GuernseyCrown dependencyNo Daylight Saving Time
Isle of ManCrown dependencyNo Daylight Saving Time
JerseyCrown dependencyNo Daylight Saving Time
MontserratOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
Pitcairn IslandsOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
Saint HelenaOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
South Georgia/Sandwich Is.Overseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time
Turks and Caicos IslandsOverseas territoryNo Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time History in United Kingdom