Overnight from Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 October 2026, clocks across the UK go back one hour.
The GOV.UK rule: the last Sunday in October, at two in the morning. British Summer Time ends and the night gains that hour.
Mornings get lighter for a week or two, but from Monday the journey home is already in the dark. Lights and heating come on earlier — and the bill shows it.
Oven and microwave, the car clock, wall and wrist watches, the bedside alarm and an older heating timer. Phones and computers take the time from the network.
RoSPA’s review of the research finds 10% more collisions in which pedestrians are killed or injured in the four weeks after the clocks go back.
The NHS advises taking it through autumn and winter: British sunlight is no longer strong enough for the body to make its own.
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