When is New Year's Day 2027?
New Year's Day is always 1 January and is a bank holiday across the UK. It follows the New Year's Eve celebrations and is the first bank holiday of the calendar year.
If 1 January falls at a weekend, an official substitute weekday may be used for the day off. DAYREACH still counts down to New Year's Day itself, while GOV.UK publishes the substitute bank holiday date.
Scotland also has a bank holiday on 2 January.
New Year's DayAlways 1 January · bank holiday (UK-wide)
2 JanuaryAdditional bank holiday in Scotland
Substitute days
When 1 January falls at a weekend, the official day off can move to a weekday. This page continues to count down to 1 January itself; check the GOV.UK bank holiday list for the substitute date used in a particular year.