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Best days to take off in 2027: UK

Tell us how many vacation days you have. We line them up with every public holiday and weekend on the UK calendar to give you the most time off.

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Assumes a Saturday and Sunday weekend; regional holidays are not included.

🇺🇰 UK · 2027

10 days → 33 off

Every vacation day becomes 3.3 days off

Your plan for 2027

vacation holiday weekend

Take 1 day: Mon, Jan 4

4 days off · Fri, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 4, 2027

New Year's Day

Take 4 days: Mon, Mar 22 – Thu, Mar 25

9 days off · Sat, Mar 20 – Sun, Mar 28, 2027

Good Friday

Take 1 day: Fri, Apr 30

4 days off · Fri, Apr 30 – Mon, May 3, 2027

May Day

Take 1 day: Fri, May 28

4 days off · Fri, May 28 – Mon, May 31, 2027

Spring Bank Holiday

Take 1 day: Mon, Jul 12

3 days off · Sat, Jul 10 – Mon, Jul 12, 2027

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 24

5 days off · Fri, Dec 24 – Tue, Dec 28, 2027

Christmas Day · Boxing Day

Take 1 day: Fri, Dec 31

4 days off · Fri, Dec 31 – Mon, Jan 3, 2028

New Year's Day

National public holidays from official government sources, compiled through the open-source holidays dataset and reviewed by Glassyear. Last verified Monday, November 9, 2026. Data & methodology · Report a correction