UK Bank Holidays 2024: Time to Book a Holiday?

UK Bank Holidays

UK Bank Holidays is the ever-so-popular list that gets us all excited every year! Knowing what day a bank holiday falls on allows us to prepare for long weekends away.

Below you’ll find a list of UK bank holidays in 2024 to help start saving those pennies, or at the very least, understand the best time to book a holiday.

Bank Holidays 2024

England and Wales

  • 1 January - Monday - New Year’s Day
  • 29 March - Friday - Good Friday
  • 1 April - Monday - Good Friday
  • 6 May - Monday - Early May bank holiday
  • 27 May - Monday - Spring bank holiday
  • 26 August - Monday - Summer bank holiday
  • 25 December - Wednesday - Christmas Day
  • 26 December - Thursday - Boxing Day

Scotland

  • 1 January - Monday - New Year’s Day
  • 2 January - Tuesday - 2nd January
  • 29 March - Friday - Good Friday
  • 6 May - Monday - Early May bank holiday
  • 27 May - Monday - Spring bank holiday
  • 5 August - Monday - Summer bank holiday
  • 2 December - Monday - St Andrew’s Day (substitute day)
  • 25 December - Wednesday - Christmas Day
  • 26 December - Thursday - Boxing Day

Northern Ireland

  • 1 January - Monday - New Year’s Day
  • 18 March - Monday - St Patrick’s Day (substitute day)
  • 29 March - Friday - Good Friday
  • 1 April - Monday - Good Friday
  • 6 May - Monday - Early May bank holiday
  • 27 May - Monday - Spring bank holiday
  • 12 July - Friday - Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen''s Day)
  • 26 August - Monday - Summer bank holiday
  • 2 December - Monday - St Andrew’s Day (substitute day)
  • 25 December - Wednesday - Christmas Day
  • 26 December - Thursday - Boxing Day

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Conclusion

Taking the time to understand and craft a list for the year, will help you understand the associated cost if you plan to take long weekends away.

Author

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Terry Wingfield

A software engineer Monday to Friday, and an avid Chapel St Leonards weekend warrior. Terry enjoys many weekends away walking the beaches of Chapel St Leonards with his family, and the family dog, Skye.