St Patrick's Day
Annual March bank holiday tied to St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
Northern Ireland
Bank holiday
March 2027 country calendar
March 2027 UK Bank Holidays Calendar
UK Bank Holidays March 2027 is the quick monthly view for St Patrick's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday, with Mothering Sunday and Easter Sunday included as separate planning dates. Use this March 2027 UK bank holidays calendar to check UK bank holidays in March 2027 by official date, substitute/observed date, and regional coverage across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Open the printable monthly image before payroll, school, travel, council, banking, retail, or service planning.
- Month
- March
- Dates
- 3
- Entries
- 3
- Sources
- 3
Calendar image
Printable March 2027 United Kingdom bank holidays calendar image
Save this one-month calendar image when you need a visual UK March 2027 reference beside the date ledger and printable country PDF options.
Monthly ledger
March 2027 United Kingdom bank holiday dates
3 entries
This list uses the same verified United Kingdom 2027 holiday data as the full country calendar. When a date is observed on a different weekday, the observed closure date is shown first and the official date remains visible.
DateHolidayCoverageStatus
Good Friday
Easter weekend bank holiday; the date changes each year with the Easter calendar.
England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Bank holiday
Easter Monday
Easter Monday follows Good Friday and extends the Easter weekend where listed.
England and Wales, Northern Ireland
Bank holiday
Family planning date
Mothering Sunday 2027 planning: Sunday, March 7
Not a UK bank holiday
- Date
- Sunday, March 7, 2027
- Status
- Not a UK bank holiday
Use Sunday, March 7 for Mothering Sunday restaurant bookings, cards, flowers, family visits, church notices, delivery cutoffs, and hospitality staffing. Do not use March 7 for UK bank holiday closure planning; March bank holiday checks start with the listed March 17 and Easter dates.
Plan Mothering Sunday demand
Book meals, flower delivery, cards, family visits, photo sessions, church services, school activities, and local event spaces before the Sunday demand peak.
Separate family plans from closures
Mothering Sunday creates family, hospitality, retail, and delivery demand, but it does not create a UK bank holiday closure date in this calendar.
Check March bank holidays separately
Use St Patrick's Day for Northern Ireland checks, then use Good Friday and Easter Monday for the listed March bank holiday closure planning where they apply.
Regional bank holiday
St Patrick's Day 2027 planning: Wednesday, March 17
Northern Ireland bank holiday
- Date
- Wednesday, March 17, 2027
- Status
- Northern Ireland bank holiday
Use March 17 for Northern Ireland bank holiday planning, parade schedules, hospitality staffing, community events, school notices, local traffic, and customer-service coverage. Do not treat March 17 as a UK-wide bank holiday; England and Wales and Scotland do not have a March 17 bank holiday entry in this calendar.
Use St Patrick's Day correctly
Apply March 17 to Northern Ireland bank holiday planning, payroll timing, local opening hours, public services, travel buffers, and events before copying the date into any wider UK schedule.
Plan local events and travel
Check parade routes, venue access, transport updates, hospitality demand, school communications, and local public-service notices for Northern Ireland-specific activity.
Keep regional coverage visible
Use the region label before applying March 17 to England and Wales, Scotland, remote teams, customer notices, delivery promises, or cross-border service schedules.
Easter planning date
Easter Sunday 2027 planning: Sunday, March 28
Not a UK bank holiday
- Date
- Sunday, March 28, 2027
- Status
- Not a UK bank holiday
Use March 28 for Easter Sunday church services, family meals, travel returns, school and community events, restaurant reservations, and delivery timing. Use Good Friday and Easter Monday for UK bank holiday closure checks where they apply.
Plan Easter weekend
Check church service times, family travel, hotel stays, restaurant bookings, local events, delivery windows, and return travel around the long weekend.
Use the right closure dates
Use Good Friday on March 26 and Easter Monday on March 29 for listed bank holiday closure planning, and keep Easter Sunday as the event and family planning date.
Check local schedules
Confirm school, transport, retail, hospitality, council, and private-employer schedules locally before publishing opening hours or travel promises for Easter weekend.
Planning checks
March 2027 UK bank holiday planning checks
4 checks
Which UK bank holidays are in March 2027?
This monthly page has three UK bank holiday entries: St Patrick's Day on Wednesday, March 17 in Northern Ireland; Good Friday on Friday, March 26; and Easter Monday on Monday, March 29. These are the March dates to check before planning payroll, staffing, travel, school notes, council services, customer notices, bank-facing tasks, or delivery windows.
Are there substitute or observed dates in March 2027?
No separate substitute weekday is shown for March 2027. The listed March dates are the bank holiday dates to use for planning, with Easter Monday applying only where it is listed.
Which UK regions need March checks?
St Patrick's Day is listed for Northern Ireland. Good Friday is listed across England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Easter Monday is listed for England and Wales and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland in this data set.
What should I verify outside this UK bank holiday list?
United Kingdom bank holidays can differ from school, bank, court, council, transport, public-service, shipping, and private-employer calendars. Use this March page as the bank holiday baseline, then confirm the organisation-specific calendar before finalising pay, closures, appointments, travel, or opening hours.
How to use it
Use this March page with the full UK holiday calendar
3 guides
March inside the 2027 United Kingdom holiday year
March has 3 of the 13 UK bank holiday entries listed for 2027. Use this page when your planning window is only March, then use the full United Kingdom 2027 calendar when you need surrounding bank holiday dates.
- St Patrick's Day is a Northern Ireland bank holiday on Wednesday, March 17.
- Good Friday falls on Friday, March 26 across the listed UK regions.
- Easter Monday falls on Monday, March 29 for England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
Official dates, substitute days, and regional coverage
The UK calendar separates official dates, substitute weekdays, and regional coverage because England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland do not always share the same bank holiday dates.
- Use substitute or observed dates for practical closure planning when a separate weekday is shown.
- Use official dates when you need the legal holiday record or calendar label.
- Use regional labels before applying a date to every workplace, school, public service, or delivery schedule.
When to switch to quarter or annual views
March carries the Q1 holiday pressure, while February has no listed UK bank holiday entry and April has no listed UK bank holiday entry. The March page is best for a one-month decision, while the quarter and annual pages help when the work spans more than one month.
- Use the March page when one monthly calendar image is the only planning unit you need.
- Use the quarter page when you need to compare this month with nearby UK bank holiday dates.
- Use the full United Kingdom 2027 page when you need all 13 bank holiday entries and source links together.
Next actions
Related March 2027 planning pages
References
United Kingdom March 2027 bank holiday sources
Source links are carried from the full United Kingdom 2027 page. Use them when a workplace, school, travel, or service decision needs formal confirmation.