A new UK bank vacation has been confirmed for 2026
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The Government has confirmed all of the bank holidays scheduled throughout the UK by means of to the top of 2026.
Different UK nations typically have various bank vacation dates. The forthcoming Easter weekend, for instance, will embody two bank holidays on Good Friday, April 3, and Easter Monday, April 6, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland, nonetheless, recognises Good Friday as a bank vacation, however Easter Monday will not be noticed. Government officers have not too long ago set out the remaining bank vacation dates for this 12 months through X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter.
Several posts verify that UK-wide bank holidays will fall on Good Friday, as beforehand talked about, alongside Mondays May 4 and 25. All UK nations may also observe bank holidays on Christmas Day, December 25, and Monday, December 28 (a substitute for Boxing Day, which this 12 months falls on a Saturday).
Meanwhile, Monday, July 13, marks the Battle of the Boyne bank vacation for Northern Ireland, whereas in Scotland, Monday, August 3, represents the Summer bank vacation. The relaxation of the UK, particularly England, Wales and Northern Ireland, will observe this 12 months’s Summer bank vacation on Monday, August 25.
On Monday, November 30, Scotland alone will have fun the St Andrew’s Day bank vacation. And as confirmed final month, Scotland will take pleasure in a further bank vacation this 12 months.
Buckingham Palace declared on Wednesday, February 4: “To mark the achievement of Scotland’s males’s soccer group competing on the Fifa World Cup for the primary time in 28 years, we take into account it fascinating that Monday, the fifteenth day of June within the 12 months 2026 ought to be a bank vacation in Scotland.
“Now, due to this fact, we, in pursuance of part 1(3) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, do hereby appoint Monday, the fifteenth day of June within the 12 months 2026 to be a bank vacation in Scotland.”
Full list of UK bank holidays for 2026:
England and Wales
- Thursday, January 1 – New Year’s Day
- Friday, April 3 – Good Friday
- Monday, April 6 – Easter Monday
- Monday, May 4 – Early May bank holiday
- Monday, May 25 – Spring bank holiday
- Monday, August 31- Summer bank holiday
- Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
- Monday, December 28 – Boxing Day (substitute day)
Scotland
- Friday, April 3 – Good Friday
- Monday, May 4 – Early May bank holiday
- Monday, May 25 – Spring bank holiday
- Monday, June 15 – World Cup bank holiday
- Monday, August 3 – Summer bank holiday
- Monday, November 30 – St. Andrew’s Day
- Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
- Monday, December 28 – Boxing Day (substitute day)
Northern Ireland
- Tuesday, March 17 – St Patrick’s Day
- Friday, April 3 – Good Friday
- Monday, April 6 – Easter Monday
- Monday, May 4 – Early May bank holiday
- Monday, May 25 – Spring bank holiday
- Monday, July 13 – Battle of the Boyne (substitute day)
- Monday, August 31 – Summer bank holiday
- Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
- Monday, December 28 – Boxing Day (substitute day)
