UK Bank holidays, Easter Dates England and Wales 2015, 2016 and 2017.

England and Wales	2015	2016	2017
New Year’s Day	1 January	1 Jan	2 Jan
Good Friday	3 April	25 March	14 April
(Easter Sunday)	5 April	27 March	16 April
Easter Monday	6 April	28 March	17 April
Early May Bank Holiday	4 May	2 May	1 May
Spring Bank Holiday	25 May	30 May	29 May
August Bank Holiday	31 August	29 Aug	28 Aug
Christmas Day	25 December	27 Dec*	25 Dec
Boxing Day	28 December*	26 Dec*	26 Dec

Substitute days are marked with *

Special bank holidays.

There are laws in place that allow the dates of UK bank holidays to be changed, or other holidays to be declared, for example to celebrate special state occasions.

There was a a special bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The 2012 late May bank holiday was moved to Monday 4 June 2012 and an additional Jubilee bank holiday was held on Tuesday 5 June 2012.

*Substitute days: When the usual date of a bank or public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a ‘substitute day’ is given, normally the following Monday. For example in 2009 Boxing Day was on Saturday 26 December, so there was a substitute bank holiday on Monday 28 December. NOTE: If Boxing Day naturally falls on a Monday, the next day (Tuesday) is normally the public holiday associated with Christmas Day, as in the case for 2016.