United Kingdom

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Kingdom for 2022 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 Saturday New Year's Day
January 2nd Sunday Second Day of the New Year Only in certain areas.
January 3rd Monday New Year's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
January 4th Tuesday Second Day of the New Year (Observed) Only in certain areas.
February 14th Monday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
March 17th Thursday Saint Patrick's Day Only in certain areas.
March 20th Sunday March Equinox
March 27th Sunday Mother's Day
April 15th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 17th Sunday Easter
April 18th Monday Easter Monday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
May 2nd Monday Early May Bank Holiday Long weekend.
June 2nd Thursday Spring Bank Holiday
June 3rd Friday Queen's Platinum Jubilee Long weekend.
June 19th Sunday Father's Day
June 21st Tuesday June Solstice
July 12th Tuesday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) Only in certain areas.
August 1st Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 29th Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
September 19th Monday Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Long weekend.
September 23rd Friday September Equinox Long weekend.
November 30th Wednesday Saint Andrew's Day Only in certain areas.
December 21st Wednesday December Solstice
December 24th Saturday Christmas Eve
December 25th Sunday Christmas Day
December 26th Monday Boxing Day Long weekend.
December 27th Tuesday Christmas Day (Observed)
December 31st Saturday 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.

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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="2022" -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": "2022",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GB',
  year: '2022',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GB',
  'year' => '2022',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GB"
$Body.year = "2022"
$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': '2022',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GB',
  'year': '2022',
})