UK bank holidays 2026
UK bank holidays for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland - add them all to your calendar in one click.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 1 January 2026 | New Year’s Day |
| Friday, 3 April 2026 | Good Friday |
| Monday, 6 April 2026 | Easter Monday |
| Monday, 4 May 2026 | Early May bank holiday |
| Monday, 25 May 2026 | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday, 31 August 2026 | Summer bank holiday |
| Friday, 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day |
| Monday, 28 December 2026 | Boxing Day |
About UK bank holidays
Bank holidays are public holidays at which banks and most businesses close. England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland each have a slightly different list. This page shows them side-by-side and lets you add any of them straight to your own calendar - Google, Apple, Outlook, or anything else that handles calendar files.
Data comes from gov.uk's official feed and covers 2024 through 2028.
About this tool
Built and maintained by Deckchair, the leave-management platform for UK teams. Need to overlay bank holidays on your whole team's calendar with automatic allowance adjustments? That's what Deckchair does.
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