2022 UK Bank Holidays and other notable dates for 2022 are shown below. All of these dates appear by default on Tinstar’s year planners. You can also find out how dates such as Easter are worked out.
Date | Bank Holiday | Country | Day | Why? |
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January 1st | New Year’s Day | Saturday | Fixed Date | |
January 2nd | New Year Bank Holiday | S | Sunday | Fixed Date |
January 3rd | New Year’s Day Bank Holiday (observed) | E W S NI | Monday | Observed |
January 4th | New Year Bank Holiday (observed) | S | Tuesday | Observed |
February 14th | Valentine’s Day | Monday | Fixed Date | |
March 1st | Shrove Tuesday | Tuesday | The Tuesday in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday | |
March 1st | St David’s Day | W | Tuesday | Fixed Date |
March 2nd | Ash Wednesday | Wednesday | The Wednesday in the seventh week before Easter | |
March 17th | St Patrick's Day Bank Holiday | NI | Thursday | Fixed Date |
March 27th | BST begins (clocks go forward 1 hour) | E W S NI | Sunday | The last Sunday in March |
April 15th | Good Friday Bank Holiday | E W S NI | Friday | Friday precending Easter Sunday |
April 17th | Easter Sunday | Sunday | The first Sunday after the first calculated full moon on or after March 21st | |
April 18th | Easter Monday Bank Holiday | E W NI | Monday | The day after Easter Sunday |
April 23rd | St George’s Day | E | Saturday | Fixed Date |
May 2nd | May Day Bank Holiday | E W S NI | Monday | The first Monday in May |
June 2nd | Spring Bank Holiday | E W S NI | Thursday | Usually the last Monday in May. This has been changed for 2022 to align with the additional Platinum Jubilee bank holiday, resulting in a four day break. |
June 3rd | Platinum Jubilee bank holiday | E W S NI | Friday | Additional Platinum Jubilee bank holiday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen's coronation |
July 12th | Battle of the Boyne Bank Holiday | NI | Tuesday | The twelfth Orangemen’s Day |
August 1st | Summer Bank Holiday | S | Monday | The first Monday in August |
August 29th | Summer Bank Holiday | E W NI | Monday | The last Monday in August |
October 30th | BST ends (clocks go back 1 hour) | E W S NI | Sunday | The last Sunday in October |
November 30th | St Andrew’s Day Bank Holiday | S | Wednesday | Fixed Date |
December 25th | Christmas Day | Sunday | Fixed Date | |
December 26th | Boxing Day Bank Holiday | E W S NI | Monday | Fixed Date |
December 27th | Bank Holiday (Christmas Day observed) | E W S NI | Tuesday | Observed |