Holidays and Observances in the United Kingdom in 2001
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Monday | New Year's Day | Bank Holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Tuesday | 2nd January | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Jan 5 | Friday | Twelfth Night | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 6 | Saturday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Sunday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Sunday | Orthodox New Year | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 24 | Wednesday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Jan 25 | Thursday | Burns Night | Local Observance | Scotland |
| Feb 8 | Thursday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish Holiday | |
| Feb 14 | Wednesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 27 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 28 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Thursday | St. David's Day | Local Observance | Wales |
| Mar 6 | Tuesday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Mar 9 | Friday | Purim | Jewish Holiday | |
| Mar 17 | Saturday | St Patrick's Day | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Mar 19 | Monday | Day off for St Patrick's Day | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Mar 20 | Tuesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 26 | Monday | Muharram/Islamic New Year | Muslim | |
| Apr 4 | Wednesday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | First day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
| Apr 12 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Good Friday | Bank Holiday | |
| Apr 14 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 14 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 15 | Sunday | Last day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
| Apr 15 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 15 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 16 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Apr 16 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local Observance | Scotland |
| Apr 16 | Monday | Easter Monday | Common Local Holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
| Apr 18 | Wednesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish Commemoration | |
| Apr 23 | Monday | St. George's Day | Local Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Monday | Shakespeare Day | Observance | |
| Apr 26 | Thursday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish Holiday | |
| May 7 | Monday | Early May Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
| May 11 | Friday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish Holiday | |
| May 24 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Observance, Christian | |
| May 28 | Monday | Shavuot | Jewish Holiday | |
| May 28 | Monday | Spring Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
| Jun 3 | Sunday | Pentecost | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 4 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 4 | Monday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | Muslim | |
| Jun 9 | Saturday | Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 10 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 14 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 17 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jul 12 | Thursday | Battle of the Boyne | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Jul 29 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish Holiday | |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | |
| Aug 27 | Monday | Summer Bank Holiday | Common Local Holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
| Sep 18 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 23 | Sunday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 27 | Thursday | Yom Kippur | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 2 | Tuesday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 4 | Thursday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Observance, Christian | |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 9 | Tuesday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 10 | Wednesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 15 | Monday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Oct 28 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Wednesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Friday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 5 | Monday | Guy Fawkes Day | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Sunday | Remembrance Sunday | Observance | |
| Nov 17 | Saturday | Ramadan Start | Muslim | |
| Dec 2 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Saturday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 10 | Monday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Dec 12 | Wednesday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Dec 17 | Monday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Dec 17 | Monday | Eid ul Fitr | Muslim | |
| Dec 21 | Friday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day | Bank Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | Bank Holiday | |
| Dec 31 | Monday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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