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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays for
England
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The list of England bank
holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from
the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database,
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Recent News and Updates
Background Information
Footnotes
Disclaimer
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Date in 2008 |
Holiday Name |
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Tue |
New Year's Day
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Fri |
Good Friday
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Easter
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Mon |
Easter Monday
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May Day Bank Holiday
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Spring Bank Holiday
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Summer Bank Holiday
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Christmas Day
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Boxing Day
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Recent News and Updates |
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25 Jul 2007 (The Telegraph) Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he is set to make July 24 a national day for celebrating volunteering - and possibly make it a new bank holiday.
• 21 Apr 2007 (Daily Express) It has been reported that nearly a million people have signed an on-line petition supporting a proposed Parliamentary Bill calling for a public holiday on April 23, Saint George's Day.
• More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the England public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters. |
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Background Information |
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Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are moved to the following Monday.
• May Day Bank Holiday is sometimes referred to as Early May Bank Holiday.
• There are regular calls to make St. George's Day, April 23, a public holiday for England only, in a manner analogous to what was done for Northern Ireland (St. Patrick's Day, March 17), and most recently, Scotland (St. Andrew's Day, November 30). However, nothing seems likely to happen in the near future.
• Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of England (England central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation). |
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Footnotes |
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Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in England, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. |
Disclaimer
In many parts of
the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local
authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of
2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for England, we
cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented
above. You are therefore advised to verify
the above dates with the embassy or consulate of England, before planning any
trip to England. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays,
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