Holidays and Observances in the United Kingdom in 2019
Date | Name | Type | Details | |
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Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day | Bank Holiday | |
Jan 2 | Wednesday | 2nd January | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
Jan 5 | Saturday | Twelfth Night | Observance, Christian | |
Jan 6 | Sunday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
Jan 7 | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Observance, Orthodox | |
Jan 14 | Monday | Orthodox New Year | Observance, Orthodox | |
Jan 21 | Monday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish Holiday | |
Jan 25 | Friday | Burns Night | Local Observance | Scotland |
Feb 5 | Tuesday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
Feb 14 | Thursday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
Mar 1 | Friday | St. David's Day | Local Observance | Wales |
Mar 4 | Monday | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
Mar 5 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Observance, Christian | |
Mar 6 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Observance, Christian | |
Mar 17 | Sunday | St Patrick's Day | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
Mar 18 | Monday | Day off for St Patrick's Day | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
Mar 20 | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season | |
Mar 21 | Thursday | Holi | Hindu Holiday | |
Mar 21 | Thursday | Purim | Jewish Holiday | |
Mar 31 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
Mar 31 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
Apr 3 | Wednesday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
Apr 14 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Apr 18 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | |
Apr 19 | Friday | Good Friday | Bank Holiday | |
Apr 20 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance, Christian | |
Apr 20 | Saturday | First day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
Apr 21 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Apr 22 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local Observance | Scotland |
Apr 22 | Monday | Easter Monday | Common Local Holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
Apr 22 | Monday | Stephen Lawrence Day | Observance | |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | St. George's Day | Local Observance | |
Apr 23 | Tuesday | Shakespeare Day | Observance | |
Apr 26 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Observance, Orthodox | |
Apr 27 | Saturday | Last day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
Apr 27 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Observance, Orthodox | |
Apr 28 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Observance, Orthodox | |
Apr 29 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Observance, Orthodox | |
Apr 29 | Monday | St. George's Day | Observance, Christian | |
May 2 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish Commemoration | |
May 6 | Monday | Ramadan Start | Muslim | |
May 6 | Monday | Early May Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
May 9 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish Holiday | |
May 23 | Thursday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish Holiday | |
May 27 | Monday | Spring Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
May 30 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Observance, Christian | |
May 31 | Friday | Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | Muslim | |
Jun 4 | Tuesday | Eid ul Fitr | Muslim | |
Jun 8 | Saturday | Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday | Observance | |
Jun 9 | Sunday | Pentecost | Observance, Christian | |
Jun 9 | Sunday | Shavuot | Jewish Holiday | |
Jun 10 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance, Christian | |
Jun 16 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Jun 16 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
Jun 20 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance, Christian | |
Jun 21 | Friday | June Solstice | Season | |
Jun 22 | Saturday | Windrush Day | Observance | |
Jul 12 | Friday | Battle of the Boyne | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
Aug 5 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Common Local Holiday | Scotland |
Aug 11 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish Holiday | |
Aug 12 | Monday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | |
Aug 15 | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Holiday | |
Aug 23 | Friday | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Hindu Holiday | |
Aug 23 | Friday | Janmashtami | Hindu Holiday | |
Aug 26 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Common Local Holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
Sep 1 | Sunday | Muharram/Islamic New Year | Muslim | |
Sep 2 | Monday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Holiday | |
Sep 10 | Tuesday | Ashura | Muslim | |
Sep 23 | Monday | September Equinox | Season | |
Sep 29 | Sunday | Navaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
Sep 30 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 4 | Friday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Observance, Christian | |
Oct 7 | Monday | Dussehra | Hindu Holiday | |
Oct 9 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 14 | Monday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 20 | Sunday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 21 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 22 | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish Holiday | |
Oct 27 | Sunday | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
Oct 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
Oct 31 | Thursday | Halloween | Observance | |
Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
Nov 2 | Saturday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
Nov 5 | Tuesday | Guy Fawkes Day | Observance | |
Nov 10 | Sunday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | Muslim | |
Nov 10 | Sunday | Remembrance Sunday | Observance | |
Nov 30 | Saturday | St Andrew's Day | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
Dec 1 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance, Christian | |
Dec 2 | Monday | St Andrew's Day observed | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
Dec 8 | Sunday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | |
Dec 22 | Sunday | December Solstice | Season | |
Dec 23 | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
Dec 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day | Bank Holiday | |
Dec 26 | Thursday | Boxing Day | Bank Holiday | |
Dec 30 | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
Dec 31 | Tuesday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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