You're right, the eclipse seemed to pass pretty much unnoticed here in Blighty.
For some strange reason ISTR the 1999 eclipse also passing unnoticed, at least here in the Midlands, though I think it may have been more prominent in the South of England.
I do vaguely remember another solar eclipse in March 2015, though again it only seemed to have a very modest impact here in the Midlands, and nothing to get mega over-excited about, despite all the relentless media hype during the run-up to it.