May Bank Holiday 2016. LOOKING for something to do on this bank holiday weekend? The second of the precious May Bank holidays is coming round fast.
Bank holidays are public holidays in the United Kingdom, when banks and many other businesses are closed for the day. When are the public holidays over Christmas? Why was May Day bank holiday changed?
May Day is officially known as the Early May Bank Holiday.
It is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.
See more ideas about Bank holiday, Holiday and Animals. If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a 'substitute' weekday becomes a bank holidayCredit: Getty Images. The term refers to all public holidays in the United Kingdom be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation or held by convention under common law.