Overview
- The UK will set clocks back one hour at 2am on Sunday, October 25, 2026, ending British Summer Time and putting the country on GMT for the winter.
- The government reasserts the long-standing rule that clocks go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March and back one hour at 2am on the last Sunday in October.
- Most modern smartphones and smartwatches will update automatically at 2am while analogue clocks, wall timers and some appliances must be changed manually.
- Public pressure to stop the twice-yearly changes continues through active petitions, including one by Gary Close that will trigger Parliamentary consideration if it reaches 100,000 signatures.
- Broader reform remains unresolved after the European Parliament voted in 2019 to end seasonal clock changes and published schedules list the next spring change on 28 March 2027 and the following autumn change on 31 October 2027.