UK Public Holidays 2025 (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)

Below you can find public holidays in the UK for 2025. In bold text is marked official UK public holidays (bank holidays/red days). With regular text is marked days counted as a Sunday eventhough they are not officially a public holiday. Marked with regular text are also days which are sometimes counted as half working days as many companies ans shops are closed or have shorter opening hours. See the right column for comments related to each public holiday.

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2024

Public Holidays 2025

2026

Date	Day	Holiday
2025-01-01	Wednesday	New Year's Day
2025-04-18	Friday	Good Friday
2025-04-20	Sunday	Easter Day
2025-04-21	Monday	Easter Monday
2025-05-05	Monday	May Day
2025-05-26	Monday	Spring Bank Holiday
2025-08-04	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
2025-08-25	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
2025-12-25	Thursday	Christmas Day
2025-12-26	Friday	Boxing Day

* = Not an official public holiday, but is often a half working day

# = Counted as a Sunday and is work free according to UK vacation legislation