Date Reference 29 Sept 2026

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UK bank holidays: regions and substitute days

Choose England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. See published bank holidays, substitute dates and the limits of projected years.

Scope and sources

Select a region: the three lists differ. Scotland omits Easter Monday and uses an earlier August bank holiday. Northern Ireland adds St Patrick’s Day and the Battle of the Boyne. Weekend holidays can produce substitute weekdays; the table labels them. Bank holidays do not automatically mean paid leave.

Sources reviewed 29 September 2026: GOV.UK: bank holidays.

What the calculator includes

The site stores published dates for 2019–2028, including one-off additions in those years. Other years use recurring rules and are labelled projections. The list is bundled with the site, not fetched live. Local closures, school holidays and employer arrangements are outside this dataset.

Choose a year

Published GOV.UK dates: this site's saved coverage runs from 2019 to 2028.

England & Wales · 2027
DateHolidayWeekdayISO
New Year’s DayFriday53
Good FridayFriday12
Easter MondayMonday13
Early May bank holidayMonday18
Spring bank holidayMonday22
Summer bank holidayMonday35
Christmas Day (substitute day)Monday52
Boxing Day (substitute day)Tuesday52

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Plan with these dates

Choose a year and open the matching Calendar or print setup. In the business-day planner, keep your own workweek and add workplace closures as custom non-working dates. ISO week numbers in the table follow Monday-start weeks.

Guide reviewed: . Holiday engine sources last reviewed: 2026-09-28.

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