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Bank and Public Holidays for Wales

Wales bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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25 Jul 2007 (The Telegraph) Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he is set to make July 24 a national day for celebrating volunteering - and possibly make it a new bank holiday. • 24 Jun 2007 (BBC News) Swansea Council has voted to investigate the cost and legality of the council celebrating Sain David's Day, Wales' national day, on March 1st, every year. • 09 Jan 2007 (IC Wales) The Welsh Liberal Democrats have reiterated their call, first made in 1999, for the National Assembly to be granted the power to make St David's Day (March 1st) a bank holiday. • 01 Dec 2006 (IFES Election Guide) Next Welsh parliamentary elections - May 3, 2007. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Wales public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are moved to the following Monday. • May Day Bank Holiday is sometimes referred to as Early May Bank Holiday. • There are regular calls to make St. David's Day, March 1st, a public holiday for Wales only, in a manner analogous to what was done for Northern Ireland (St. Patrick's Day, March 17), and most recently, Scotland (St. Andrew's Day, November 30). However, nothing seems likely to happen in the near future. • Wales International Codes GB and GBR (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .uk (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Wales information and news: Bank of England (Wales central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Wales maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Wales), and Wikipedia (includes Wales commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Wales, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Wales, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Wales. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Wales, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Wales, before planning any trip to Wales. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.