# Boxing Day bank holiday moved as new dates confirmed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/boxing-day-bank-holiday-moved-as-new-dates-confirmed/
- Published: 2026-11-08T09:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T10:25:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2264292/boxing-day-bank-holiday-moved
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- Boxing Day’s 2026 substitute bank holiday is 28 December.
- Christmas and Boxing Day 2027 bring holidays on 27 and 28 December.
- Bank holiday totals differ across the UK.

## Summary

Boxing Day remains on 26 December, but because it falls on a Saturday in 2026, its substitute bank holiday in England and Wales will be Monday, 28 December. The change gives workers and the public a weekday bank holiday in place of the weekend date.

In 2027, Christmas Day and Boxing Day both fall at the weekend, so substitute bank holidays are set for Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 December. England and Wales usually have eight bank holidays each year, compared with nine in Scotland and ten in Northern Ireland; the article also notes extra UK holidays in 2022 for the Platinum Jubilee and Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

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