UK BACS / CHAPS (England and Wales bank holidays) · gb-bacs-chaps
UK BACS and CHAPS holidays 2026
8 weekday closures in 2026. BACS and CHAPS don't process payments on England and Wales bank holidays.
Closures 2026
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | Thu | New Year's Day |
| 2026-04-03 | Fri | Good Friday |
| 2026-04-06 | Mon | Easter Monday |
| 2026-05-04 | Mon | May Day |
| 2026-05-25 | Mon | Spring Bank Holiday |
| 2026-08-31 | Mon | Late Summer Bank Holiday |
| 2026-12-25 | Fri | Christmas Day |
| 2026-12-28 | Mon | Boxing Day (observed) |
Add 2026 to your calendar
Every closure as an all-day event: download .ics · Google Calendar · Outlook · Apple Calendar: File → New Calendar Subscription, paste webcal://settledate.dev/ics/gb-bacs-chaps-2026.ics.
Free, no key needed. Building it into code instead? Get a free API key and ask /v1/calendars/{id}/is-trading-day or /v1/settlement-date directly.
Get this as JSON
curl "https://settledate.dev/v1/calendars/gb-bacs-chaps/holidays?year=2026"import requests
r = requests.get("https://settledate.dev/v1/calendars/gb-bacs-chaps/holidays", params={"year": 2026})
for h in r.json()["holidays"]:
print(h["date"], h["name"])curl "https://settledate.dev/v1/calendars/gb-bacs-chaps/is-trading-day?date=2026-12-24"Works without a key (60 calls/hour) and on the free plan. Source: holidays 0.107 (GB-ENG); gov.uk/bank-holidays. Other years: 2026 · 2027 · 2028. All calendars.