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<\/p>\nBank holiday opening and closing hours will change during Easter Monday<\/p>\n
16:09, 02 Apr 2026Updated 07:30, 06 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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Major UK supermarkets including Asda will not be open as normal on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday(Image: BPM Media)<\/p>\n
Easter is here and millions across the UK<\/a> are celebrating. And once more, with Easter Monday a bank holiday<\/a>, it means people across the country are enjoying an extra-long weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n With Easter Monday, following Easter Sunday, you might want to be prepared for the break by checking when stores will be open around the UK.<\/p>\n There are specific laws in place which limit certain retailers from being able to open on Easter<\/a> Sunday. These rules are similar to the trading restrictions which shoppers will see on Christmas<\/a> Day.<\/p>\n Get MEN Premium now for just \u00a31 HERE<\/a> \u2013 or get involved in our WhatsApp group by clicking HERE<\/a>. And don’t miss out on all the latest news and events for families with our Manchester Family newsletter HERE<\/a><\/p>\n In England and Wales, large shops – 280 square meters or larger – are mandated to close on Easter Sunday. However, on other bank holidays, such as Easter Monday, shops can open but often use reduced, Sunday-style hours.<\/p>\n Shops smaller than 280 square meters face no legal restrictions on bank holidays and can therefore choose what hours they will remain open.<\/p>\n Here are the opening times for Aldi, Asda<\/a>, Tesco<\/a>, M&S, Lidl, Morrisons, Waitrose and Sainsbury\u2019s on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.<\/p>\n Aldi<\/p>\n Aldi<\/a> stores will be open 8am-10pm on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n The opening times of some stores may vary, so customers should check details of their local store here<\/a>. For reference here are the opening hours for Aldi Manchester Arndale<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arndale Easter opening times<\/p>\n Asda<\/p>\n The opening times of some stores may vary, so customers should check details of their local store here<\/a>. For reference here are the opening hours for Asda Eastlands.<\/p>\n Asda Eastlands Easter opening times<\/p>\n Tesco<\/p>\n Tesco<\/a> stores will be open from 8am-6pm on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n The opening times of some stores may vary, so customers should check details of their local store here<\/a>. For reference here are the opening hours for Asda Bolton<\/a> Horwich.<\/p>\n Tesco Bolton Horwich Extra Easter opening times<\/p>\n Easter Monday – 8am – 6pmM&S<\/p>\n The majority will open 8am-8pm on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n Here is the Manchester Market Street<\/a> M&S opening times as an example.<\/p>\n M&S Market Street Easter opening times<\/p>\n Lidl<\/p>\n Lidl<\/a> stores opening times will vary across stores on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n Customers should check details of their local store here<\/a>. For reference here are the opening hours for Lidl Piccadilly Garden<\/a>s.<\/p>\n Lidl Piccadilly Gardens Easter opening times<\/p>\n Morrisons<\/p>\n Morrisons<\/a> stores will be open from 7am-8pm on Easter Monday.<\/p>\n The opening times of some stores may vary, so customers should check details of their local store here<\/a>. For reference here are the opening hours for Morrisons Chorlton-cum-Hardy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chorlton-cum-Hardy<\/p>\n Easter Monday – 7am – 8pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bank holiday opening and closing hours will change during Easter Monday 16:09, 02 Apr 2026Updated 07:30, 06 Apr…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119400,49,50,1758,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-515504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-easter","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-shopping","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}