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Public and bank holidays

Local public holidays

Each local council in Scotland has powers to make certain days 'local' public holidays.

Aberdeen City CouncilAberdeenshire CouncilAngus CouncilArgyll and Bute CouncilClackmannanshire CouncilComhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)Dumfries & Galloway CouncilDundee City CouncilEast Ayrshire CouncilEast Dunbartonshire CouncilEast Lothian CouncilEast Renfrewshire CouncilEdinburgh CouncilFalkirk CouncilFife CouncilGlasgow City CouncilHighland CouncilInverclyde CouncilMidlothian CouncilMoray CouncilNorth Ayrshire CouncilNorth Lanarkshire CouncilOrkney Islands CouncilPerth & Kinross CouncilRenfrewshire CouncilScottish Borders CouncilShetland Islands CouncilSouth Ayrshire CouncilSouth Lanarkshire CouncilStirling CouncilWest Dunbartonshire CouncilWest Lothian Council

Bank holidays

Bank holidays are the same across Scotland. If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a substitute weekday becomes a bank holiday. This would normally be the Monday after the original date.

Your employer does not have to give you paid leave on bank or public holidays. Check your employment contract for what days your employer agreed you could take.

Bank holidays might affect when:

Find bank holiday dates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on GOV.UK.

 

2024 bank holidays

Date Day of the week Bank holiday
1 January Monday New Year's Day
2 January Tuesday 2 January
29 March Friday Good Friday
6 May Monday Early May bank holiday
27 May Monday Spring bank holiday
5 August Monday Summer bank holiday
2 December Monday St Andrew's Day (substitute day)
25 December Wednesday Christmas Day
26 December Thursday Boxing Day

 

2023 bank holidays

Date Day of the week Bank holiday
2 January Monday New Year's Day (substitute day)
3 January Tuesday 2 January (substitute day)
7 April Friday Good Friday
1 May Monday Early May 
8 May Monday Coronation 
29 May Monday Spring bank holiday
7 August Monday Summer bank holiday
30 November Thursday St Andrew's Day
25 December Monday Christmas Day
26 December Tuesday Boxing Day

Past bank holidays

2022 Day of the week Bank holiday
27 December Tuesday Christmas Day (substitute day)
26 December Monday Boxing Day
30 November Wednesday St Andrew's Day
1 August Monday Summer bank holiday
3 June Friday Platinum Jubilee bank holiday
2 June Thursday Spring bank holiday
2 May Monday Early May bank holiday
15 April Friday Good Friday
4 January Tuesday 2 January (substitute day)
3 January Monday New Year's Day (substitute day)
2021 Day of the week Bank holiday
28 December Tuesday Boxing Day (substitute day)
27 December Monday Christmas Day (substitute day)
30 November Tuesday St Andrew's Day
2 August Monday Summer bank holiday
31 May Monday Spring bank holiday
3 May Monday Early May bank holiday
2 April Friday Good Friday
4 January Monday 2 January (substitute day)
1 January Friday New Year's Day
2020 Day of the week Bank holiday
28 December Monday Boxing Day (substitute day)
25 December Friday Christmas Day
30 November Monday St. Andrew's Day
3 August Monday Summer Bank Holiday
25 May Monday Spring Bank Holiday
8 May Friday Early May Bank Holiday (VE day)
10 April Friday Good Friday
2 January Thursday 2 January
1 January Wednesday New Year's Day
2019 Day of the week Bank holiday
26 December Thursday Boxing Day
25 December Wednesday Christmas Day
2 December Monday St Andrew's Day (substitute day)
5 August Monday Summer bank holiday
27 May Monday Spring bank holiday
6 May Monday Early May bank holiday
19 April Friday Good Friday
2 January Wednesday 2 January
1 January Tuesday New Year's Day
2018 Day of the week Bank holiday
26 December Wednesday Boxing Day
25 December Tuesday Christmas Day
30 November Friday St Andrew's Day
6 August Monday Summer bank holiday
28 May Monday Spring bank holiday
7 May Monday Early May bank holiday
30 March Friday Good Friday
2 January Tuesday 2 January
1 January Monday New Year's Day
2017 Day of the week Bank holiday
26 December Tuesday Boxing Day
25 December Monday Christmas Day
30 November Thursday St Andrew's Day
7 August Monday Summer bank holiday
29 May Monday Spring bank holiday
1 May Monday Early May bank holiday
14 April Friday Good Friday
3 January Tuesday New Year's Day (substitute day)
2 January Monday 2nd January
2016 Day of the week Bank holiday
27 December Tuesday Christmas Day (substitute day)
26 December Monday Boxing Day
30 November Wednesday St Andrew's Day
1 August Monday Summer bank holiday
30 May Monday Spring bank holiday
2 May Monday Early May bank holiday
25 March Friday Good Friday
4 January Monday 2 January (substitute day)
1 January Friday New Year's Day
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