Planning holidays for next year?

03/12/2019

The following details were recently published on the gov.uk and regional websites. They set out bank holiday dates for Christmas 2019 and 2020.

Upcoming Christmas bank holidays in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 2019
25 December	Wednesday	Christmas Day
26 December	Thursday	Boxing Day
Upcoming bank holidays in England and Wales 2020
1 January	Wednesday	New Year’s Day
10 April	Friday	Good Friday
13 April	Monday	Easter Monday
8 May	Friday	Early May bank holiday (VE day)
25 May	Monday	Spring bank holiday
31 August	Monday	Summer bank holiday
25 December	Friday	Christmas Day
28 December	Monday	Boxing Day (substitute day)

Upcoming holidays in Scotland 2020

Upcoming holidays in Northern Ireland 2020

Holidays	2020
New Year's Day	1 January
St Patrick's Day	17 March
Good Friday	10 April
Easter Monday	13 April
Early May Bank Holiday (VE Day)	8 May
Spring Bank Holiday	25 May
Battle of the Boyne / Orangemen's Day	12 July
Summer Bank Holiday	31 August
Christmas Day	25 December
Boxing Day	26 December

If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.

Readers are reminded that employers do not have to provide paid leave on bank holidays.