Bank Holiday Calendar Dates UK 2025 and 2026
If you are designing your own bespoke calendar, or we’re designing your calendar for you, you may want to add your Bank Holiday dates or dates of interest.
Bank holidays differ within the various countries in the UK so we’ve added a link here to the official Gov.uk website for all the dates throughout 2025 and 2026. We’ve aded the dates for both England & Wales and Scotland.
| 1 January | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
|---|---|---|
| 18 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 21 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 5 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 26 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 25 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 25 December | Thursday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Friday | Boxing Day |
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
|---|---|---|
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 4 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 25 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 31 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 28 December | Monday | Boxing Day |
The dates below are for the 2025 and 2026 Scottish bank holiday dates which will differ slightly from those of England and Wales.
Bank Holidays in Scotland
| 1 January | Wednesday | New Year’s Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Thursday | 2nd January |
| 18 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 5 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 26 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 4 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 1 December | Monday | St Andrew’s Day |
| 25 December | Thursday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Friday | Boxing Day |
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2 January | Friday | 2nd January |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 4 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 25 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 3 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 30 November | Monday | St Andrew’s Day |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 28 December | Monday | Boxing Day |