Will there be a jubilee bank holiday in 2023?
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I Show n the UK, we usually get about eight bank holidays a year to celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter. However, this year, the British public received an extra two bank holidays: one for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June and another for her funeral in September. We’ll also get an extra bank holiday next year for King Charles III’s coronation, taking next year’s total to 11. The bank holidays can fall on different days or dates every year, particularly when a holiday like Christmas falls on a weekend, for example. Therefore, it's important to know when you can expect a day off work so you can plan ahead and book your 2023 holidays. If planned correctly, workers can take advantage of bank holidays to get long holidays while only booking a few days’ annual leave. From Easter dates to the summer bank holiday and new year, these are the important dates you need to put in your diary for next year. Which bank holidays are changing next year?New Year’s Day 2023 falls on a Sunday, therefore the New Year’s Day bank holiday will be on Monday, January 2 in 2023. Good Friday fell late in 2022, on April 15, but in 2023 it will return to the first week of April, on April 7. The UK will also get an extra bank holiday for King Charles III’s coronation on May 8. Full list of bank holidays in 2023
Going into 2023, there will be an added bonus for everyone, with the announcement of an extra bank holiday to mark the King's Coronation. Britain has on average, eight public holidays a year, but in recent years, extra holidays have often been added to mark Royal events. In 2022, bank holidays were added to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, as well as to allow people to observe her funeral. With King Charles III's Coronation date being announced as Saturday, May 6, many people had wondered if there would be an extra bank holiday to mark the occasion. In 1953, when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, June 2 was named "Coronation Day" and a bank holiday was declared. On Sunday, November 6, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed there would be a bank holiday for the King's Coronation. It will take place on Monday, May 8, two days after the Coronation, to avoid clashing with local election in the previous week. READ MORE: Trees from Platinum Jubilee sculpture to be planted across UK in honour of Queen The next bank holiday is set to be on Monday December 26 - Boxing Day. That's because the bank holiday for Christmas Day, which falls in a Sunday this year, is moving to Tuesday, December 27. The first bank holiday in 2023 will be on Monday January 2 - a substitute day for New Year's Day, which also falls on a Sunday. There will then by no bank holiday until Good Friday, which falls on April 7 this year. Here is a full list of all the confirmed bank holidays for the remainder of 2022 and 2023: Bank holidays 2022
Bank holidays 2023
Substitute days mark holidays that fall on the weekend, meaning the bank holiday skips forward to the next working day. Meanwhile, spring and summer bank holidays move dates each year depending on when the relevant Mondays fall in the calendar. The first "bank holiday" was held in 1871, when Sir John Lubbock, a banker, added four days to the two common law holidays (Good Friday and Christmas Day) that were already observed. The new holidays were Easter Monday, Whit Monday (later to be changed to the Spring Bank Holiday), the first Monday in August (now moved to the end of the month) and Boxing Day. The were called bank holidays because banks tended to close. Stay up to date with all the latest news and opinion on days out, nights out, shopping and plenty more with our Daily What's On Email update newsletter - and it's completely free. READ NEXT:
Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Are we getting an extra bank holiday in 2023?An extra bank holiday has been confirmed to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. It will fall on Monday 8 May 2023, two days after the Coronation will take place and is in addition to the bank holidays already scheduled in May (Monday 1 May and Monday 29 May).
Will there be a Jubilee in 2023?Platinum Jubilee bank holiday – June 2, 2023.
Is 2 June 2023 a bank holiday?This year, the bank holidays on June 2 and June 3 replace the traditional Spring bank holiday, which tends to take place on the last Monday in May. Here are the bank holiday dates for next year's diary: We take a look at the bank holidays for 2023.
Will there be a bank holiday for the coronation in 2023?Will we get a bank holiday for King Charles III's coronation? Yes, it has been confirmed that we will be getting an extra bank holiday to mark the occasion. This is scheduled for Monday May 8 2023, two days after the service at Westminster Abbey.
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