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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Kingdom for 2020 ready to be integrated into your application.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is known as the UK, the United Kingdom, or Britain. This island nation in northwest Europe, includes the countries of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and was officially founded in 1922. The UK is a global power whose culture has influenced many different countries throughout the years.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 2nd Thursday Second Day of the New Year Only in certain states.
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day
March 3rd Tuesday World Wildlife Day
March 17th Tuesday Saint Patrick's Day Only in certain states.
March 20th Friday March Equinox
March 22nd Sunday Mother's Day
April 10th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 12th Sunday Easter
April 13th Monday Easter Monday Only in certain states. Long weekend.
May 8th Friday Early May Bank Holiday Long weekend.
May 25th Monday Spring Bank Holiday Long weekend.
June 20th Saturday June Solstice
June 21st Sunday Father's Day
June 30th Tuesday International Asteroid Day
July 12th Sunday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) Only in certain states. Long weekend.
July 13th Monday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (Observed) Only in certain states. Long weekend.
July 18th Saturday Nelson Mandela International Day
August 3rd Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain states. Long weekend.
September 22nd Tuesday September Equinox
November 30th Monday Saint Andrew's Day Only in certain states. Long weekend.
December 21st Monday December Solstice
December 24th Thursday Christmas Eve
December 25th Friday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 26th Saturday Boxing Day Long weekend.
December 28th Monday Boxing Day (Observed) Long weekend.
December 31st Thursday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

We are continuously monitoring for changes to this data to ensure we're providing the most accurate information possible.
If you happen to notice a mistake, please get in touch.
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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="GB" -d year="2020" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__" "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "GB",
  "year": "2020",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GB',
  year: '2020',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GB',
  'year' => '2020',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GB"
$Body.year = "2020"
$Url = "https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GB',
  'year': '2020',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GB',
  'year': '2020',
})