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England and Wales Public Holidays 2026

UK public holidays by region: all regions, England and Wales (EAW), Northern Ireland (NIR), Scotland (SCT).

This page contains the list of England and Wales (UK) 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of England and Wales (UK) public holidays in 2026 is:

Date	Weekday	Public Holiday
Jan 1	Thursday	New Year's Day
Apr 3	Friday	Good Friday
Apr 6	Monday	Easter Monday
May 4	Monday	May Day Bank Holiday
May 25	Monday	Spring Bank Holiday
Aug 31	Monday	Summer Bank Holiday
Dec 25	Friday	Christmas Day
Dec 26	Saturday	Boxing Day
Dec 28	Monday	Christmas Holiday

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