Bank holiday

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This article is about the type of public holiday in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Crown dependencies. For other uses, see Bank holiday (disambiguation).

A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term is used to refer to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.[1][2] In Ireland, there are some bank holidays which are not public holidays.[3]

The term "bank holiday" refers to the fact that banking institutions typically close for business on such holidays, as they once did on certain saint's days.[4]

List of current holidays

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See also: Public holidays in the United Kingdom, Public holidays in Scotland, Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland, Public holidays in the Isle of Man, Public holidays in Jersey, and Public holidays in Guernsey
Current bank and public holidays
Date Name England and
Wales[5] (8)		 Scotland[5] (10) Northern
Ireland[6] (10)		 Republic of
Ireland[7] (10)		 Isle of Man[8]
(10)		 Jersey and
Guernsey (9)
1 January New Year's Day Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
2 January[note 1] 2 January Green tickY
First Monday in February, or 1 February if the date falls on a Friday Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day Green tickY
17 March[note 1] Saint Patrick's Day Green tickY Green tickY
The Friday before Easter Sunday Good Friday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
The Monday after Easter Sunday Easter Monday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
First Monday in May[note 2][note 3] Early May bank holiday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
9 May Liberation Day Green tickY
Last Monday in May[note 4] Spring Bank Holiday / Late May Bank Holiday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
First Monday in June June Bank Holiday Green tickY
First Friday in June Senior Race Day Green tickY
5 July[note 1] Tynwald Day Green tickY
12 July[note 1] The Twelfth (Battle of the Boyne) Green tickY
First Monday in August Summer Bank Holiday (August Bank Holiday) Green tickY Green tickY
Last Monday in August August Bank Holiday Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Last Monday in October October Bank Holiday Green tickY
30 November[note 1] St Andrew's Day Green tickY
25 December[note 5] Christmas Day Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
26 December[note 5][note 6] Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e When the stated date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is normally designated a bank holiday instead. When Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on a Saturday (and thus 26 December and 2 January on a Sunday), the following Tuesday 28 December (and Tuesday 4 January in Scotland) are also bank holidays.
  2. ^ In 1995 this holiday was moved to Monday 8 May and in 2020 to Friday 8 May – to commemorate the 50th and 75th anniversary of VE Day.
  3. ^ In 2011 an additional public holiday was declared to ensure that most people would have a chance to celebrate the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, making a four-day weekend as May Day was on the following Monday.[9]
  4. ^ In 2002, 2012, and 2022 this holiday was moved to early June to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden, Diamond, and Platinum Jubilees. All three were paired with a second extra holiday to create a four-day weekend.
  5. ^ a b When Christmas Day falls on a Saturday (and thus 26 December on a Sunday), and when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday (and thus 26 December on a Monday), the Monday following Christmas Day is designated a bank holiday by the 1971 Act.
  6. ^ When Christmas Day falls on a Saturday (and thus 26 December on a Sunday), the following Tuesday 28 December is also normally designated a bank holiday by proclamation. See e.g. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). When Christmas Day falls on a Sunday (and thus 26 December on a Monday), the following Tuesday 27 December is designated a bank holiday by the 1971 Act.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  5. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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