With Christmas done for another year and the new year just around the corner, many people will be looking forward to the bank holidays in 2023.

You can maximise your time off throughout the year and get 47 days off, for just 19 days of holiday. 

Providing you work Monday to Friday, combining bank holidays with the days surrounding them means you can take larger blocks of time off while missing the least amount of working days.

Here is the complete list of the UK bank holidays throughout 2023 - with the additional day on May 8 for King Charles' Coronation.

  • Monday, January 2 -  Substitute day as January 1 falls on a Sunday
  • Friday, April 7 - Good Friday
  • Monday, April 10 - Easter Monday
  • Monday, May 1 - Early May bank holiday
  • Monday, May 8 - Coronation of King Charles III
  • Monday, May 29 - Spring bank holiday
  • Monday, August 28 - Summer bank holiday
  • Monday, December 25 - Christmas Day
  • Tuesday, 26 December - Boxing Day