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May Day Bank Holiday

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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Varies
  • Restaurants Varies
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

🛋️ Long weekend potential

3-Day Block
SAT 02 Weekend
SUN 03 Weekend
MON 04 Holiday

3-day weekend (May 2 – May 4)

📣 Traveler notes

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel part of the Channel Islands. The main island features St Peter Port as its primary settlement and has a population of approximately 63,000 (as of 2019).

  • Public holiday observed on May Day
  • Avoid referring to the United Kingdom as 'the mainland' while in Guernsey.

About this holiday

A bank holiday is a national public holiday observed in the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies, encompassing statutory, proclaimed, or conventional holidays.