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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Current bank and public holidays
! Date !! Name !! England and<br>Wales (8) !! Scotland (10) !! Republic of<br>Ireland (10) !! Isle of Man<br>(10)!!Jersey and<br>Guernsey (9)
|-
| 1 January || New Year's Day || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
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| 2 January || 2 January|| || style="text-align:center;"| || || || ||
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| First Monday in February, or 1 February if the date falls on a Friday || Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day || || || || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
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| 17 March || Saint Patrick's Day || || || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
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| The Friday before Easter Sunday || Good Friday || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
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| The Monday after Easter Sunday || Easter Monday || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
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| First Monday in May || Early May bank holiday || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
|-
|9 May|| Liberation Day || || || || || || style="text-align:center;"|
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| Last Monday in May || Spring Bank Holiday / Late May Bank Holiday || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| First Monday in June || June Bank Holiday || || || || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
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| First Friday in June || Senior Race Day || || || || || style="text-align:center;"| ||
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| 5 July || Tynwald Day || || || || || style="text-align:center;"| ||
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| 12 July || The Twelfth (Battle of the Boyne) || || || style="text-align:center;"| || || ||
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| First Monday in August || Summer Bank Holiday (August Bank Holiday) || || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
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| Last Monday in August || August Bank Holiday || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
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| Last Monday in October || October Bank Holiday|| || || || style="text-align:center;"| || ||
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| 30 November || St Andrew's Day || || style="text-align:center;"| || || || ||
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| 25 December || Christmas Day || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
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| 26 December || Boxing Day / Saint Stephen's Day || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"| || style="text-align:center;"|
|}
Notes
See also
- List of holidays by country
- Federal holiday, US equivalent
- Bank Holidays Act 1871
- Proposed St David's Day bank holiday
References
External links
- UK bank holidays
- Scotland Bank Holidays - Scottish Government
- Public holidays (Ireland)
- Bank holidays (Ireland)
- (National) bank holidays (Ireland)