Working days between
UK calendar
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Count the working days between two dates in the UK, with Saturdays, Sundays and every England and Wales bank holiday taken out, including the substitute day when Christmas or Boxing Day falls at a weekend. The bank holidays inside your range are listed by name, so a count that looks a day short has its reason on screen. Switch to adding days to find the date a number of working days from today lands on.
Step by step
01Enter the two dates
The start and end of the period: a notice period, a contract term, a payroll month. The count updates as you type.
02Decide whether the start date counts
On by default, so both dates are included. Turn it off for the "within N working days of" reading, where the day the clock starts is not itself a day of the period.
03Read the bank holidays it skipped
Each one in the range is listed with its date. Substitute days are listed on the weekday that is actually off, such as Monday 28 December 2026 for Boxing Day.
04Share or copy the result
The link carries the dates and the calendar, so whoever opens it sees the same count with the same holidays shown.
Worked example
The fortnight with the most bank holidays in it, worked out against the England and Wales calendar.
Given
Where ten UK working days lands
start Mon 21 Dec 2026
+10 working days Thu 7 Jan 2027
skipped: Christmas Day Fri 25 Dec
Boxing Day (sub) Mon 28 Dec
New Year's Day Fri 1 Jan
2 weekends
17 calendar days for 10 working daysBoxing Day 2026 falls on a Saturday, so the bank holiday moves to Monday 28 December. That one substitute day pushes the UK answer a day past the US one from the same start, and it is exactly the kind of day a hand count on a wall calendar misses.
Before you rely on the count
Substitute days are the ones people miss
When Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the bank holiday moves to the next weekday that is not already a holiday. In 2026 Boxing Day is a Saturday and Monday 28 December is the day off; in 2027 both fall at the weekend and the 27th and 28th are taken instead.
Easter moves the spring count
Good Friday and Easter Monday follow Easter, which can fall anywhere from late March to late April. April 2026 has 20 working days because both Easter bank holidays fall in it; in 2027 they land in March instead.
Scotland and Northern Ireland differ
This calendar is England and Wales. Scotland adds 2 January and St Andrew’s Day, takes its summer bank holiday on the first Monday of August, and does not have Easter Monday. Northern Ireland adds St Patrick’s Day and the Battle of the Boyne. Check the result against those days if they apply to you.
Bank holidays are not a statutory right to the day off
UK employers can count bank holidays within the 5.6 weeks of statutory leave, and many shops and services open on them. The count here treats every bank holiday as a non-working day, which matches offices, banks and most contracts that say "working day".
Reference
FAQ
England and Wales have 253 working days in 2026: 261 weekdays minus the 8 bank holidays, all of which fall on a weekday once the Boxing Day substitute on Monday 28 December is counted.
Yes. The UK working days calculator excludes all eight England and Wales bank holidays, moving Christmas Day and Boxing Day to their substitute weekdays when they fall at a weekend, and lists each one it skipped in the range.
No. The UK working days calculator uses the England and Wales calendar. Scotland also has 2 January and St Andrew’s Day, has no Easter Monday, and takes its summer bank holiday on the first Monday of August, so a Scottish count can differ by a day or two.
A UK month usually has between 19 and 23 working days. May 2026 has 19 because of its two bank holidays, while July 2026 has 23 because it has 23 weekdays and no bank holiday.
By default both the start and end dates count when they are working days. Turn off "Count both dates" to exclude the start date, which matches the usual reading of a notice period that begins the day after notice is given.
The bank holiday calendar ships with the page and every count runs in your browser. No dates are sent anywhere.
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