Overview

• Scotland observes its Summer Bank Holiday today, August 4, while other UK nations do not mark this date.
• England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s next bank holiday falls on Monday, August 25.
• After August 25, those three nations will not see another bank holiday until Christmas Day on December 25.
• Scotland will break its end-of-year gap with St Andrew’s Day on December 1 before joining the rest of the UK for Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
• England and Wales each recognise eight bank holidays annually and Northern Ireland ten, with Northern Ireland having already marked seven by mid-July compared with five for the other nations.