A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.^[1][2]

The term "bank holiday" refers to the fact that banking institutions typically close for business on such holidays, as they once used to do on certain saint's days.^[3]

List of current holidays

Current bank and public holidays

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

Notes