Day Date Month Holiday Monday 1 Jan New Year's Day Tuesday 2 Jan 2nd January Thursday 25 Jan Burns Night Wednesday 31 Jan Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) Tuesday 13 Feb Carnival/Shrove Tuesday Wednesday 14 Feb Carnival/Ash Wednesday/Valentine's Day Friday 16 Feb Chinese New Year Thursday 1 Mar Purim/St. David's Day Monday 19 Mar St Patrick's Day observed Tuesday 20 Mar March equinox Thursday 29 Mar Maundy Thursday Friday 30 Mar Good Friday Monday 2 Apr Easter Monday Friday 6 Apr Orthodox Good Friday Monday 9 Apr Orthodox Easter Monday Wednesday 11 Apr Yom HaShoah Thursday 19 Apr Yom HaAtzmaut Monday 23 Apr St. George's Day/Shakespeare Day Thursday 3 May Lag B'Omer Monday 7 May Early May Bank Holiday Wednesday 9 May Liberation Day Thursday 10 May Ascension Day Monday 21 May Whit Monday Monday 28 May Spring Bank Holiday Thursday 31 May Corpus Christi Thursday 21 Jun June Solstice Thursday 12 Jul Battle of the Boyne Monday 6 Aug Summer Bank Holiday Wednesday 15 Aug Assumption of Mary Monday 27 Aug Summer Bank Holiday Monday 10 Sep Rosh Hashana Wednesday 19 Sep Yom Kippur Monday 24 Sep First day of Sukkot Monday 1 Oct Shmini Atzeret Tuesday 2 Oct Simchat Torah Thursday 4 Oct Feast of St Francis of Assisi Wednesday 31 Oct Halloween Thursday 1 Nov All Saints' Day Friday 2 Nov All Souls' Day Monday 5 Nov Guy Fawkes Day Wednesday 7 Nov Diwali/Deepavali Friday 30 Nov St Andrew's Day Monday 3 Dec First Day of Hanukkah Monday 10 Dec Last day of Hanukkah Friday 21 Dec December Solstice Monday 24 Dec Christmas Eve Tuesday 25 Dec Christmas Day Wednesday 26 Dec Boxing Day Monday 31 Dec New Year's Eve Source: www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/2018