Bank holidays 2028
03/01New Year's DayMondayUK-wide
Substitute day: 1 January 2028 is a Saturday, so the bank holiday is the following Monday.
04/012 JanuaryTuesdaynation (Scotland)
Substitute day: 2 January 2028 is a Sunday, so the bank holiday is the following Tuesday (after New Year's Day moves to the Monday).
17/03St Patrick's DayFridaynation (Northern Ireland)
14/04Good FridayFridayUK-wide
17/04Easter MondayMondaynation (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
A bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not in Scotland.
01/05Early May bank holidayMondayUK-wide
29/05Spring bank holidayMondayUK-wide
12/07Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day)Wednesdaynation (Northern Ireland)
07/08Summer bank holiday (Scotland)Mondaynation (Scotland)
In Scotland the summer bank holiday falls on the first Monday of August, earlier than in the rest of the UK.
28/08Summer bank holidayMondaynation (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
Observed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the last Monday of August. Scotland's summer bank holiday is in early August instead.
30/11St Andrew's DayThursdaynation (Scotland)
25/12Christmas DayMondayUK-wide
26/12Boxing DayTuesdayUK-wide
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