Holidays and Observances in United Kingdom in 2022
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | Bank holiday | |
| Jan 3 | Monday | New Year's Day observed | Bank holiday | |
| Jan 4 | Tuesday | 2nd January (substitute day) | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Jan 5 | Wednesday | Twelfth Night | Observance | |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Friday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Friday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 17 | Monday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 25 | Tuesday | Burns Night | Local observance | Scotland |
| Feb 1 | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Monday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 28 | Monday | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Mar 1 | Tuesday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Mar 1 | Tuesday | St. David's Day | Local observance | Wales |
| Mar 1 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | Christian | |
| Mar 2 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Mar 17 | Thursday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 17 | Thursday | St Patrick's Day | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Mar 18 | Friday | Holi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Mar 20 | Sunday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 27 | Sunday | Mothering Sunday | Observance | |
| Mar 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 3 | Sunday | Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Apr 10 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Apr 14 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Apr 15 | Friday | Good Friday | Bank holiday | |
| Apr 16 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Apr 16 | Saturday | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 17 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 18 | Monday | Easter Monday | Common local holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
| Apr 18 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local observance | Scotland |
| Apr 22 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 22 | Friday | Stephen Lawrence Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | St. George's Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Shakespeare Day | Observance | |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| Apr 25 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 25 | Monday | St. George's Day | Christian | |
| Apr 28 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 28 | Thursday | Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | Muslim | |
| May 2 | Monday | Early May Bank Holiday | Bank holiday | |
| May 3 | Tuesday | Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| May 5 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| May 19 | Thursday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 26 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| Jun 2 | Thursday | Spring Bank Holiday | Bank holiday | |
| Jun 3 | Friday | Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Bank holiday | |
| Jun 5 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| Jun 5 | Sunday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| Jun 6 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| Jun 11 | Saturday | Queen's Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 12 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| Jun 16 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Jun 19 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 22 | Wednesday | Windrush Day | Observance | |
| Jul 10 | Sunday | Eid ul Adha (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jul 12 | Tuesday | Battle of the Boyne | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Jul 30 | Saturday | Muharram/Islamic New Year (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Aug 1 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Common local holiday | Scotland |
| Aug 7 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Aug 8 | Monday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Aug 11 | Thursday | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 18 | Thursday | Janmashtami (Smarta) | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 19 | Friday | Janmashtami | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 29 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Common local holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
| Aug 30 | Tuesday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Sep 23 | Friday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 26 | Monday | Navaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Sep 26 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 4 | Tuesday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 4 | Tuesday | Dussehra | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 5 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 8 | Saturday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Oct 10 | Monday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 16 | Sunday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 17 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 18 | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Oct 24 | Monday | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 30 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Monday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Wednesday | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 5 | Saturday | Guy Fawkes Day | Observance | |
| Nov 13 | Sunday | Remembrance Sunday | Observance | |
| Nov 27 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance | |
| Nov 30 | Wednesday | St Andrew's Day | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Dec 8 | Thursday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 21 | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Observance | |
| Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day | Bank holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Boxing Day | Bank holiday | |
| Dec 27 | Tuesday | Substitute Bank Holiday for Christmas Day | Bank holiday | |
| Dec 31 | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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