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When are the May Bank Holidays? Full list for 2022 (OLD)

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Bank holidays are always a highlight for employees; and if you get your planning right, they could entitle you to a few extra days off.

It’s a particularly good time to start looking at the calendar, too, given that Britons will get an additional bank holiday this year thanks to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

In February, Her Majesty celebrated 70 years on the throne – a historic milestone marking the longest reign of any British monarch to date.

Hence why a four-day weekend has been introduced in June to mark the celebrations. As well as the annual Trooping the Colour, a number of events have been announced for the special occasion, including a “platinum pudding competition”, a platinum party at Buckingham Palace, a “Big Jubilee Lunch”, and a Platinum Jubilee Pageant.

Outlining plans to stage a series of events across the UK, Oliver Dowden said in 2020 that the country will hold a “celebration to remember” over a special bank holiday weekend from 2-5 June.

To create the four-day weekend, the government said the late May bank holiday in 2022 will be moved to Thursday 2 June and an additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June will be created.

Because of the way that the bank holidays fall this year, there is a way of “hacking” your annual leave which would mean you turn 18 days into 45 days off.

For example, planning a holiday from 30 May until 5 June will give you seven days off using just three days of annual leave.

As for bank holidays, here are the dates for 2022:

3 January

Monday

New Year’s Day (substitute day)

15 April

Friday

Good Friday

18 April

Monday

Easter Monday

2 May

Monday

Early May bank holiday

2 June

Thursday

Spring bank holiday

3 June

Friday

Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

29 August

Monday

Summer bank holiday

26 December

Monday

Boxing Day

27 December

Tuesday

Christmas Day (substitute day)

Read more about how to hack your annual leave for maximum holiday here.