Hello All: We are getting more and more excited about our upcoming trip. We start off in London on the 20th. Our flight arrives around 9:00am. All told, we will only have 1 1/2 days there. It has just dawned on us that will be Easter Sunday. We'd like to get our sightseeing underway as soon as we can on Sunday, but have some concerns about closures. For example, will it be considered a 3-day weekend? Is Monday a day off? Will the "usual" sites be closed? Didn't even think about it when we scheduled our trip.
Posted by
Yorkshire
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Oh, its a 4 day weekend, the Friday and Monday are public holidays.
Tourist related things will be fine,often its the start of the season and more seasonal things open at Easter.
Supermarkets,banks and big shops will have more restricted hours.10am till 4 ish
Posted by
OP
24 posts
Thanks for the reply, Richard. Since this weekend will "open the season" will all the attractions be very crowded? We've already got our tickets for the Big Bus tour and the Tower of London, and plan on more as we find them. As I mentioned, time is going to be a premium for us.
Posted by
Yorkshire
1229 posts
Mmm, for London don't think it makes that deal of difference
Posted by
Oxford, United Kingdom
5330 posts
Easter Sunday is one of two days a year when large shops are not permitted by law to open at all, the other being Christmas Day. Shops don't have to be that large to fall under this. There are exceptions for places like airports.
Posted by
OP
24 posts
Thanks Marco. We weren't anticipating doing much shopping, just sightseeing. Hopefully touristy type stuff won't be affected.