United Kingdom Bank Holidays 2017

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This page contains a national calendar of all 2017 bank holidays for the United Kingdom. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your country’s calendar.

Date	Day	Holiday	Countries
2017-01-011 Jan	Sun	New Year's Day	National
2017-01-022 Jan	Mon	New Year Holiday	National
2017-01-033 Jan	Tue	New Year Holiday	Scotland*
2017-03-1717 Mar	Fri	St Patrick's Day	Northern Ireland
2017-04-1414 Apr	Fri	Good Friday	National
2017-04-1717 Apr	Mon	Easter Monday	National except Scotland*
2017-05-011 May	Mon	May Day	National
2017-05-2929 May	Mon	Late May Bank Holiday	National
2017-07-1212 Jul	Wed	Battle of the Boyne	Northern Ireland
2017-08-077 Aug	Mon	August Bank Holiday	Scotland*
2017-08-2828 Aug	Mon	August Bank Holiday	National except Scotland*

2017-11-3030 Nov	Thu	St Andrew's Day	Scotland*
2017-12-2525 Dec	Mon	Christmas Day	National
2017-12-2626 Dec	Tue	Boxing Day	National

*Please refer to this note for Scotland-specific information.

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England	Scotland
Wales	Northern Ireland

Public holidays, observed throughout the United Kingdom, are required holidays when most businesses and non-essential services close down. These holidays were first officially observed when the 1871 Bank Holidays Act designated specific public holidays in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

Today, the main statute that defines holidays is the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. This Act gives Her Majesty the Queen the authority to grant one-time national holidays if she sees purpose. HRH Queen Elizabeth II has used this power for days of mourning and celebration, such as the recent marriage of her grandson Prince William.

Workers don’t have an automatic right to paid leave on bank and public holidays in the UK, though most full-time workers receive a paid day off work, and casual workers receive pay at higher penalty rates. Labor laws in the United Kingdom provide the employers with the option to give a paid day off in lieu for public holidays, most employers opt for the premium pay to keep businesses operational on other dates.

If a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the holiday is normally postponed to the following week day, which is then referred to as a “substitute public holiday” or an “observed holiday.”