UK Bank Holidays: Every Date for England, Scotland and NI

Every UK bank holiday for 2026 to 2028, taken directly from the official GOV.UK register: 8 this year in England and Wales, 10 in Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland. Where a holiday falls on a weekend, a substitute weekday - normally the following Monday - becomes the bank holiday, and those substitutions are already reflected in the dates below. Past dates this year are shown greyed.

Bank holidays in England and Wales

2026

2027

2028

Bank holidays in Scotland

2026

2027

2028

Bank holidays in Northern Ireland

2026

2027

2028

The rules behind the dates

There is no automatic right to take bank holidays off, or to extra pay for working them - both depend entirely on your contract, and the wording decides whether a one-off extra holiday reaches you at all. The full position, including the part-timer rules, is in Bank holidays: your pay and time-off rights. Bank holidays also shift benefit and pension payment dates: payments due on a bank holiday usually arrive on the last working day before it. Scotland and Northern Ireland observe additional holidays of their own, and local holidays in Scottish towns and cities sit on top of the national list.

Dates are drawn from the official GOV.UK bank holiday register at the date of the last review and include announced one-off holidays. Governments occasionally add or move holidays for national events; always confirm against GOV.UK before booking travel around a holiday weekend.

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