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Bank holiday

Type of public holiday

Note

the type of public holiday in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Crown dependencies

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. In Ireland, there are some bank holidays which are not public holidays.

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.

List of current holidays

Date	Name	url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_073741	title=Bank holidays and British Summer Time	publisher=Directgov	access-date=15 April 2012	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513045219/http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_073741	archive-date= May 13, 2012 }} (8)	Scotland (10)	url= http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/bank-holidays	title=Bank holidays	publisher=NIDirect	access-date=15 April 2012	date=6 April 2012}} (10)	Republic of
Ireland (10)	Isle of Man
(10)	Jersey and
Guernsey (9)
1 January	New Year's Day
2 January	2 January
First Monday in February, or 1 February if the date falls on a Friday	Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day
17 March	Saint Patrick's Day
The Friday before Easter Sunday	Good Friday
The Monday after Easter Sunday	Easter Monday
First Monday in May	Early May bank holiday
9 May	Liberation Day
Last Monday in May	Spring Bank Holiday / Late May Bank Holiday
First Monday in June	June Bank Holiday
First Friday in June	Senior Race Day
5 July	Tynwald Day
12 July	The Twelfth (Battle of the Boyne)
First Monday in August	Summer Bank Holiday (August Bank Holiday)
Last Monday in August	August Bank Holiday
Last Monday in October	October Bank Holiday
30 November	St Andrew's Day
25 December	Christmas Day
26 December	Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day

Notes

References

Pyper, Doug. (18 December 2015). "Briefing paper - Bank and public holidays". House of Commons Library.
(17 March 2014). "UK bank holidays". gov.uk.
(2 February 2024). "All you need to know about bank holidays in Ireland".
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"Bank holidays and British Summer Time". Directgov.
(6 April 2012). "Bank holidays". NIDirect.
(20 January 2020). "Public holidays". Citizens Information Board.
"Bank Holidays". Government of the Isle of Man.
(23 November 2010). "Royal Wedding: Prince William and Kate set date". BBC.

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