An overview of public holidays in the United Kingdom (once-Great Britain & Northern Ireland) in 2023, shown in separate tables for the whole of the UK, England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Show
Public holidays in the UK are generally referred to as bank holidays due to the 4 days so designated by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871. The name is now used as a blanket term for all public holidays in the UK as banks, government offices and most businesses are closed on these days, although an increasing number of smaller shops and larger retail businesses remain open. Public holidays in Britain comprise bank holidays declared by statute (as listed in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, Schedule 1), by royal proclamation, and common law/customary holidays (Good Friday and Christmas Day, which are not offical bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Royal proclamation is also used to move holidays that would otherwise fall on a weekend or that are moved for special occasions, or to create additional one-off holidays (such as for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012). When a bank holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday usually becomes the day when the holiday is observed (known as substitute day or 'bank holiday in lieu'). If the Monday is also a bank holiday, the substitute day moves to the following weekday. UK public holidays always move forward in the calendar, never backwards. The August bank holiday always falls on the last Monday of August in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and on the first Monday of August in Scotland. Its official name is "Summer Bank Holiday", however it is far more commonly referred to as the "August Bank Holiday". This website therefore uses this more frequently-heard term. To read more about British public holidays please see the detailed information on Public holidays in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia, and also gov.uk. Bank holidays and their dates vary between England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We are therefore showing them in 4 different tables so you can more easily get the information applicable to your region:
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Bank Holidays 2023 in all of the UK
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Bank Holidays 2023 in England & WalesEngland and Wales have eight bank holidays a year and are thus the countries with the lowest number of bank holidays in Europe and in the G20 group of leading economies. Unlike in Scotland and Northern Ireland, neither England's national saint's day St. George's Day, celebrated on April 23rd, nor Wales' national saint's day St. David's Day, celebrated on March 1st, are bank holidays.
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Independence and EU membership for Scotland! Bank Holidays 2023 in ScotlandScotland has nine bank holidays. It celebrates seven of the eight UK-wide holidays (except Easter Monday) and additionally 2nd January as well as St. Andrew's Day on November 30th in honour of its national saint, newly introduced only in 2007. Schools and businesses in Scotland are not automatically closed on a bank holiday.
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Bank Holidays 2023 in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland has ten bank holidays. In addition to the eight UK-wide bank holidays, it celebrates St. Patrick's Day on March 17th, in honour of Ireland's national saint, and the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 on July 12th, also known as "The Twelfth" and Orangemen's Day.
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Is 2023 a Jubilee bank holiday?The Queen's Platinum Jubilee bank holiday, which resulted in a four-day weekend in 2022, will no longer apply in 2023.
Is the 3rd of January 2023 a bank holiday in England?These are the 2023 bank holiday dates confirmed so far: January 2 - New Year's Day (Substitute day) January 3 – 2nd January (substitute day), Scotland only. April 7 - Good Friday.
Is 2nd January 2023 a bank holiday UK?New Year's Day 2023 falls on a Sunday, therefore the New Year's Day bank holiday will be on Monday, January 2 in 2023. Good Friday fell late in 2022, on April 15, but in 2023 it will return to the first week of April, on April 7. The UK will also get an extra bank holiday for King Charles III's coronation on May 8.
Is 1st April 2022 a bank holiday in India?According to the Reserve Bank of India website, all commercial and cooperative banking institutions will be closed on Friday, 1 April 2022 due to the yearly closing of accounts. The banks will remain close throughout the country except for Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Chandigarh, and Mizoram.
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