Public holidays in United Kingdom 2026
8 national public holidays in United Kingdom in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: Christmas Day on 25 December (Friday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 3 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 4 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 25 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Saturday | Boxing Day |
| 28 December | Monday | Boxing Day (substitute day)substitute day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 15 March · Mother's Day (observance)
- 5 April · Easter Sunday (observance)
- 21 June · Father's Day (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of United Kingdom. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=ALD for Alderney. Regions: Alderney, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in United Kingdom, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=GB&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"