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Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in the United Kingdom for 2025 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 areas.
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
March 17th Monday Saint Patrick's Day Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
March 30th Sunday Mother's Day
April 18th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 20th Sunday Easter
April 21st Monday Easter Monday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
May 5th Monday Early May Bank Holiday Long weekend.
May 26th Monday Spring Bank Holiday Long weekend.
June 15th Sunday Father's Day
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
July 12th Saturday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) Only in certain areas.
July 14th Monday Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (Observed) Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 4th Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
August 25th Monday Summer Bank Holiday Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
November 30th Sunday Saint Andrew's Day Only in certain areas.
December 1st Monday Saint Andrew's Day (Observed) Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 26th Friday Boxing Day Long weekend.
December 31st Wednesday 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="2025" -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": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'GB',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'GB',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "GB"
$Body.year = "2025"
$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': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'GB',
  'year': '2025',
})