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🇬🇧 United Kingdom public holidays 2026

United Kingdom has 20 public holidays in 2026, plus 72 other observances and regional holidays. The first is New Year's Day on January 1 and the last is Substitute Bank Holiday for Boxing Day on December 28.

18 of the public holidays fall on a weekday in 2026, so that's how many days off most workers get from them.

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All holidays in United Kingdom in 2026

Date	Holiday	Type
January 1Thursday	New Year's Day	Public holiday
January 2Friday	2 January	Public holiday
January 2Friday	2nd January	Public holiday
January 5Monday	Twelfth Night	Religious holiday
January 6Tuesday	Epiphany	Religious holiday
January 7Wednesday	Orthodox Christmas Day	Religious holiday
January 14Wednesday	Orthodox New Year	Religious holiday
January 16Friday	Isra and Mi'raj	Religious holiday
January 17Saturday	Isra and Mi'raj	Religious holiday
January 18Sunday	Isra and Mi'raj	Religious holiday
January 25Sunday	Burns Night	Regional holiday
February 2Monday	Tu B'Shevat	Religious holiday
February 17Tuesday	Lunar New Year	Observance
February 17Tuesday	Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Ramadan Start	Religious holiday
February 18Wednesday	Carnival / Ash Wednesday	Religious holiday
March 1Sunday	St. David's Day	Regional holiday
March 3Tuesday	Purim	Religious holiday
March 15Sunday	Mother's Day	Observance
March 15Sunday	Lailat al-Qadr	Religious holiday
March 17Tuesday	St. Patrick's Day	Public holiday
March 17Tuesday	Saint Patrick's Day	Public holiday
March 20Friday	Eid ul Fitr	Religious holiday
March 20Friday	March Equinox	Observance
March 29Sunday	Daylight Saving Time starts	Other
March 29Sunday	Palm Sunday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	Maundy Thursday	Religious holiday
April 2Thursday	First day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 3Friday	Good Friday	Public holiday
April 4Saturday	Holy Saturday	Religious holiday
April 5Sunday	Easter Sunday	Religious holiday
April 6Monday	Easter Monday	Public holiday
April 9Thursday	Last day of Passover	Religious holiday
April 10Friday	Orthodox Good Friday	Religious holiday
April 11Saturday	Orthodox Holy Saturday	Religious holiday
April 12Sunday	Orthodox Easter	Religious holiday
April 13Monday	Orthodox Easter Monday	Religious holiday
April 14Tuesday	Yom HaShoah	Religious holiday
April 23Thursday	St. George's Day	Regional holiday
April 23Thursday	Shakespeare Day	Observance
May 4Monday	Early May Bank Holiday	Public holiday
May 5Tuesday	Lag B'Omer	Religious holiday
May 14Thursday	Ascension Day	Religious holiday
May 22Friday	Shavuot	Religious holiday
May 24Sunday	Pentecost	Religious holiday
May 25Monday	Spring Bank Holiday	Public holiday
May 25Monday	Pentecost Monday	Religious holiday
May 27Wednesday	Eid al-Adha	Religious holiday
May 31Sunday	Trinity Sunday	Religious holiday
June 4Thursday	Corpus Christi	Religious holiday
June 15Monday	World Cup Bank Holiday	Public holiday
June 17Wednesday	Muharram	Religious holiday
June 20Saturday	King's Birthday	Observance
June 21Sunday	Father's Day	Observance
June 21Sunday	June Solstice	Observance
June 22Monday	Windrush Day	Observance
June 26Friday	Ashura	Religious holiday
July 12Sunday	Battle of the Boyne	Public holiday
July 13Monday	Battle of the Boyne	Public holiday
July 23Thursday	Tisha B'Av	Religious holiday
August 3Monday	Summer Bank Holiday	Public holiday
August 15Saturday	Assumption of Mary	Religious holiday
August 26Wednesday	Milad un Nabi	Religious holiday
August 31Monday	Summer Bank Holiday	Public holiday
September 3Thursday	Janmashtami (Smarta)	Religious holiday
September 4Friday	Janmashtami	Religious holiday
September 21Monday	Yom Kippur	Religious holiday
September 23Wednesday	September Equinox	Observance
September 26Saturday	First day of Sukkot	Religious holiday
October 2Friday	Hoshana Rabbah	Religious holiday
October 3Saturday	Shemini Atzeret	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Feast of St Francis of Assisi	Religious holiday
October 4Sunday	Simchat Torah	Religious holiday
October 25Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends	Other
October 31Saturday	Halloween	Observance
November 1Sunday	All Saints' Day	Religious holiday
November 2Monday	All Souls' Day	Religious holiday
November 5Thursday	Guy Fawkes Day	Observance
November 8Sunday	Remembrance Sunday	Observance
November 29Sunday	First Sunday of Advent	Religious holiday
November 30Monday	St. Andrew's Day	Public holiday
November 30Monday	Saint Andrew's Day	Public holiday
December 5Saturday	First Day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 8Tuesday	Feast of the Immaculate Conception	Religious holiday
December 12Saturday	Last day of Hanukkah	Religious holiday
December 21Monday	December Solstice	Observance
December 24Thursday	Christmas Eve	Religious holiday
December 25Friday	Christmas Day	Public holiday
December 26Saturday	Boxing Day	Public holiday
December 28Monday	St. Stephen's DayBoxing Day	Public holiday
December 28Monday	Substitute Bank Holiday for Boxing Day	Public holiday
December 31Thursday	New Year's Eve	Observance