When is the next bank holiday weekend and when is the extra one in 2022?

EVERYONE loves a long bank holiday weekend off from work but when can Brits next expect to get some time off?

We look forward to the next bank holiday weekend and wonder when it is.

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When is the next bank holiday?

Now that the festive period covering Christmas and New Year is over, Brits will have to struggle through the winter before they can enjoy the next bank holiday and for most this means waiting until April.

The next bank holiday in the UK will mark St Patrick’s Day on March 17 but this will be for people in Northern Ireland only.

For the rest of the country, Brits have even longer to wait with the next long weekend starting on April 15, which marks Good Friday.

When is the extra bank holiday in 2022?

Brits can enjoy an extra bank holiday in 2022, scheduled for Friday, June 3.

The late May Bank Holiday will move to June 2 to make it a four-day weekend running from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5.

The summer month offers a better chance of good weather.

The late May bank holiday is traditionally on the last Monday in the month.

The additional holiday is to mark the Queen’s 70th year on the throne.

It will be the first time a British monarch has reached a Platinum Jubilee.

And June 2 is a special day for the Queen as it was the day of her coronation in 1953 – over a year after her father’s death.

Therefore the first week in June has been chosen for the Platinum weekend, just like the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees.

Plans are in place to stage a series of events across four days, from June 2-5 in 2022.

When are the bank holidays in 2022?

Bank holidays in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in 2022 are:

• Thursday, March 17 – St Patrick’s Day (Northern Ireland only)
• Friday, April 15 – Good Friday
• Monday, April 18 – Easter Monday
• Monday, May 2 – Early May Bank Holiday
• Thursday, June 2 – Spring Bank Holiday
• Friday, June 3 – Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday
• Tuesday, July 12 – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland only)
• Monday, August 1 – Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland only)
• Monday, August 29 – Summer Bank Holiday (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
• Wednesday, November 30 – St Andrew’s Day (Scotland only)
• Monday, December 26 – Boxing Day
• Tuesday, December 27 – Christmas Day (substitute day)

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What is a bank holiday?

A bank holiday is a public holiday in the UK when most people are given an extra day off work.

They were given the name bank holidays as banks are closed – and if they can’t do business, no-one else can.

Similarly, schools are shut on bank holidays, and transport services are often scaled back.

Booking certain days off work can help your holiday allowance stretch further.

Savvy workers can bag 54 days of holiday in 2022 by taking just 22 days of annual leave by making the most of the bank holiday weekends.

If you want to make the most of your annual leave in January, take January 4, 5, 6, and 7 off, and you’ll enjoy nine days on paid leave in total, including the weekends. 

The long Easter weekend falls in April, with Good Friday being April 15 and Easter Monday on April 18. 

That means if you take four days of annual leave on April 19, 20, 21, and 22, then you can bag 10 days out of the office.

The early May Bank Holiday is on the second of the month, so if you use four days of annual leave to take the rest of the week off, you’ll have another nine days straight off work.

Next year Brits will get an extra day off next year to celebrate the Queen‘s 70 years on the throne.

That means Brits will get to enjoy another four day weekend in June.

Employees can get another nine days of holiday, including two weekends, by taking three days off work – May 30 and 31, and June 1. 

Staff who take off August 30 and 31, as well as September 1 and 2, will get another nine days paid leave thanks to the bank holiday on August 29.

Employees who take the three working days off between Christmas and New Year will bag 10 days off the job, although two of these will be January 1 and 2 in 2023.