Holidays and Observances in the United Kingdom in 2040
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | Bank Holiday | |
| Jan 2 | Monday | New Year's Day observed | Bank Holiday | |
| Jan 3 | Tuesday | 2nd January (substitute day) | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Jan 5 | Thursday | Twelfth Night | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Saturday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 14 | Saturday | Orthodox New Year | Observance, Orthodox | |
| Jan 16 | Monday | Muharram/Islamic New Year (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jan 25 | Wednesday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Jan 25 | Wednesday | Burns Night | Local Observance | Scotland |
| Jan 30 | Monday | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish Holiday | |
| Feb 12 | Sunday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 14 | Tuesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 15 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 28 | Tuesday | Purim | Jewish Holiday | |
| Mar 1 | Thursday | St. David's Day | Local Observance | Wales |
| Mar 11 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| 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 | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 26 | Monday | Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Mar 29 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 29 | Thursday | First day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
| Mar 30 | Friday | Good Friday | Bank Holiday | |
| Mar 31 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Common Local Holiday | ENG, NIR, WAL |
| Apr 2 | Monday | Easter Monday | Local Observance | Scotland |
| Apr 5 | Thursday | Last day of Passover | Jewish Holiday | |
| Apr 10 | Tuesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish Commemoration | |
| Apr 18 | Wednesday | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish Holiday | |
| Apr 22 | Sunday | Stephen Lawrence Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Monday | St. George's Day | Local Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Monday | Shakespeare Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Tuesday | Lag B'Omer | Jewish Holiday | |
| May 4 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 5 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 6 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 7 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Observance, Orthodox | |
| May 7 | Monday | Early May Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
| May 10 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Observance, Christian | |
| May 18 | Friday | Shavuot | Jewish Holiday | |
| May 20 | Sunday | Pentecost | Observance, Christian | |
| May 21 | Monday | Whit Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| May 27 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| May 28 | Monday | Spring Bank Holiday | Bank Holiday | |
| May 31 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance, Christian | |
| Jun 16 | Saturday | King's Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 17 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 20 | Wednesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 22 | Friday | Windrush Day | Observance | |
| Jul 12 | Thursday | Battle of the Boyne | Local Bank Holiday | NIR |
| Jul 19 | Thursday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish Holiday | |
| Aug 6 | Monday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| 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 8 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 8 | Saturday | Ramadan Start (Tentative Date) | Muslim | |
| Sep 17 | Monday | Yom Kippur | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | First day of Sukkot | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 28 | Friday | Hoshana Rabbah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 29 | Saturday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish Holiday | |
| Sep 30 | Sunday | Simchat Torah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Oct 3 | Wednesday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Oct 4 | Thursday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Observance, Christian | |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date) | 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 30 | Friday | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Nov 30 | Friday | St Andrew's Day | Local Bank Holiday | Scotland |
| Dec 2 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 7 | Friday | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish Holiday | |
| Dec 8 | Saturday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 15 | Saturday | Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date) | 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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