;United Kingdom-(United Kingdom)
;Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
;Official language: English
;Recognised regional languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Scots & Ulster Scots, Welsh, Cornish
;Time zone: GMT, Summer (DST): BST (UTC+1)

;Britannia was the Greek and Roman term for the geographical region of Great Britain which was inhabited by the Britons and is the name given to the female personification of the island. It is a term still used to refer to the island today.
;Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Romans to the land in today's Scotland north of their province of Britannia, beyond the frontier of their empire. .. Its modern usage is as a romantic or poetic name for Scotland as a whole.


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;Holidays in England & Wales fall in to three categories: 'Common Law' (or 'Public') holidays; 'Holidays by Royal Proclamation'; and 'Statutory' (or 'Bank') holidays.
;Bank holidays are days - literally - on which banks may close for business.
;Bank holidays are not automatically 'public' holidays. In many parts of England, Wales & Northern Ireland, bank holidays have become widely observed [and often referred to as 'Public Holidays']
;A Bank Holiday has come, by convention, to be classed as a Public Holiday for England, Wales & Northern Ireland
;Christmas Day & Good Friday, are in England, Wales & Northern Ireland 'common law' holidays - they are not specified by law as bank holidays but have become customary holidays because of common observance


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COMMENT=Updated 9 september 2020 \nAdditional days for the United Kingdom: United Kingdom-days \nFlag days for the United Kingdom: United Kingdom-Flag days \nIntern. & Worlddays >International Days-english \nEuropean Days >European Days-english (hyperlink: button Edit list)
;additional days for the United Kingdom: http://users.telenet.be/wdew/English/Holiday/Holiday_United Kingdom-days.txt
;flag days for the United Kingdom: http://users.telenet.be/wdew/English/Holiday/Holiday_United Kingdom-Flag days.txt
;International & European days (English) >http://users.telenet.be/wdew/files.htm

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday (#1871th Scotland)           ;Note=England, Wales, Northern Ireland: common law holiday, Scotland: Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871

01.1.*MvU>1871<1974 =Scotland, #1871th New Year's Day ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday, Scotland Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871, 1st off. UK 1974
01.1.*MvU>1973 =#1973th New Year's Day (#1871th Scotland) ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday, 1st off. UK 1974, Scotland Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871
;England, Wales & Northern Ireland from 1974, by Royal Proclamation. Currently not proclaimed if 1 January falls on Saturday or Sunday.

01.5.+1Mo<1978 =Scotland, #1871th May Day Monday/Early May Bank Holiday ;Note=Scotland Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871, 1st off. UK 1978 {m}
01.5.+1Mo>1977 =#1977th May Day Monday/Early May Bank Holiday (#1871th Scotland) ;Note=1st off. UK 1978, Scotland Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871 {m}
;The UK government is considering replacing the annual, early May, public holiday, with a new annual public holiday in the autumn (February 4, 2011)

Es+8Mo>1870<1965    =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Whit Monday ;Note=1st 1871, 1965 replaced by Spring Bank Holiday
31.5.-1Mo>1964<1972 =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Spring Bank Holiday (trial period) ;Note=replaced Whit Monday holiday, 1st off. 1972
31.5.-1Mo>1971<1978 =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, #1970th Spring Bank Holiday ;Note=1st off. 1971, replaced Whit Monday holiday, Scotland since 1978
31.5.-1Mo>1977<2002 =#1970th Spring Bank Holiday (#1977th Scotland) ;Note=1st off. 1971, Scotland since 1978
04.6.>2001<2003     =#1970th Spring Bank Holiday (#1977th Scotland) ;Note=2002 only (Golden Jubilee), 1st off. 1971, Scotland since 1978
31.5.-1Mo>2002<2012 =#1970th Spring Bank Holiday (#1977th Scotland) ;Note=1st off. 1971, Scotland since 1978
04.6.>2011<2013     =#1970th Spring Bank Holiday (#1977th Scotland) ;Note=2012 only (Diamond Jubilee), 1st off. 1971, Scotland since 1978
31.5.-1Mo>2012      =#1970th Spring Bank Holiday (#1977th Scotland) ;Note=1st off. 1971, Scotland since 1978

