UK Public Bank Holidays
& Special Dates for 2009 / 2010 / 2011

UK Bank Holidays 2009

New Year's Day

1st Jan 2009

Good Friday

10th April 2009

Easter Monday

13th April 2009

Early May Bank Holiday

4th May 2009

Spring Bank Holiday

25th May 2009

Summer Bank Holiday

31st Aug 2009

Christmas Day

25th Dec 2009

Boxing Day

28th Dec 2009

UK Bank Holidays 2010

New Year's Day

1st Jan 2010

Good Friday

2nd April 2010

Easter Monday

5th April 2010

Early May Bank Holiday

3rd May 2010

Spring Bank Holiday

31st May 2010

Summer Bank Holiday

30th Aug 2010

Christmas Day (Substitute Holiday)

27th Dec 2010

Boxing Day (Substitute Holiday)

28th Dec 2010

UK Bank Holidays 2011

New Year's Day (Substitute Holiday)

3rd Jan 2011

Good Friday

22nd April 2011

Easter Monday

25th April 2011

Early May Bank Holiday

2nd May 2011

Spring Bank Holiday

30th May 2011

Summer Bank Holiday

29th Aug 2011

Christmas Day (Substitute Holiday)

26th Dec 2011

Boxing Day (Substitute Holiday)

27th Dec 2011

Special Dates and Religious Festivals for 2010

January 2010

Circumcision

Christian

Friday 1st

New Year's Day

Secular

Friday 1st

Oshogatsu (or Shogatsu)

Shinto

Friday 1st

Festival of St Basil the Great

Christian

Friday 1st

Epiphany (Catholic Church in England and Wales)

Christian

Sunday 3rd

Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Tuesday 5th

Epiphany

Christian

Wednesday 6th

Christmas Day (Armenian Orthodox)

Christian

Wednesday 6th

Theophany (Orthodox)

Christian

Wednesday 6th

Christmas Day (Ethiopian)

Rastafari

Thursday 7th

Christmas Day (Orthodox)

Christian

Thursday 7th

First Sunday after Epiphany

Christian

Sunday 10th

Baptism of the Lord

Christian

Sunday 10th

St Hilary's Day

Christian

Wednesday 13th

Makar Sankrant

Hindu

Thursday 14th

Seijin Shiki (Adults' Day)

Shinto

Friday 15th

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (start)

Christian

Monday 18th

Matin Luther King Day (US)

Monday 18th

Vasant Panchami

Hindu

Wednesday 20th

St Agnes

Christian

Thursday 21st

Burns Night

Monday 25th

St Paul's Day

Christian

Monday 25th

Australia Day (Australia)

Tuesday 26th

National Holocaust Memorial Day

Jewish

Wednesday 27th

National Holocaust Memorial Day

Multifaith

Wednesday 27th

St Thomas Aquinas

Christian

Thursday 28th

Tu B'Shevat

Jewish

Saturday 30th

Birthday of Guru Har Rai (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 31st

February 2010

Candlemas

Christian

Tuesday 2nd

Imbolc

Pagan

Tuesday 2nd

Rissun (Setsubun)

Shinto

Wednesday 3rd

Parinirvana - Nirvana day

Buddhist

Monday 8th

Our Lady of Lourdes

Christian

Thursday 11th

Mahashivratri

Hindu

Friday 12th

St Valentine's Day

Christian

Sunday 14th

Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)

Chinese

Sunday 14th

Clean Monday - Beginning of Lent (Orthodox)

Christian

Monday 15th

Nirvana day (alternative date)

Buddhist

Monday 15th

President's Day (US)

Monday 15th

Shrove Tuesday

Christian

Tuesday 16th

Ash Wednesday

Christian

Wednesday 17th

Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther)

Jewish

Thursday 25th

Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad)

Muslim

Friday 26th

Holi

Hindu

Sunday 28th

Purim

Jewish

Sunday 28th

March 2010

Shushan Purim

Jewish

Monday 1st

Hola Mohalla (Lunar Calendar)

Sikh

Monday 1st

St David's Day

Christian

Monday 1st

Nineteen Day Fast (start)

-Bahai

Tuesday 2nd

Hina-matsuri - Festival of Dolls

Shinto

Wednesday 3rd

Milad un Nabi (Shia)

