UK Public Holidays 2016 (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)

Below you can find public holidays in the UK for 2016. 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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Public Holidays 2016

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Date	Day	Holiday
2016-01-01	Friday	New Year's Day
2016-03-25	Friday	Good Friday
2016-03-27	Sunday	Easter Day
2016-03-28	Monday	Easter Monday
2016-05-02	Monday	May Day
2016-05-30	Monday	Spring Bank Holiday
2016-08-01	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
2016-08-29	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
2016-12-25	Sunday	Christmas Day
2016-12-26	Monday	Boxing Day
2016-12-27	Tuesday	Bank Holiday

* = 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