25.12.     =Christmas Day (#1870th Scotland)         ;Note=England, Wales, Northern Ireland: common law holiday, Scotland: Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871
MOVE=Always
25.12.*NLD*NEW+3Dy =Christmas Day (#1870th Scotland) ;Note=if weekend >free day on Tuesday, following free day Boxing Day {d-12-26}
MOVE=User
26.12.*MvU>1870<1974 =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, #1870th Boxing Day ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday (even if Christmas on weekend), 1st off. 1871, Scotland since 1974 {d-12-26}
26.12.*MvU>1973      =#1870th Boxing Day (#1973th Scotland)                ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday (even if Christmas on weekend), 1st off. 1871, Scotland since 1974 {d-12-26}
;Boxing Day is taken as the 26th December: if the 26th falls on a Sunday, then the day should strictly be taken on the following weekday (e.g. if Christmas Day is on a Saturday, Boxing Day should be on the Monday)

;one-off
03.6.>2001<2003 =Queen's Golden Jubilee Bank Holiday  ;Note=monarch's 50 years on the throne (2002 only)
29.4.>2010<2012 =Royal Wedding Public Holiday         ;Note=Prince William (2011 only)
05.6.>2011<2013 =Queen's Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday ;Note=monarch's 60 years on the throne (2012 only)

TYP=Local
Es+1Dy>1871 =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, #1871th Easter Monday ;Note=Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871 >1st holiday in 1872 {e}

02.1.-1Dy*MvU+1Dy*MvU>1972 =Scotland, #1972th New Year's Day (2) ;Note=free day if 2nd New Years Day on a weekend or a monday, 1st off. 1973
17.3.*MvU>1902  =Northern Ireland, #1902th St. Patrick Day       ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday, 1st off. 1903
;St. Patrick's Day Holiday (17th March), was introduced by special Act of Parliament in 1903
12.7.*MvU>1925  =Northern Ireland, #1925th Battle of the Boyne   ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday, 1st off. 1926
;The Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne bank holiday (Northern Ireland only), is proclaimed annually by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. This was introduced in 1926 by the then Governor of Northern Ireland.

01.8.+1Mo           =Scotland, #1870th Summer Bank Holiday       ;Note=1st off. 1871, Bank Holiday Act 25 May 1871 {m}
01.8.+1Mo<1965      =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, August Bank Holiday ;Note=1965 >last Monday August
31.8.-1Mo>1964<1972 =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Late Summer Bank Holiday (trial period) ;Note=before 1st Monday August, 1st off. 1972
31.8.-1Mo>1971      =England, Wales, Northern Ireland, #1971th Late Summer Bank Holiday ;Note=1st off. 1972

30.11.*MvU>2006 =Scotland, #2006th St. Andrew's Day ;Note=if weekend >free day on Monday, 1st off. 2007 {d}



TYP=Normal

;summer time dates from 1961 on; 1st UK summer time 1916, many different start & end dates

31.3.-1Su>1960<1964     =Beginning of summer time (GMT+1, 1am GMT)  ;Note=1961>1963
01.3.+3Sa+1Dy>1963<1968 =Beginning of summer time (GMT+1, 1am GMT)  ;Note=1964>1967
18.2.>1967<1969         =Beginning of summer time (GMT+1, 1am GMT)  ;Note=1968 only
;permanent summer time 18/2/1968>31/10/1971
01.3.+3Sa+1Dy>1971<1981 =Beginning of summer time (UTC+1, 1:00 UTC) ;Note=1972>1980
31.3.-1Su>1980          =Beginning of summer time (UTC+1, 1:00 UTC, 1:00 >2:00) ;Note=1981 same as EU

31.10.-1Su>1960<1968     =End of summer time (GMT, 1am GMT)  ;Note=1961>1967
;permanent summer time 18/2/1968>31/10/1971
31.10.-1Su>1970<1972     =End of summer time (GMT, 1am GMT)  ;Note=1971 only
01.10.+4Sa+1Dy>1971<1995 =End of summer time (GMT, 1:00 UTC) ;Note=1972>1994
01.10.+4Su>1994<1996     =End of summer time (GMT, 1:00 UTC) ;Note=1995 only
31.10.-1Su>1995          =End of summer time (GMT, 1:00 UTC, 2:00 >1:00) ;Note=since 1996, 2002 off. same as EU


