Long weekends in 2026
- Thu, Jan 1 – Sun, Jan 4: 4 days off · New Year's Day, January 2nd
- Fri, Apr 3 – Sun, Apr 5: 3 days off · Good Friday
- Sat, May 2 – Mon, May 4: 3 days off · Early May bank holiday
- Sat, May 23 – Mon, May 25: 3 days off · Spring bank holiday
- Sat, Jun 13 – Mon, Jun 15: 3 days off · World Cup bank holiday
- Sat, Aug 1 – Mon, Aug 3: 3 days off · Summer bank holiday
- Sat, Nov 28 – Mon, Nov 30: 3 days off · St Andrew’s Day
- Fri, Dec 25 – Mon, Dec 28: 4 days off · Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Boxing Day (substitute day)
Bridge days in 2026
This year no single day of leave joins two stretches of days off.
Long weekends in 2027
- Fri, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 4: 4 days off · New Year's Day, January 2nd, January 2nd (substitute day)
- Fri, Mar 26 – Sun, Mar 28: 3 days off · Good Friday
- Sat, May 1 – Mon, May 3: 3 days off · Early May bank holiday
- Sat, May 29 – Mon, May 31: 3 days off · Spring bank holiday
- Sat, Jul 31 – Mon, Aug 2: 3 days off · Summer bank holiday
- Sat, Dec 25 – Tue, Dec 28: 4 days off · Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Day (substitute day), Boxing Day (substitute day)
Bridge days in 2027
- Take Mon, Nov 29 off: 4 days off, Sat, Nov 27 – Tue, Nov 30 · St Andrew’s Day
The dates are worked out from the rules of date-holidays, an open-source holiday database built from Wikipedia’s articles. The lists on this page are shared under the same license, CC BY-SA 3.0. A holiday announced for one year only may be missing: check your government’s or employer’s list before you book.
