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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Kingdom for 2023 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 Sunday New Year's Day
January 2nd Monday New Year's Day (Observed) Long weekend.
January 2nd Monday Second Day of the New Year Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
January 3rd Tuesday Second Day of the New Year (Observed) Only in certain areas.
February 14th Tuesday Valentine's Day
March 17th Friday Saint Patrick's Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
March 19th Sunday Mother's Day
March 20th Monday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 7th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 9th Sunday Easter
April 10th Monday Easter Monday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
May 1st Monday Early May Bank Holiday Long weekend.
May 8th Monday Coronation of King Charles III Long weekend.
May 29th Monday Spring Bank Holiday Long weekend.
June 18th Sunday Father's Day
June 21st Wednesday June Solstice
July 12th Wednesday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) Only in certain areas.
August 7th Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 28th Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
September 23rd Saturday September Equinox
November 30th Thursday Saint Andrew's Day Only in certain areas.
December 22nd Friday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Sunday Christmas Eve
December 25th Monday Christmas Day Long weekend.
December 26th Tuesday Boxing Day
December 31st Sunday 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="2023" -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": "2023",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GB',
  year: '2023',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GB',
  'year' => '2023',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GB"
$Body.year = "2023"
$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': '2023',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GB',
  'year': '2023',
})