Scotland2027Exact dates

Scotland annual leave planner for 2027

Plan around the nine nationwide Scottish bank holidays currently listed for 2027, including 2nd January and St Andrew’s Day. Set your real workweek and confirmed leave balance to see exact proposed dates.

See the three-day Christmas plan

Worked example25 Dec–4 Jan

25–28 DecOFFWeekend + holidays

29–31 DecREQUEST3 leave days

1–4 JanOFFWeekend + two holidays

One proposed request11 days away

Scotland 2027 quick answer

Scotland’s second January holiday extends the Christmas boundary.

For someone who normally works Monday to Friday, three proposed leave days can connect the Christmas substitutes, two weekends and both Scottish New Year substitute holidays into 11 consecutive calendar days away.

Scotland · Mon–Fri 311 leave days · calendar days away

25 Dec–4 JanProposed3.7×

Request Wednesday 29 to Friday 31 December 2027.

The break begins on Christmas Day and ends on the 2nd January substitute day, Tuesday 4 January 2028. It assumes Monday to Friday is your normal week, weekends are off, and all four substitute bank holidays are confirmed non-working.

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Nationwide calendar

Nine Scottish bank holidays currently listed for 2027.

Dates match the nationwide Scotland section of the official GOV.UK calendar, verified on 29 August 2026.

The nine nationwide bank holidays currently listed for Scotland in calendar year 2027.
Date	Day	Holiday
1 January	Friday	New Year’s Day
4 January	Monday	2nd January substitute day
26 March	Friday	Good Friday
3 May	Monday	Early May bank holiday
31 May	Monday	Spring bank holiday
2 August	Monday	Summer bank holiday
30 November	Tuesday	St Andrew’s Day
27 December	Monday	Christmas Day substitute day
28 December	Tuesday	Boxing Day substitute day

Easter Monday is not in the nationwide Scotland list for 2027. Local councils can name additional public holidays, and employer arrangements can differ; this planner does not add local, school, NHS-board or employer-specific dates.

Exact worked example

How three proposed leave days could create 11 days away.

The only proposed leave dates are inside calendar year 2027. The natural break continues through 4 January 2028 because both adjacent Scottish New Year substitute holidays are current official planning inputs.

See it on the 2027 calendar

25 December–4 January Request 29–31 December 2027 3 leave days → 11 days away

Other Scottish anchors

New Year, summer and St Andrew’s Day alternatives.

These examples assume a Monday-to-Friday week and the named nationwide bank holiday confirmed as non-working.

Best tested four-day result4 → 12Request 24 and 29–31 Dec · away 24 Dec–4 Jan

Summer bank holiday4 → 9Request 3–6 Aug · away 31 Jul–8 Aug

St Andrew’s Day4 → 9Request 29 Nov and 1–3 Dec · away 27 Nov–5 Dec

The optimiser’s four-day preset selects the stronger Christmas boundary. The summer and St Andrew’s Day cards are alternative manual proposals, not additional entitlement or guarantees of employer approval.

What is excluded

Council public holidays vary across Scotland.

A date observed locally in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness or another council area is not automatically a nationwide Scottish bank holiday.

Included

Nationwide bank holidays

The tested calendar uses the current Scotland dates published by GOV.UK.

Excluded

Council and local dates

Check the local public-holiday list linked by mygov.scot.

Confirm

Your workplace policy

Banks and businesses do not necessarily close on every Scottish bank holiday.

Before requesting

Check dates, local rules, entitlement and permission.

The dates above are proposals, not an employer decision. Your manager may restrict when leave can be taken or require notice, and your contract sets how bank and public holidays are treated within your annual entitlement.

Verify the 2027 and adjacent 2028 dates on the official GOV.UK bank-holiday calendar. It also states that employers do not have to provide paid leave on bank or public holidays.

Scottish Government bank-holiday guidance distinguishes nationwide bank holidays from public or local holidays and notes that banks and businesses do not always close.

mygov.scot public and bank-holiday guidance links each council’s local dates and explains that bank holidays can be included within statutory annual leave.

Part-time, shift, irregular-hours and compressed-hours workers may need an hours-based calculation or different proposed dates. Confirm your balance, normal days, day length and employer policy before committing to travel.

Scotland-specificNine nationwide 2027 dates

Local dates excludedCheck your council and employer

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How the route is built

Every date is checkable.

Input

Your confirmed rules

Choose the regional holidays, whole-day balance and weekdays that actually apply to you.

Non-overlapping 2027 breaks

The optimiser compares valid sequences without spending the same leave day twice or borrowing leave from 2028.

Output

Proposed request dates

Each result identifies normal working days to request; it does not represent employer permission.

Read the full method and limitations