Muslim

Wednesday 3rd

St Piran's Day

Christian

Friday 5th

Women's World Day of Prayer

Christian

Friday 5th

International Women's Day

Monday 8th

Commonwealth Day

Monday 8th

Mothering Sunday

Christian

Sunday 14th

St Patrick's Day

Christian

Wednesday 17th

St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Christian

Friday 19th

Spring Equinox – Eoster

Pagan

Saturday 20th

Naw-Ruz

Bahai

Sunday 21st

Jamshedi Noruz (Fasli)

Zoroastrian

Sunday 21st

Shubun-sai - Equinox day

Shinto

Sunday 21st

Rama Navami

Hindu

Wednesday 24th

Swaminarayan Jayanti

Hindu

Wednesday 24th

Annunciation

Christian

Thursday 25th

Khordad Sal (Fasli)

Zoroastrian

Friday 26th

Palm Sunday

Christian

Sunday 28th

Mahavira Jayanti

Jain

Sunday 28th

Fast of the Firstborn

Jewish

Monday 29th

Hanuman Jayanti

Hindu

Tuesday 30th

Theravada New Year

Buddhist

Tuesday 30th

Passover (1st day)

Jewish

Tuesday 30th

Magha Puja

Buddhist

Tuesday 30th

April 2010

Maundy Thursday

Christian

Thursday 1st

April Fools Day

Thursday 1st

Good Friday

Christian

Friday 2nd

Easter Sunday (Western)

Christian

Sunday 4th

Easter (Orthodox)

Christian

Sunday 4th

Easter Monday (Western)

Christian

Monday 5th

Passover (final day)

Jewish

Tuesday 6th

Yom Hashoah

Jewish

Sunday 11th

Vaisakhi

Sikh

Tuesday 13th

Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Wednesday 14th

Hola Mohalla (Nanakshahi Calendar)

Sikh

Wednesday 14th

Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 18th

Birthday of Guru Angad Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 18th

Yom Hazikaron

Jewish

Sunday 18th

Yom Ha'atzmaut

Jewish

Monday 19th

Ridvan - first day

Bahai

Wednesday 21st

Anniversary of Haile Selassie's visit to Jamaica

Rastafari

Wednesday 21st

Birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II

Wednesday 21st

St George's Day

Christian

Friday 23rd

Anzac Day (Australia & New Zealand)

Sunday 25th

Ridvan - ninth day

Bahai

Thursday 29th

May 2010

Beltane

Pagan

Saturday 1st

Ridvan - twelfth day

Bahai

Sunday 2nd

Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 2nd

Lag B'Omer

Jewish

Sunday 2nd

Mother's Day

International

May 9th

Yom Yerushalayim

Jewish

Wednesday 12th

Ascension Day

Christian

Thursday 13th

Ascension Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales)

Christian

Sunday 16th

Shavuot (1st day)

Jewish

Wednesday 19th

Pentecost – Whitsun

Christian

Sunday 23th

Declaration of the Bab

Bahai

Sunday 23th

Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 23th

Victoria Day (Canada)

Monday 24th

Wesak or Buddha day

Buddhist

Thursday 27th

Ascension of Baha'u'llah

Bahai

Saturday 29th

Trinity Sunday

Christian

Sunday 30th

All Saints' Day (Orthodox)

Christian

Sunday 30th

Memorial Day (US)

Monday 31st

June 2010

Corpus Christi

Christian

Thursday 3rd

Corpus Christi (Catholic Church in England and Wales)

Christian

Sunday 6th

Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Wednesday 16th

Father's Day

Sunday 20th

Summer Solstice – Litha

Pagan

Monday 21st

St Peter's Day

Christian

Tuesday 29th

17th Tammuz

Jewish

Tuesday 29th

July 2010

Canada Day (Canada)

Thursday 1st

Independence Day

Sunday 4th

Birthday of Guru Hargobind (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Monday 5th

Martyrdom of the Bab

Bahai

Friday 9th

St Swithin's Day

Christian

Thursday 15th

Jamshedi Noruz (Qadimi)

Zoroastrian

Tuesday 20th

Tisha B'Av

Jewish

Tuesday 20th

Birthday of Guru Har Krishen (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Friday 23rd

Birthday of Haile Selassie I

Rastafari

Friday 23rd

Pioneer Day

Mormon

Saturday 24th

Khordad Sal (Qadimi)

