Overview
- Clocks will move forward by one hour at 1am on Sunday, March 29, marking the start of BST across the UK.
- Some areas will see sunsets after 8pm immediately following the change, including County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.
- Forecasts indicate first post‑8pm sunsets around April 17 in London, April 6 in Edinburgh, April 10 in Cardiff, and approximately April 12 in Birmingham.
- The UK returns to standard time on the last Sunday in October.
- Daylight saving in the UK dates to 1916, influenced by ideas from Benjamin Franklin and William Willett, according to Royal Museums Greenwich.