Summer bank holiday

Culture of origin: National · National holiday

Holiday sources: United Kingdom (England and Wales)

The August bank holiday was first set on the first Monday of August. From 1965 it was tried at the end of the month to spread British holidays over a longer summer, and the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 moved it to the last Monday of August in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while Scotland kept the first Monday. It is one of eight bank holidays a year in England and Wales.