We may be more than halfway through 2025, but there are still eight bank holidays to come across the UK between now and the end of that year, although the specific dates vary between the different nations. The most recent bank holiday fell on Monday, May 26, the Spring bank holiday.
This was a national holiday for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, sometimes individual UK nations have bank holidays on different days.
This was the case at Easter, when England, Wales and Northern Ireland enjoyed two bank holidays on Good Friday, April 18, and Easter Monday, April 21. In Scotland, though, only Good Friday was recognised as a bank holiday.
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Northern Ireland will have its next bank holiday on Monday, July 14, which will mark the Battle of the Boyne bank holiday, before Scotland celebrates its Summer bank holiday on Monday, August 4.
The rest of the UK, including England, Wales and Northern Ireland, will observe their Summer bank holidays on Monday, August 25. Additionally, Scotland will exclusively celebrate St Andrew's Day bank holiday on Monday, December 1.
After this there are then two UK-wide bank holidays to come: Christmas Day and Boxing Day, Thursday and Friday December 25 and 26. There were suggestions for an extra bank holiday this year as May 8 marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
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This day is commemorated annually to honour the Allies' formal acceptance of Germany's surrender in 1945. As 2024 drew to a close, whispers emerged of a possible extra bank holiday on VE Day, May 8, courtesy of Downing Street.
However, the Government decided to instead "use the existing May Day bank holiday for commemorative events".
Remaining UK bank holidays for 2025- Monday, July 14 - Battle of the Boyne (substitute) - Northern Ireland only
- Monday, August 4 - Summer bank holiday - Scotland only
- Monday, August 25 - Summer bank holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Monday, December 1 - St Andrew’s Day (substitute) - Scotland only
- Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Friday, December 26 - Boxing Day - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
