Opening times in England on Bank Holidays and Sundays

Posted by on September 16, 2011 Comments Off

In England there exists no official selling Sundays as for example in Germany where the hours of trading on Sundays are strictly prescribed by law. This is caused by the missing of a law governing the hours of trading as upon mentioned. Nevertheless the opening times of official institutions as bank institutes and post offices are ruled.
On Sundays the huge department stores are closed usually, but you always can find many corner shops especially in lively areas. These corner shops open from 12pm to 6pm in average. Supermarkets are allowed to open all the week until 10pm as mentioned at the beginning.

During the advent seasons shops in lively shopping areas open until 10pm usually. On Christmas Day, 25th of December, all shops are closed. There are only few exceptional cases.

The bank holidays as Good Friday, Easter Monday, Spring, August, Christmas Day and New Year are lawfully. The bank institutes and post offices have to be closed on bank holidays as well as on Sundays. Indeed you can use the ATMs provided at mostly every bank institute during that time. To buy stamps you should look after a shop signing out “stamps sold here”.

Health Centres and doctors are not allowed to open their surgeries on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Alternatively hospitals are available, of course.

The closing time for Pubs on Sundays and Bank Holidays is at 10.30pm usually.

Searching for opening times via internet

Posted by on September 14, 2011 1 comment

Searching for special opening times via internet has many advantages. All in all this article gives you general information about the opening times. But as mentioned they can vary not only depending from location but from shop to shop to.

Even if you know the times, maybe because you have been there before, it can be helpful to look them up in the internet beforehand. Smaller corner shops for example could have changed them since then or they could have been closed yet. Another aspect is when you planning your vacations in an external area. It will maybe save you much time and will avoid that you have worries instead of relaxation.

Further, looking up the opening times via internet could motivate you to find more information about interesting topics or facts of the shop or instance you are looking for. Eventually you could find a possibility to contact the retailer directly – by e-mail for example – if you have a special request. Usually huge department stores provide such a service on their homepages.

Additionally the internet might help you for example on bank holidays to find a shop offering your desired article and show you if it is available.

Opening times in general

Posted by on September 12, 2011 Comments Off

All in all the opening times in England are very customer-friendly. They are mostly adapted to the consumer’s demand. Because of the retailers’ self-rule which is a statute by law they enjoy a huge scope of development according to opening times.
Huge department stores and shops have normally opening times from 9am to 5.30pm. Some of them widen the closing time until 7pm or even 8pm on Thursdays and Fridays.
But it is important to notice that the times can vary depending on the location and the range of goods. The highest availability have Supermarkets which are open every day from 9am to 10pm usually.

Popular shopping areas as Oxford Street in London for example have the longest opening times in average.

In England Offices are staffed from 9am to 5pm, except of an one hour lasting lunch-break which ends at 2pm normally.
The public health system is well organized, too.
There are health centres where a few doctors team up. These health centres have opening times until 6pm usually.

Pubs in England are not allowed to open longer than 11pm from Monday till Saturday. Indeed, there are exceptions, too, for those you obtained the rarely granted 24-hour-licence by government.

Opening times in England

Posted by on September 10, 2011 1 comment

In England there exists no law governing the hours of trading as for example in Germany. There retailers are allowed to open their shops in 24-hour duty. The only exception is Bavaria, where the prescribed closing time is at 8pm.
The following blog will explain you the general opening times in England at a glance according to bank institutes, post offices, public health and trading. But it is important to mention that there exist differences depending on location, region and business.