There are seven bank holidays remaining for England and Wales this year
There are seven bank holidays still to come in England and Wales in 2026. Some of these will ‘move’ from the dates we saw bank holidays fall on last year.
Christmas Day and Boxing Day, December 25 and 26, are always bank holidays. However, as Boxing Day falls on a Saturday this year, it will not be a bank holiday. Instead a replacement bank holiday will fall on Monday, December 28. And it’s not only weekends that affect when bank holidays occur, as the constantly shifting Easter date also influences timing.
As things currently stand, there will be eight bank holidays throughout England and Wales in 2026, with us already having had one on New Year’s Day on January 1.
Good Friday will then occur on Friday, April 3, and Easter Monday on Monday, April 6 – considerably earlier than the 2025 dates of Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21. Because of the calendar, May’s two bank holidays will each be a day sooner, as these always fall on a Monday.
In 2026, the Early May bank holiday is May 4, while the Spring bank holiday occurs on May 25. The summer bank holiday, usually towards the conclusion of the school summer break, will be on Monday, August 31, marginally later than last year’s, which was on August 25, reports the Mirror.
To complete the year, the Christmas Day bank holiday stays the same, occurring on Friday, December 25. As previously mentioned, Boxing Day this year occurs on Saturday, December 26, meaning there will be a replacement bank holiday on Monday, December 28.
Remaining bank holidays for England and Wales in 2026
- Friday, April 3 – Good Friday
- Monday, April 6 – Easter Monday
- Monday, May 4 – Early May bank holiday
- Monday, May 25 – Spring bank holiday
- Monday, August 31- Summer bank holiday
- Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
- Monday, December 28 – Boxing Day (substitute day)