St David’s Day – 1 March
World Book Day – 7 March 2013
Mother’s Day/Mothering Sunday – 10 March 2013
Six Nations Rugby – Wales v England 16 March at the Millennium Stadium
British Summer time - clocks go forward one hour - 31 March 2013
Hay Festival - 23 May - 2 June 2013
Urdd National Eisteddfod - 27 May to 1 June
Public Holidays
Good Friday 29 March and Easter Monday 1 April 2013 are bank holidays or public holidays
Early May bank holiday on 6 May 2013
Spring bank holiday 27 May 2013
School holidays
Schools have two weeks off for Easter, either 23 March – 7 April or some schools take 29 March – 14 April
Schools break up for a week at half term at the end of May for the Whitsun break - 27 May – 31 May 2013
For school holiday information see the Welsh Government website
University holidays
Universities take a break at Easter but do not have a half term break like schools and so have a longer Easter break or recess, from around 23 March until 15 April 2013.
National Assembly Recesses
Easter - Monday 25 March 2013 – Sunday 14 April 2013
Whitsun - Monday 27 May 2013 – Sunday 2 June 2013