Bank Holidays 2024 25 England. Today, there are eight official bank holidays, including christmas day, new year's day, and the early may and late august bank holidays. In england and wales there are 8 official bank holidays, in scotland there are 9 and in northern ireland, people enjoy 10.
Find the full list for each here and learn how to maximise your time off. Formally recognised as holidays since 1871 (following an act of parliament), bank holidays were originally days when banks closed their doors.