Zoroastrian

Sunday 25th

Asala - Dharma Day

Buddhist

Monday 26th

August 2010

Lughnasadh – Lammas

Pagan

Sunday 1st

Transfiguration

Christian

Friday 6th

Ramadan (start)

Muslim

Thursday 12th

Dormition of the Theotokos

Christian

Sunday 15th

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Christian

Sunday 15th

Birthday of Marcus Garvey

Rastafari

Tuesday 17th

Jamshedi Noruz (Shenshai)

Zoroastrian

Thursday 19th

Raksha Bandhan

Hindu

Tuesday 24th

Khordad Sal (Shenshai)

Zoroastrian

Tuesday 24th

September 2010

Janmashtami - Krishna Jayanti

Hindu

Thursday 2nd

Paryushana

Jain

Sunday 5th

Labour Day (US & Canada)

Monday 6 th

Nativity of the Theotokos

Christian

Wednesday 8th

Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Christian

Wednesday 8th

Feast of the Birth of Mary

Christian

Wednesday 8th

Rosh Hashanah (1st day)

Jewish

Thursday 9th

Eid-Ul-Fitr

Muslim

Friday 10th

Ethiopian New Year

Rastafari

Saturday 11th

Ganesh Chaturthi

Hindu

Saturday 11th

Fast of Gedalliah

Jewish

Saturday 11th

Grandparents Day (US)

Sunday 12th

Yom Kippur

Jewish

Saturday 18th

Sukkot

Jewish

Thursday 23rd

Autumn Equinox

Pagan

Thursday 23rd

Michaelmas/ St Michael's Day

Christian

Wednesday 29th

Hoshanah Rabbah

Jewish

Wednesday 29th

Shemini Atzeret

Jewish

Thursday 30th

October 2010

Simchat Torah

Jewish

Friday 1st

Navaratri (start)

Hindu

Friday 8th

Birthday of Guru Ram Das (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Saturday 9th

Thanksgiving (Canada)

Monday 11th

Columbus Day (US)

Monday 11th

St Edward's Day

Christian

Wednesday 13th

Dussera

Hindu

Sunday 17th

Birth of the Bab

Bahai

Wednesday 20th

United Nations Day

Sunday 24th

United Nations Day

Monday 25th

Samhain (Hallowe'en)

Pagan

Sunday 31st

Hallowe'en (All Hallows' Eve)

Christian

Sunday 31st

All Saints' Day (Catholic Church in England and Wales)

Christian

Sunday 31st

November 2010

All Saints' Day (Hallowmas, All Hallows')

Christian

Monday 1st

All Souls' Day

Christian

Tuesday 2nd

Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I

Rastafari

Tuesday 2nd

Guy Fawkes Night

Friday 5th

Diwali

Hindu

Friday 5th

Diwali

Jain

Friday 5th

Diwali

Sikh

Friday 5th

Armistice Day

Multifaith

Thursday 11th

Veterans Day (US)

Thursday 11th

Birth of Baha'u'llah

Bahai

Friday 12th

Remembrance Sunday

Multifaith

Sunday 14th

Shichigosan (7-5-3 festival)

Shinto

Monday 15th

Eid-Ul-Adha

Muslim

Wednesday 17th

Birthday of Guru Nanak (Lunar Calendar)

Sikh

Sunday 21st

Niinamesei

Shinto

Tuesday 23rd

Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Nanakshahi calendar)

Sikh

Wednesday 24th

Thanksgiving (USA)

Thrusday 25th

Day of the Covenant

Bahai

Friday 26th

Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha

Bahai

Sunday 28th

Advent Sunday

Christian

Sunday 28th

St Andrew's Day

Christian

Tuesday 30th

December 2010

Hanukkah

Jewish

Thursday 2nd

Al-Hijira

Muslim

Tuesday 7th

Islamic New Year

Muslim

Tuesday 7th

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Christian

Wednesday 8th

Bodhi Day

Buddhist

Wednesday 8th

St Lucy's Day

Christian

Monday 13th

Ashura

Muslim

Thursday 16th

Winter Solstice – Yule

Pagan

Tuesday 21st

Christmas Eve

Christian

Friday 24th

Christmas Day

Christian

Saturday 25th

Boxing Day

Secular

Sunday 26th

St Stephen's Day

Christian

Sunday 26th

Kwanzaa

Sunday 26th

New Year's Eve

Friday 31st

Hogmanay (Scotland)

Friday 31st

Religious dates courtesy of the BBC