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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom Long Weekends 2025

5 long weekends in United Kingdom in 2025. Plan your trips around these dates.

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Good Friday + Easter Monday
4 days
18 April 2025 โ€” 21 April 2025
Early May Bank Holiday
3 days
3 May 2025 โ€” 5 May 2025
Spring Bank Holiday
3 days
24 May 2025 โ€” 26 May 2025
Summer Bank Holiday
3 days
23 August 2025 โ€” 25 August 2025
Christmas Day + Boxing Day
4 days
25 December 2025 โ€” 28 December 2025
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Long Weekends Summary โ€” United Kingdom 2025

Longest
Good Friday + Easter Monday โ€” 4 days, no leave used
By length
2 ร— 4-day, 3 ร— 3-day

How long weekends are calculated

A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend. It runs longer when holidays stack โ€” Good Friday plus Easter Monday gives four days โ€” and only statutory days off count, never days that are merely customary. All of these need no annual leave.
Source: GOV.UK โ€” UK bank holidays โ†— ยท Dates verified annually. ยท Report an error
Published per nation, and machine-readable at /bank-holidays.json.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many long weekends does United Kingdom have in 2025?+
United Kingdom has 5 long weekends in 2025: 2 four-day weekends, and 3 three-day weekends.
What's the longest weekend in United Kingdom in 2025?+
The longest is around Good Friday + Easter Monday, running from 18 April 2025 to 21 April 2025 โ€” 4 consecutive days off with no leave days needed.
How are long weekends calculated?+
A long weekend forms whenever a public holiday falls on a Friday or a Monday, giving a 3-day weekend, without using any annual leave. It gets longer when holidays stack: Good Friday plus Easter Monday makes a 4-day weekend, and a holiday on both the Thursday and the Friday makes four days from Thursday to Sunday. Days that are widely taken off but are not statutory โ€” Christmas Eve in Sweden, or the day after Ascension in Belgium โ€” do not count, because your employer is not obliged to give them to you.
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