United Kingdom 2021 public holidays
include the date and name of national public holidays, local holidays and traditional holidays
1 2021 |
New Year | 2021-01-01 | FRIDAY | Bank holiday |
| 2nd January (substitute day) | 2021-01-04 | MONDAY | Local holiday | |
| Epiphany | 2021-01-06 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | 2021-01-07 | THURSDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Orthodox New Year | 2021-01-14 | THURSDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Burns Night | 2021-01-25 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Arbor Day | 2021-01-28 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
2 2021 |
Chinese New Year | 2021-02-12 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary |
| Valentine's Day | 2021-02-14 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | 2021-02-16 | TUESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | 2021-02-17 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Purim | 2021-02-26 | FRIDAY | Jewish holiday | |
3 2021 |
St. David's Day | 2021-03-01 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary |
| Isra and Mi'raj | 2021-03-11 | THURSDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Mothering Sunday | 2021-03-14 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| St. Patrick's Day | 2021-03-17 | WEDNESDAY | Local holiday | |
| Palm Sunday | 2021-03-28 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Passover (first day) | 2021-03-28 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
4 2021 |
Maundy Thursday | 2021-04-01 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday |
| Good Friday | 2021-04-02 | FRIDAY | Bank holiday | |
| Holy Saturday | 2021-04-03 | SATURDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Orthodox Easter Day | 2021-04-04 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Last Day of Passover | 2021-04-04 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | 2021-04-05 | MONDAY | Common place for vacation | |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | 2021-04-05 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Genocide Remembrance Day | 2021-04-09 | FRIDAY | Jewish Memorial Holiday | |
| First Day of Ramadan | 2021-04-13 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Independence Day | 2021-04-15 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Stephen Lawrence Day | 2021-04-22 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| St George's Day | 2021-04-23 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Shakespeare Day | 2021-04-23 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Orthodox Good Friday | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Lag BaOmer | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Jewish holiday | |
5 2021 |
Orthodox Holy Saturday | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Orthodox festival |
| Orthodox Easter Day | 2021-05-02 | SUNDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | 2021-05-03 | MONDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Early May Bank Holiday | 2021-05-03 | MONDAY | Bank holiday | |
| Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | 2021-05-08 | SATURDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Eid ul Fitr | 2021-05-13 | THURSDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Ascension Day of Jesus Christ | 2021-05-13 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Shavuot | 2021-05-17 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Pentecost | 2021-05-23 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Whit Monday | 2021-05-24 | MONDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Trinity Sunday | 2021-05-30 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Spring Bank Holiday | 2021-05-31 | MONDAY | Bank holiday | |
6 2021 |
Corpus Christi | 2021-06-03 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday |
| Queen's Birthday | 2021-06-12 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Father's Day | 2021-06-20 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Windrush Day | 2021-06-22 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
7 2021 |
Battle of the Boyne | 2021-07-12 | MONDAY | Local holiday |
| Tisha B'Av | 2021-07-18 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Eid ul Adha | 2021-07-20 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
8 2021 |
Summer Bank Holiday | 2021-08-02 | MONDAY | Common place for vacation |
| Muharram/Islamic New Year | 2021-08-10 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Assumption of Mary | 2021-08-15 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Ashura | 2021-08-19 | THURSDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Summer Bank Holiday | 2021-08-30 | MONDAY | Common place for vacation | |
9 2021 |
Rosh Hashana | 2021-09-07 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday |
| Yom Kippur | 2021-09-16 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| First Day of Sukkot | 2021-09-21 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Last Day of Sukkot | 2021-09-27 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Shmini Atzeret | 2021-09-28 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Simchat Torah | 2021-09-29 | WEDNESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
10 2021 |
Feast of St Francis of Assisi | 2021-10-04 | MONDAY | Christian holiday |
| Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | 2021-10-19 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Halloween | 2021-10-31 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
11 2021 |
All Saints Day | 2021-11-01 | MONDAY | Christian holiday |
| All Souls' Day | 2021-11-02 | TUESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Diwali (For Hindus only) | 2021-11-04 | THURSDAY | Indian holiday | |
| Guy Fawkes Day | 2021-11-05 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Remembrance Sunday | 2021-11-14 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| First Sunday of Advent | 2021-11-28 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Vaisakhi | 2021-11-29 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| St Andrew's Day | 2021-11-30 | TUESDAY | Local holiday | |
12 2021 |
Last day of Hanukkah | 2021-12-06 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday |
| Immaculate Conception | 2021-12-08 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Christmas Eve | 2021-12-24 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Christmas Day | 2021-12-25 | SATURDAY | Bank holiday | |
| Boxing Day | 2021-12-26 | SUNDAY | Bank holiday | |
| New South Wales Bank Holiday | 2021-12-27 | MONDAY | Bank holiday | |
| New Year's Eve | 2021-12-31 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary |