Day | Date | Holiday | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Tuesday | January 01 | New Year's Day | First Monday if 1st is Saturday or Sunday |
Wednesday | January 02 | Day after New Years Day | Scotland Only |
Friday | January 25 | Burns Night | Scotland only. Not a public holiday |
Tuesday | March 05 | Pancake Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday. Not a Public Holiday |
Sunday | March 31 | Mothering Sunday | Not a National Holiday |
Friday | April 19 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
Monday | May 06 | Early May Bank Holiday | First Monday in May |
Monday | May 27 | Spring Bank Holiday | Last Monday in May |
Sunday | June 16 | Father's Day | 3rd Sunday in June. Not a public holiday |
Monday | August 05 | August Bank Holiday | Scotland Only. First Monday in August. Banks are open |
Sunday | November 10 | Remembrance Sunday | Not a public holiday. Sunday closest to 11 November |
Monday | December 02 | St Andrews Day (observed) | Scotland Only. If November 30 falls on a weekend, the next Monday is a bank holiday instead |
Wednesday | December 25 | Christmas Day | |
Thursday | December 26 | Boxing Day |
Key
National Holiday |
Regional Holiday |
Not a Public Holiday |
Notes
- Within the United Kingdom, there is no legal definition of what constitutes a public holiday in and it is debatable whether public holidays technically exist in Scotland. The term public holiday is often confused with bank holidays.
- In England and Wales a bank holiday tends automatically to be a public holiday and the day is generally observed as a holiday. In Scotland this may not always the case.