The United Kingdom: bank holidays in 2027
In 2027, the United Kingdom has 8 bank holidays (England and Wales). 6 fall on a weekday and 2 on a weekend (Christmas Day and Boxing Day); 2 are moved to a weekday: Christmas Day on Monday, December 27 and Boxing Day on Tuesday, December 28. That makes 8 days off from Monday to Friday.
| Holiday | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1 | Friday |
| Good Friday | March 26 | Friday |
| Easter Monday except Scotland | March 29 | Monday |
| Early May bank holiday | May 3 | Monday |
| Spring bank holiday | May 31 | Monday |
| Summer bank holiday except Scotland | August 30 | Monday |
| Christmas Day | December 25 | Saturday |
| Boxing Day | December 26 | Sunday |
| Christmas Day (substitute day) | December 27 | Monday |
| Boxing Day (substitute day) | December 28 | Tuesday |
Long weekends and bridge days in 2027
2027 has 6 long weekends of three days or more without taking any leave:
- Friday, January 1 to Sunday, January 3: 3 days · New Year’s Day
- Friday, March 26 to Monday, March 29: 4 days · Good Friday and Easter Monday
- Saturday, May 1 to Monday, May 3: 3 days · Early May bank holiday
- Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31: 3 days · Spring bank holiday
- Saturday, August 28 to Monday, August 30: 3 days · Summer bank holiday
- Saturday, December 25 to Tuesday, December 28: 4 days · Christmas Day (substitute day) and Boxing Day (substitute day)
No bridge day in 2027: no holiday falls on a Tuesday, a Wednesday or a Thursday.
Holidays on a weekend
Christmas Day (Saturday, December 25) and Boxing Day (Sunday, December 26) fall on a weekend in 2027. When a bank holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, a substitute day is given on the next weekday. Those substitute days are in the table.
Regional holidays in 2027
These days are holidays only in part of the United Kingdom:
| Holiday | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd January | January 2 | Scotland |
| 2nd January (substitute day) | January 4 | Scotland |
| St Patrick’s Day | March 17 | Northern Ireland |
| Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) | July 12 | Northern Ireland |
| Summer bank holiday | August 2 | Scotland |
| St Andrew’s Day | November 30 | Scotland |
Good to know
The UK calls them bank holidays and has three calendars. England and Wales have 8, Scotland 9 and Northern Ireland 10. Scotland adds January 2 and St Andrew’s Day but has no Easter Monday, and its summer bank holiday is the first Monday of August instead of the last. Northern Ireland adds St Patrick’s Day and July 12. In 2026 Scotland also gets a one-off bank holiday on Monday, June 15, for the men’s football World Cup.
2027 and 2026 compared
In 2026, the United Kingdom has 8 bank holidays, 8 of them on weekdays (United Kingdom 2026). With its holidays removed, 2027 counts 253 working days from Monday to Friday, against 253 in 2026: month by month in working days in United Kingdom 2027.
To count the working days between two dates, use the business days calculator; for the movable feasts of the year, see Easter 2027; and for the whole year on one page, the 2027 calendar.