Calendar 2023
info@orpington1st.co.uk orpington1st.co.uk For Customers For Business & Investment For Look & Feel orpington1st orpington1st @orpington1st CALENDAR 2022 CALENDAR 2024 JANUARY M T W T F S S 31 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 JANUARY M T W T F S S 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 MAY M T W T F S S 30 2 9 16 23 31 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 MAY M T W T F S S 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER M T W T F S S M T W T F S S 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 30 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 FEBRUARY M T W T F S S 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 FEBRUARY M T W T F S S 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25
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Orpington 1st Business Improvement District (BID) is a not-for-profit company created, owned, and led by our town centre business community. It aims to improve Orpington town centre for the benefit of all those who work in, live in, or visit the town.
During the company’s third five year term, 2023-2028, it will invest over £1 million – on events, promoting the town and its businesses, improving the physical environment and security, and business support and advocacy – adding to the £2.5 million already invested since its establishment in 2013.
We all want a vibrant and attractive town centre that we enjoy spending time in and feel safe in, where residents come to shop and relax, and where business can prosper; a place that is full of opportunity.
Have a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023!
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December
2022
Orpington Santa Dash Priory Gardens
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 28 5 12 19 3 2 Bank Holiday 6 29 13 20 4 7 30 St Andrew’s Day 14 21 Winter Solstice 5 Twelfth Night 8 1 First Day of Advent 15 22 29 9 2 16 23 10 3 17 24 Christmas Eve 4 Orpington Santa Dash 11 18 Hannukah Begins World Cup Final 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day 27 Bank Holiday 28 30 31 New Year’s Eve 1 New Year’s Day
January 2023
The Path Well Trodden Stephanie Fotheringham Derry Downs
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 26 Boxing Day 28 2 Bank Holiday 9 16 30 31 27 Bank Holiday 29 3 10 17 1 4 11 18 2 5 Twelfth Night 12 19 6 30 13 20 27 7 31 New Year’s Eve 14 21 28 1 New Year’s Day 8 15 22 Chinese New Year 29 23 24 25 Burns Night 26
February 2023
In Loving Memory
Adrian Rowley All Saints Church
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 13 6 20 27 14 Valentine’s Day 7 21 Shrove Tuesday 28 8 15 8 22 Ash Wednesday 9 16 9 23 17 10 24 3 18 11 25 4 1 St David’s Day 2 12 Super Bowl LVII 19 26 5 6 7 30 31 1 2 4 3 5
March 2023
A Colourful Street In Orpington
Yasen Tsonev The Drive
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 13 6 20 Vernal Equinox 27 14 7 21 28 5 Passover Begins 15 8 Holi Begins 22 Ramadan Begins 29 6 Maundy Thursday 16 9 23 30 17 St Patrick’s Day 10 24 31 18 11 25 1 April Fools’ Day 12 19 Mother’s Day 26 Clocks Go Forward 2 3 4 27 28 1 St David’s Day 2 4 3 5
April 2023
Tunnel Vision Gary Atkins Petts Wood
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 27 3 10 Easter Monday 17 1 May Day 28 4 11 18 2 29 5 Passover Begins 12 19 3 4 6 Maundy Thursday 30 13 20 27 7 Good Friday 31 14 21 Eid al-Fitr 28 8 1 April Fools’ Day 15 22 29 2 Palm Sunday 9 Easter Sunday 16 23 Shakespeare Day St George’s Day 24 25 26 30
2023
May
Love(ly) Nesting Swans Stephanie Fotheringham Priory Gardens
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 May Day 8 Bank Holiday 15 22 6 2 9 16 23 7 10 17 24 8 11 18 Ascension 25 12 19 26 13 Eurovision Song Contest 6 King’s Coronation 20 27 3 FA Cup Final 7 14 21 28 Whit Sunday 4 29 Whit Monday Spring Bank Hoiiday 5 30 31 1 2 3 4 5
June 2023
A Royal Celebration Michael Cockerham Market Square
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 29 Whit Monday Spring Bank Hoiiday 5 12 19 4 3 Wimbledon Begins 6 30 13 20 Royal Ascot Begins 5 7 31 14 21 Summer Solstice 6 8 1 15 22 Windrush Day 9 2 16 23 10 King’s Birthday 3 FA Cup Final 17 24 4 11 18 Father’s Day 25 26 27 28 Eid ul-Adha 30 29 1 2
July 2023
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BR6 Garden
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August 2023
One Boy And His Dog Jaynie Heckel Sparrow Wood
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 31 7 14 21 2 8 15 22 6 5 9 16 23 7 10 17 24 18 11 25 12 19
26 2 6 20 23 27 3 28 Summer Bank Holiday 4 29 30 31 1 3 4 5
World Athletics Championships Begin
September 2023
The High Street From Above Stephen Sangster Orpington Town Centre
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 28 Summer Bank Holiday 3 2 29 4 30 31 5 1 9 2 16 30 23 Autumnal Equinox 3 10 17 24 Yom Kippur 5 4 12 11 19 18 6 13 20 7 14 21 8 15 22 26 25 27 28 29 1
October 2023
Winner of the Orpington Photography Competition 2022 – Autumn Days Andrea Cseke Priory Gardens
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 25 27 2 9 16 30 31 Halloween 26 28 3 10 17 1 4 11 18 2 5 12 19 6 29 13 20 27 7 30 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 Clocks Go Back 23 24 25 26
November 2023
Side Light
Gary Atkins Petts Wood
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 13 6 20 27 14 7 21 28 6 15 8 22 29 7 16 9 23 30 St Andrew’s Day 17 10 24 18 11 Armistice Day 25 12 Diwali Remembrance Sunday 19 26 1 First Day of Advent 2 3 4 5 30 31 Halloween 1 2 4 3 5 Guy Fawke’s Night
December 2023
Snow On The Water
Patrick Larder Priory Gardens
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 27 28 29 30 St Andrew’s Day 3 2 4 1 New Year’s Day 1 First Day of Advent 9 2 16 30 31 New Year’s Eve 23 3 10 17 24 Christmas Eve 5 4 12 11 19 18 6 13 20 7 Hannukah Begins 14 21 8 15 22 Winter Solstice 26 Boxing Day 25 Christmas Day 27 28 29
January 2024
Woolly Friends
Arthur Kerr Christmas Tree Farm
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 New Year’s Day 8 15 22 6 2 9 16 23 7 10 17 24 8 11 18 25 Burns Night 12 19 26 13 6 20 27 3 7 14 21 28 4 29 5 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Twelfth Night
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