Chapter 2 · What Is the UK?
UK Public Holidays
Source: Handbook p.12
UK public holidays (bank holidays) include:
• New Year's Day (1 January)
• Good Friday and Easter Monday
• Early May bank holiday
• Spring bank holiday (late May)
• Summer bank holiday (late August, except Scotland)
• Christmas Day (25 December)
• Boxing Day (26 December)
Scotland also has 2 January and St Andrew's Day. Northern Ireland has St Patrick's Day and Orangemen's Day (12 July).
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