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Spring 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 23 Weekend
SUN 24 Weekend
MON 25 Holiday

3-day weekend (May 23 – May 25)

📣 Traveler notes

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel and part of the Channel Islands, located approximately 50 miles west of France's Cotentin Peninsula. The main island measures about 6 miles by 3 miles, with St Peter Port as its primary settlement.

  • Public holiday observed
  • St Peter Port as main settlement
  • Avoid referring to the UK as 'the mainland' while in Guernsey, as it is not considered the mainland of the island.

About this holiday

A bank holiday is a national public holiday observed in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies. The term is also commonly used to describe public holidays in Ireland.