2012BankHolidays.co.uk provides information about the Welsh and English bank Holiday dates in 2012 and Scottish Bank Holidays in 2012. We have included the Bank Holiday dates for 2012, however, the dates for bank holidays in 2012 for Scotland have not yet been confirmed by the Scottish Executive. Read more below.
Spring Bank Holiday, Special Bank Holiday in 2012
The spring bank holiday, also called late May bank holiday, usually falls on the last Monday of May every year. In 2012 however, an extra-special occasion is the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. To mark the event, 5 June 2012 will be a special additional bank holiday. Additionally, the spring bank holiday will be moved to 4 June 2012, enabling a 4-day long weekend across the UK. (Readers may recall that 2002 was the other exception, when there was special bank holiday on 3 June to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Queen, and the spring bank holiday was moved to 4 June that year)
Dates for Bank Holidays in 2012
We are currently listing the dates for 2012 on 2012BankHolidays.co.uk. We will be adding more information about bank holiday activities in 2012 nearer the time.
The dates shown for Scotland include days that are known to be Bank Holidays in 2012 but we have excluded the dates of additional Scottish Bank holidays where the date for 2012 has not yet been fixed. For example, 2nd January is traditionally a Bank Holiday in Scotland, but the actual day can move depending on where the weekend falls. This is an example of a Bank Holiday date we have not yet listed.
All 2012 Bank Holiday dates for England and Wales have been confirmed and are correct.
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Please note that we have listed some dates for 2012 Bank Holidays in Scotland, but these have not yet been agreed. We have been speaking with the appropriate department at the Scottish Executive and they tell us "we will probably publish the dates for beyond 2012 later this year (2008)". We will update the 2012 Bank Holidays site as soon as we get confirmation of these dates.
The dates shown for Scotland include days that are known to be Bank Holidays in 2012 but we have excluded the dates of additional Scottish Bank holidays where the date for 2012 has not yet been fixed. For example, 2nd January is traditionally a Bank Holiday in Scotland, but the actual day can move depending on where the weekend falls. This is an example of a Bank Holiday date we have not yet listed.
All 2012 Bank Holiday dates for England and Wales have been confirmed and are correct.