Is Saturday 3 January 2026 a England and Wales bank holidays business day?

No.

England and Wales bank holidays does not settle at weekends.

Weekend

Next business day: Mon 5 Jan 2026
Previous business day: Fri 2 Jan 2026

Decided by the weekend rule: saturday and sunday are closed on England and Wales bank holidays.

release 2026.10.29.1

How we know

Around this date

Open
Closed
Weekend
Holiday on a weekend

Sat 3 Jan on other calendars

Calendar	Status	Why
Germany: nationwide public holidays DE	No data	Outside this calendar's sources
T2 (TARGET RTGS) EU-T2	Weekend	Weekend
CHAPS GB-CHAPS	Weekend	Weekend
FedACH Services US-FEDACH	Weekend	Weekend
US federal holidays US-FEDERAL	Weekend	Weekend
FedNow Service US-FEDNOW	Open	Business day
Fedwire Funds Service US-FEDWIRE	Weekend	Weekend

Get this answer in code

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEITWIDE_API_KEY" \
  https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/GB-EAW/days/2026-01-03

{
  "date": "2026-01-03",
  "is_business_day": false,
  "dataset_release": "2026.10.29.1"
}

Agents get the same answer from the is_business_day MCP tool. Developer quickstart

Questions people ask

Is Saturday 3 January 2026 a England and Wales bank holidays business day?: No. Saturday 3 January 2026 is a weekend day, and England and Wales bank holidays does not settle at weekends. Next business day: Mon 5 Jan 2026. Previous: Fri 2 Jan 2026. Backed by official sources.
When does England and Wales bank holidays settle again?: Monday 5 January 2026.
Can I be warned about changes like this?: Yes. Sign in and add England and Wales bank holidays to an alert rule for webhook alerts.