Christmas holidays 2027

Christmas holidays 2027: start dates range from Saturday 18 December to Thursday 23 December, depending on the area.

Dates by region

Christmas holidays 2027: dates by region
RegionPeriodDays
Bexley18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Bolton18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Bournemouth christchurch and poole18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Bury18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Cumberland18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
Dudley18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
East Sussex18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Gloucestershire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Havering18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Herefordshire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Hillingdon18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Hounslow18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Isle of Wight18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Kent18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Kingston upon Thames18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Knowsley18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Lancashire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Lewisham18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Lincolnshire18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
Merton18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
North East Lincolnshire18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
North Lincolnshire18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
North Somerset18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
North Tyneside18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Northumberland18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Oldham18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Plymouth18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Reading18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Redbridge18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Richmond upon Thames18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Rotherham18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Rutland18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 2028(provisional)17
Salford18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Sandwell18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Sefton18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Shropshire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Somerset18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
South Gloucestershire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Southend-on-Sea18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
St Helens18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 2028(provisional)17
Stockport primary18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Stockport secondary18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Suffolk18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Sutton18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Swindon18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Telford and Wrekin18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Walsall18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Warrington18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Warwickshire18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
West Sussex18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Westmorland and furness18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
Wigan18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Wolverhampton18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
Worcestershire18 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202817
York18 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202818
Barnsley20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bath and North East Somerset20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bedford20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Birmingham20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Blaenau Gwent20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bracknell Forest20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bradford20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bridgend20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Brighton and Hove20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bristol20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Bromley20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Buckinghamshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Caerphilly20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Calderdale20 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202816
Cambridgeshire20 – 31 Dec 202712
Cardiff20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Carmarthenshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Central Bedfordshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Ceredigion20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Cheshire East20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Cheshire West and Chester20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Coventry20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Darlington20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Dorset20 – 31 Dec 202712
Ealing London20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
East Riding of Yorkshire20 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202816
Enfield20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Essex20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Greenwich20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Halton20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Hammersmith and Fulham20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Hampshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Hertfordshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Lambeth20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Leeds20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Liverpool20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Luton20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Medway20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Merthyr Tydfil20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Milton Keynes20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Monmouthshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Neath Port Talbot20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Newcastle20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Newport20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Norfolk20 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202816
North Lanarkshire20 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202816
North northamptonshire20 – 31 Dec 202712
North Yorkshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Pembrokeshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Peterborough20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Portsmouth20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Rhondda Cynon Taf20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Rochdale20 – 31 Dec 202712
Sheffield20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Slough20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Southampton20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Swansea20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Thurrock20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Torbay20 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202816
Torfaen20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Tower Hamlets20 – 31 Dec 202712
Vale of Glamorgan20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Wakefield20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Waltham Forest20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
West northamptonshire20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Wirral20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Wokingham20 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202815
Edinburgh21 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202816
Oxfordshire21 – 31 Dec 202711
Powys21 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202816
Aberdeenshire22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Clackmannanshire22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Dumfries and Galloway22 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202815
East Ayrshire22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Falkirk22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Highland22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Midlothian22 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202815
Moray22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Nottingham22 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202813
Nottinghamshire22 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202813
Scottish Borders22 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202815
Shetland22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
South Lanarkshire22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Surrey22 Dec 2027 – 3 Jan 202813
West Lothian22 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202814
Anglesey23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Angus23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Argyll and Bute23 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202813
Conwy23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Cornwall23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Denbighshire23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Derby23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Derbyshire23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Dundee23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
East Dunbartonshire23 Dec 2027 – 7 Jan 202816
Fife23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Flintshire23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Gwynedd23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
North ayrshire arran23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
Renfrewshire23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 202814
West Dunbartonshire23 Dec 2027 – 4 Jan 202813
Wrexham23 Dec 2027 – 5 Jan 2028(provisional)14

Dates are taken from official publications. Schools may have additional days off, so check with your school if in doubt.

Sources: Official source (Bexley), Official source (Bolton), Official source (bcpcouncil.gov.uk), Official source (Bury) and 131 more. Last checked: 4 October 2026. More about our sources

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