When is the next UK Bank Holiday? Date of 2021 summer break - and is it the same in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The next bank holiday will take place in August, but the date of this will vary depending on where you live in the UK.

Here’s everything you need to know.

What date will the August bank holiday take place in England, Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland?

The next bank holiday for England, Wales and Northern Ireland will take place on Monday 30 August.

However, the August bank holiday in Scotland will take place at the beginning of the month and not the end, falling on Monday 2 August.

Scotland’s public holidays tend to be slightly different to those in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

After the usual New Year’s Day break on 1 January across the UK, Scotland also counts 2 January as a bank holiday.

However, it doesn’t mark Easter Monday as a public holiday, but does mark St Andrews Day on 30 November, so the following Monday is a public holiday.

Along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland marks Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

It also observes Good Friday and both the bank holidays in May.

Northern Ireland gets two extra bank holiday weekends – one on 17 March to mark St Patrick’s Day and the other on 12 July to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne.

If 17 March and 12 July both fall on a weekend, the following Monday is the bank holiday.

What dates will the bank holidays fall in 2022?

In England and Wales, the bank holidays will take place on:

- Monday 3 January - New Year’s Day (substitute day)

- Friday 15 April - Good Friday

- Monday 18 April - Easter Monday

- Monday 2 May - Early May bank holiday

- Thursday 2 June - Spring bank holiday

- Friday 3 June - Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

- Monday 29 August - Summer bank holiday

- Monday 26 December - Boxing Day

- Tuesday 27 December - Christmas Day (substitute day)

In Scotland, the bank holidays will take place on:

- Monday 3 January - New Year’s Day (substitute day)

- Tuesday 4 January - substitute day for 2 January

- Friday 15 April - Good Friday

- Monday 2 May - Early May bank holiday

- Thursday 2 June - Spring bank holiday

- Friday 3 June - Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

- Monday 1 August - Summer bank holiday

- Wednesday 30 November - St Andrew’s Day

- Monday 26 December - Boxing Day

- Tuesday 27 December - Christmas Day (substitute day)

In Northern Ireland, the bank holidays will take place on:

- Monday 3 January - New Year’s Day (substitute day)

- Thursday 17 March - St Patrick’s Day

- Friday 15 April - Good Friday

- Monday 18 April - Easter Monday

- Monday 2 May - Early May bank holiday

- Thursday 2 June - Spring bank holiday

- Friday 3 June - Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

- Tuesday 12 July - Battle of the Boyne

- Monday 29 August - Summer bank holiday

- Monday 26 December - Boxing Day

- Tuesday 27 December - Christmas Day (substitute day)

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