People in England and Wales have an extra bank holiday to look forward to this year, with the King's Coronation giving us an extra day off to celebrate.
Bank holidays are a national public holiday and they are usually spread out across the calendar and include seasonal events such as Christmas, Easter and the New Year. Most shops, schools, and businesses will close, while public transport often operates on a different timetable.
The Easter bank holidays - Good Friday and Easter Monday - which fell in mid-April this year, are over for another year. And if they gave you a taste for a long weekend you might be wondering when the next ones are.
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Luckily, there isn't long to wait. Each year, there are two bank holidays in May, one at the start and one at the end. But this year, there will be an extra one to mark the King's Coronation.
The first Monday in May, known as May Day, is a bank holiday, meaning we get Monday, May 1 off. The King's Coronation takes place on Saturday, May 6, and the extra bank holiday will take place on the following Monday, May 8.
The ceremony, which will see King Charles III crowned monarch and Camilla crowned Queen Consort, will be conducted at Westminster Abbey. Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged during the weekend, with people urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on Sunday, May 7.
On the same day, musicians and stars will descend on Windsor Castle for the Coronation concert which will be broadcast live on the BBC. Meanwhile, bars, pubs and clubs will serve customers for an extra two hours between Friday May 5 and Sunday May 7. Home Secretary Suella Braverman will extend licensing hours from the normal 11pm to 1am to let the public 'enjoy an extra pint or two.'
The final holiday to look forward to in May is the spring bank holiday, which falls on Monday, May 29.
Bank holidays are different across the UK. People living in Northern Ireland enjoy a further bank holiday when St Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. However, in Scotland people have one less, as Easter Monday is not considered a bank holiday.
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