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Boxing Day in the United Kingdom

Saturday26December 2026

Boxing Day is a public holiday in the United Kingdom.

In 2026 it falls on Saturday 26 December, with a substitute day off on Monday 28 December; in 2027 on Sunday 26 December.

The date is fixed, so only the weekday changes from year to year.

53 other countries in our calendar also have Boxing Day as a public holiday.

Dates, 2025 to 2028

YearDateWeekdayNote
202526 DecemberFriday long weekend
202626 DecemberSaturday weekend
202628 DecemberMonday long weekendobserved (moved)
202726 DecemberSunday weekend
202728 DecemberTuesdayobserved (moved)
202826 DecemberTuesday

Boxing Day elsewhere

Around the world
Anguilla26 DecemberAntigua and Barbuda26 DecemberAustralia26 DecemberBarbados26 DecemberBelize26 DecemberBermuda26 DecemberBotswana26 DecemberBritish Virgin Islands26 DecemberCayman Islands26 DecemberChristmas Island26 DecemberCocos (Keeling) Islands26 DecemberCook Islands26 DecemberDominica26 DecemberEswatini26 DecemberFalkland Islands26 DecemberFiji26 DecemberGhana26 DecemberGibraltar26 DecemberGrenada26 DecemberGuernsey26 DecemberIsle of Man26 DecemberJamaica26 DecemberJersey26 DecemberKenya26 DecemberKiribati26 DecemberLesotho26 DecemberMalawi26 DecemberMontserrat26 DecemberNew Zealand26 DecemberNigeria26 DecemberNiue26 DecemberNorfolk Island26 DecemberPapua New Guinea26 DecemberPitcairn Islands26 DecemberRwanda26 DecemberSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha26 DecemberSaint Kitts and Nevis26 DecemberSaint Lucia26 DecemberSaint Vincent and the Grenadines26 DecemberSamoa26 DecemberSierra Leone26 DecemberSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands26 DecemberSyria26 DecemberTanzania26 DecemberThe Bahamas26 DecemberThe Gambia26 DecemberTokelau26 DecemberTonga26 DecemberTrinidad and Tobago26 DecemberTurks and Caicos Islands26 DecemberTuvalu26 DecemberUganda26 DecemberZimbabwe26 December