How will Brexit Day be marked in the UK? From the 50p coin to Big Ben chimes

On January 31, the UK will leave the European Union, more than three-and-a-half years since the referendum result.

There are a number of Brexit celebrations planned for the evening of January 31, including a street party in Parliament Square.

Union Jacks are due to be flown around Parliament Square and a clock counting down the minutes to 11pm will be projected on Downing Street.

Below is everything you need to know about ‘Brexit Day’.

The UK will leave the EU on January 31 (Getty Images)

When is Brexit?

The UK will officially leave the European Union at 11pm on January 31.

However, the end of January is not the end of the Brexit process.

The transition period which runs until the end of 2020 is aimed at giving time for the Government and Brussels to thrash out the future relationship between the UK and EU.

Although both sides agreed to the timetable, the EU has already suggested that it would be impossible for the kind of trade deal Boris Johnson wants, where the UK would be free to diverge significantly from Brussels’ rules.

The Prime Minister has said it is “epically likely” that a deal will be agreed in time.

How will it be marked across the UK?

50p coin from the Royal Mint

Chancellor Sajid Javid originally ordered production of the celebratory coins in advance of the original departure date of October 31.

But the Brexit delay meant about a million coins had to be melted down and the metal put aside until a new exit date was confirmed.

The new coin, which enters circulation on January 31, reads: “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations.”

About three million Brexit coins will enter circulation around the UK from Friday, with a further seven million to be added later in the year.

As part of the launch of the coin, the Royal Mint will open its doors for 24 hours to let people strike their own commemorative Brexit coins.

Big Ben chimes

Despite demands from campaigners, Big Ben will not bong for Brexit.

Organisers of a campaign to pay for Big Ben to ring out to mark Brexit admitted defeat after failing to persuade the House of Commons authorities to allow the bell to ring.

The appeal raised £272,770, fuelled by Boris Johnson’s suggestion that “we are working up a plan so people can bung a bob for a Big Ben bong”.

But no such plan existed and the House of Commons Commission estimated that the cost of bringing the bell back into use could be as much as £500,000.

The fundraising drive, led by Stand Up 4 Brexit and Tory MP Mark Francois on the GoFundMe website, was cancelled at noon on Monday, with the money raised now being donated to the Help for Heroes military charity.