Es-8Su =Hall Sunday*               ;Note=Sunday before Shrove Tuesday {e}
Es-7Mo =Hall Monday/Collop Monday/Rose Monday/Merry Monday* ;Note=Monday after Hall Sunday {e}
Es-7Mo =England-Cornwall, Nickanan Night
Es-7Tu =Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day
Es-7We =Ash Wednesday
Es-4Su =Mothering Sunday           ;Note=Mother's Day
Es-3Su =Care Sunday/Carle Sunday
Es-2Su =Palm Sunday
Es     =Easter Sunday
Es+1Dy =Easter Monday
Es+6Su =Rogation Sunday
Es+6Th =Ascension Day
Es+8Su =Pentecost/Whitsunday
Es+9Su =Trinity Sunday
Es+9Th =Corpus Christi

01.1.+1Mo  =Scotland & Northern England, Handsel Monday
25.1.      =Wales, Dydd Santes Dwynwen ;Note=Welsh equivalent to Valentine's Day ;English=Day of Saint Dwynwen
27.1.>2000 =#2000th Holocaust Memorial Day ;Note=1st 2001, liberation Auschwitz-Birkenau #1945 years ago

14.2. =St. Valentine's Day

24.5.>1903<1958 =Empire Day               ;Note=1st UK 1904, off. recognised 1916, 1958 >British Commonwealth Day {d}
24.5.>1957<1966 =#1957th British Commonwealth Day ;Note=1966 >Commonwealth Day (10 June) {d}
10.6.>1965<1977 =#1965th Commonwealth Day ;Note=1977 >2nd Sunday March
01.3.+2Su>1976  =#1965th Commonwealth Day ;Note=1966>1976 June 10th

01.3. =Wales, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant ;Note=patron saint of Wales ;English=St. David's Day
21.3. =Beginning of Spring
25.3. =Lady Day ;Note={d}

01.4. =April Fool's Day
;22.4.>2018 =#2018th Stephen Lawrence Day ;Note=1st 2019 {n}
23.4. =England, St. George's Day

;01.5.+2Su  =Mother's Day >>Mothering Sunday
09.5.      =Europe Day
29.5.      =Oak Apple Day (Shick-Shack Day, since 1660, #1660 years ago)* ;Note=1660, King Charles II entered London, 08.5.1660 restoration monarchy England {nd}

01.6.+3Su  =Father's Day
21.6.      =Beginning of Summer
30.6.-1Sa>2005<2009 =#2005th Veterans' Day    ;Note=1st 2006, 2009 >Armed Forces Day
30.6.-1Sa>2008      =#2005th Armed Forces Day ;Note=1st 2006, 2006>2008 Veterans' Day

15.8.>1944 =#1944th Victory Over Japan Day (V-J Day) ;Note=1st 1945 {d}

03.9.>1999 =#1999th Merchant Navy Day ;Note=1st official day of remembrance 2000 {d}
09.9.>2017 =Emergency Services Day (999 Day) ;Note=1st 2018, open day events are held on the nearest Sunday to 999 Day {n}
23.9. =Beginning of Autumn
;28.9.  =National Poetry Day

01.10.+1Su =Grandparents Day ;Note={m}

05.11. =#1605th Guy Fawkes Day (Guy Fawkes Night, Bonfire Night, Firework Night) ;Note=1st 1606, 5th November Act 1605 {d}
11.11.>1918         =Remembrance Day*   ;Note=1st 1919, 1918 end of World War I {d}
11.11.-3Dy+1Su>1918 =Remembrance Sunday ;Note=Sunday closest to Nov. 11 {m}

22.12.     =Beginning of Winter
24.12.-5Su =Christ the King
24.12.-4Su =1st Sunday of Advent
24.12.-3Su =2nd Sunday of Advent
24.12.-2Su =3th Sunday of Advent
24.12.-1Su =4th Sunday of Advent
24.12.     =Christmas Eve
26.12.     =Wales, Gŵyl San Steffan ;English=St. Stephen's Day
31.12.     =New Year's Eve


;The PTBSync holiday files are maintained by dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com
;On http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ you find a library of additional files for PTBSync
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/bankholidays.html
;http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741
;http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/01/bankholidays
;http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/bank-public-holidays/bank-public-holidays/page18882.html