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The Summer bank holiday remains on its original date in Scotland. Falls on 4 August in 2025. 30 November: St. Andrew's Day: Statutory: Unlike other bank holidays it must be taken by workers in lieu of another bank holiday. [44] 25 December: Christmas Day: Statutory: The observance of Christmas Day was abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1640.
2025 date: August 4 () 2026 date: August ... Frequency: Annual: First time: 1871: The August ... when it was created by the UK Act of Parliament, the Bank Holidays ...
The August Bank Holiday or Summer Bank Holiday [1] is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, part of the statutory bank holiday provision. Originally, the holiday was held on the first Monday of August across the country, but was changed in the late 1960s to the last Monday in August for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
2024 date: May 19: 2025 date: June 8: 2026 date: May 24 ... was a time for celebration. This ... Whit Monday was officially recognised as a bank holiday in the UK in ...
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 refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
19 April – 5 May – 2025 World Snooker Championship [32] 1 May 2025 Cornwall Council election [33] 2025 Suffolk County Council election [34] 22 June – 350th anniversary of Royal Observatory Greenwich. [35] 22 August – 27 September – 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup [36] [37]
Section 1 of the 1971 Act also enables substitute bank holidays to be appointed by royal proclamation. Substitute days are customarily appointed for all UK bank holidays which fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Where any of the dates fall on a Sunday, the Act substitutes the following Monday for that date.
Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2025 Date Day 1 January 2025: New Year's Day: 2 January 2025: Day following New Year's Day 17 April 2025 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 18 April 2025 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 21 April 2025 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2025: Labour Day: 9 May 2025 ...