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Date | Name | Notes | |||
1 January | New Year's Day | From 1974, by Royal Proclamation. See one of the substitutes below if 1 January falls on Saturday or Sunday.[1][2][3][4] | |||
2 January | not named | By Royal Proclamation, only in a year in which 1 January is a Sunday. Not applicable in 2019. In a year in which it occurs can be referred to (as for all such dates in lieu) in various ways, such as 'Monday bank holiday instead of New Year's Day'. For audiences familiar with British holidays, such as in many British diary series, it may be marked 'New Year's Day holiday' with or without '(in lieu)' afterwards. | |||
3 January | not named | By Royal Proclamation, only in a year in which 1 January is a Saturday. Not applicable in 2019. | |||
17 March | St. Patrick's Day | Northern Ireland only. | |||
18 March | not named | Northern Ireland only, when 17 March is a Sunday. Public Holiday in 2019. | |||
19 March | not named | Northern Ireland only, when 17 March is a Saturday. Not applicable in 2019. | |||
variable | Good Friday | Traditional common law holiday elevated to a statutory footing.[1][2][3][4] Falls on 19 April in 2019. | |||
Easter Monday | Statutory bank holiday from 1871,[1] defined by name.[12] Falls on 22 April in 2019. | ||||
First Monday in May | May Day Bank Holiday | From 1978, by Royal Proclamation.[1][2][3][4] Falls on 6 May in 2019. | |||
Last Monday in May | Spring Bank Holiday or Summer Half-Term Monday | Statutory bank holiday from 1971,[12] following a trial period from 1965 to 1970. Replaced Whit Monday, which had been a public holiday since 1871,[1] and whose date varied according to the date of Easter. Most schools fix a minimum of a week's break to coincide, giving the alternative name.[12][13][14] The legislation does not specify a name for the holiday, merely when it occurs. Falls on 27 May in 2019. | |||
12 July | Battle of the Boyne (Orangeman's Day)[15] | Northern Ireland only. | |||
13 July | not named | Northern Ireland only, when 12 July is a Sunday. Not applicable in 2019. | |||
14 July | not named | Northern Ireland only, when 12 July is a Saturday. Not applicable in 2019. | |||
Last Monday in August | Late Summer Bank Holiday | Statutory bank holiday from 1971,[12] following a trial period from 1965 to 1970. Replaced the first Monday in August (formerly commonly known as 'August Bank Holiday') which had been in use from 1871.[1][4][12] The legislation does not specify a name for the holiday, merely when it occurs. Falls on 26 August in 2019. | |||
25 December | Christmas Day | Traditional common law holiday.[1][2][3][4] | |||
26 December (see Notes) | Boxing Day | Statutory bank holiday from 1871.[1] Legislation does not name the holiday, but states that it falls on '26th December, if it be not a Sunday.'[12] Public Holiday in 2019. | |||
27 December | not named | Statutory bank holiday only in a year in which 25 December is either on a Saturday or Sunday.[12] This has the effect of adding an extra holiday when Christmas Day falls on a Sunday. | |||
28 December | not named | By Royal Proclamation. This is an extra holiday added when either Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday. | |||
Total holidays | 8 | 10 | 8 |
Date | Name | Major towns/cities (not an exhaustive list) |
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1 January | New Year's Day | all |
2 January | ||
Wednesday after last Tuesday in January | Day after Up Helly Aa fire festival | Shetland |
1st Monday in February | Winter Holiday | Inverness |
1st Monday in March | Inverness | |
Last Monday in March | Lochaber | |
Easter holiday (variable) | Good Friday | Ayr, Dumfries and Galloway, East Dunbartonshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Inverclyde, Kilmarnock, Paisley, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire |
Easter Monday | Ayr, Edinburgh, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Kilmarnock, North Lanarkshire, Paisley, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire | |
1st Monday in April | Spring Holiday | Carnoustie and Monifieth area, Dundee, Fife, Scottish Borders, Inverness, Perth |
2nd Monday in April | Angus, except Carnoustie and Monifieth area, Elgin | |
3rd Monday in April, or preceding week if would otherwise coincide with Easter Monday | Edinburgh | |
Monday in April; date varies from year to year | Aberdeen | |
Last Monday in April | Inverclyde | |
1st Monday in May | Labour Day or Early May Bank Holiday | all |
Tuesday after 1st Monday in May | Victoria Day(*)/Spring Holiday | Clydebank, Stirling |
Last Monday strictly before 24 May | Edinburgh* | |
4th Monday in May | Perth* | |
Last Monday in May | Ayr, Dundee*, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Paisley*, South Lanarkshire | |
1st Monday in June | Galashiels, Inverclyde, Fife | |
Tuesday after 2nd Thursday in June | Linlithgow Marches | Linlithgow |
Second Thursday in June | Lanimer Day | Lanark area only |
Last Monday in June | Fair Holiday | Elgin |
Saturday preceding 1st Monday in July | Edinburgh | |
1st Monday in July | Falkirk, Inverness | |
1st Friday in July | Braw Lads Gathering | Galashiels |
2nd Monday in July | Fair Holiday | Aberdeen |
3rd Monday in July | Arbroath, Fife, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire except Lanark | |
4th Friday in July | Scottish Borders | |
Last Monday in July | Dundee | |
1st Monday in August | Paisley | |
1st Monday in September | Late Summer Holiday | Elgin, Inverclyde |
2nd Monday in September | Battle of Stirling Bridge | Falkirk, Perth, Stirling |
3rd Friday in September | Ayr Gold Cup | Ayr, Kilmarnock |
Monday after 3rd Friday in September | Ayr, Kilmarnock | |
3rd Monday in September | Autumn Holiday | Edinburgh |
Last Monday in September | Aberdeen, Angus except Carnoustie and Monifieth area, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Paisley, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire | |
1st Monday in October | Carnoustie and Monifieth area, Dundee, Inverness, Perth | |
2nd Monday in October | Scottish Borders | |
3rd Monday in October | Elgin, Fife | |
1st Monday in November | Samhain holiday | Inverness |
30 November | St. Andrew's DayTo be taken in lieu of one of the other statutory holidays at discretion of individual companies/authorities.[5] | an official holiday in Angus, Fife, Scottish Borders |
25 December | Christmas Day | all |
26 December | Boxing Day | all |
Date | Name |
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1 January | New Year's Day |
2 January | New Year Holiday |
variable | Good Friday |
1st Monday in May | May Day |
Last Monday in May | Spring Holiday |
1st Monday in August | Summer Holiday |
30 November | St. Andrew's Day |
25 December | Christmas Day |
26 December | Boxing Day |
Total | 9 |