Is Sunday 3 May 2026 a England and Wales bank holidays business day?

No.

England and Wales bank holidays does not settle at weekends.

Weekend

Next business day: Tue 5 May 2026
Previous business day: Fri 1 May 2026

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

release 2026.10.29.1

Sun 3 May 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

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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $ZEITWIDE_API_KEY" \
  https://api.zeitwide.com/v1/calendars/GB-EAW/days/2026-05-03

{
  "date": "2026-05-03",
  "is_business_day": false,
  "dataset_release": "2026.10.29.1"
}

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Is Sunday 3 May 2026 a England and Wales bank holidays business day?: No. Sunday 3 May 2026 is a weekend day, and England and Wales bank holidays does not settle at weekends. Next business day: Tue 5 May 2026. Previous: Fri 1 May 2026. Backed by official sources.
When does England and Wales bank holidays settle again?: Tuesday 5 May 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.

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