Established 2026 UK calendar, dates and time No. 01
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Every UK date question, with the working shown.

Dates & Times answers the everyday calendar questions and sets out the rule behind each one: the next bank holiday, the long weekend you can engineer from a day of leave, your exact age, the working days between two dates, and your statutory holiday entitlement. Built on the gov.uk Bank Holidays feed and the Working Time Regulations.

Begin with The next bank holiday→Long-weekend maximiser→Holiday entitlement→
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The 2026 Bank Holidays

Source · gov.uk

First half, England and Wales

1 JanNew Year's Day
3 AprGood Friday
6 AprEaster Monday
4 MayEarly May
25 MaySpring

Second half, England and Wales

31 AugSummer
25 DecChristmas Day
28 DecBoxing Day

The confirmed 2026 bank holidays for England and Wales, from the gov.uk Bank Holidays feed. Scotland and Northern Ireland differ. See all four nations.

Dates and Times is a set of free UK calendar, dates and time calculators. Every tool shows the date maths it uses and cites the official UK source behind it, so the number is one you can check. The bank-holiday dates come straight from the gov.uk Bank Holidays feed; holiday entitlement follows the Working Time Regulations. Live countdowns, your exact age, days and working days between two dates, the long-weekend maximiser and statutory holiday entitlement. No sign-up, no email. Dates and entitlement figures are general information: confirm with gov.uk or your employer before relying on a date.

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The desks

Where to next
01 Bank holidays and calendarNext dates by nation, long-weekend planning and countdowns. Open → 02 Age and date differenceYour exact age, and the days, weeks and working days between two dates. Open → 03 Leave and entitlementStatutory holiday entitlement, worked out pro-rata from the rules. Open → 04 DataWorking-day counts and the UK calendar, as a citeable dataset. Open →

How we work

Editorial standards
Built on official data

Bank-holiday dates come straight from the gov.uk Bank Holidays feed, not typed in by us.

The working, shown

Every result sets out the date rule it uses and links the primary source behind it.

General information

Dates and entitlement figures are guidance. Confirm with gov.uk or your employer before relying on a date.

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Oliver Mackman

Editor, Dates & Times

Oliver Mackman is the named editor of Dates & Times and a director of Best Business Loans Ltd (Companies House 16833937), the company that operates the site. He is accountable for its editorial standards, sourcing and corrections, and requires every result to cite the underlying date maths and the official UK source behind it, such as the gov.uk Bank Holidays API.

Last reviewed: 12 June 2026