August bank holiday 2026 opening hours

Our waste and recycling collections and parking restrictions for the summer bank holiday period and opening hours for our customer services, leisure services, street markets and libraries service.

• Contact Centre and Customer Service Centre opening hours
• Housing
• Leisure centres
• Libraries
• Museums
• Parking restrictions
• Parks
• Registrars
• Street markets
• Waste and recycling collections

Customer Services

Contact Centre

Our Contact Centre will be closed on Monday 31 August 2026. Normal service will resume on Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Customer Service Centre (in-person) 

Customer Service Centre 
Town Hall 
Hornton Street 
W8 7NX

• Friday 28 August: 9am to 5pm
• Saturday 29 August to Monday 31 August: Closed. 
• Tuesday 1 September: 9am to 5pm

Our emergency numbers can be found here.

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Housing

Housing management

Update to come.

Housing repairs

To report an emergency repair, or if you need assistance please call the Housing Response Team’s Out Of Hours Service Centre:

• telephone 0800 137 111 or 020 3617 7080

An emergency repair is:

• total loss of power to your property
• total loss of water supply to your property
• no heating and no hot water
• security problems - residents are locked in or out of the property
• making safe of windows and doors due to forced entries or antisocial behaviour
• electrics - making safe due to water damage
• uncontainable leaks
• bath and sinks backing up waste

Opening hours

Update to come.

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Leisure centres

Chelsea Sports Centre

• Saturday 30: August: 8am to 8pm
• Sunday 30 August: 8am to 8pm
• Monday 31 August: 8am to 8pm

Kensington Leisure Centre

• Sunday 30 August: Closed
• Monday 31 August: Closed
• Tuesday 1 September: Open

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Libraries

Brompton, Chelsea, Kensington Central

• Sunday 30 August: Closed
• Monday 31 August: Closed

Kensal, North Kensington 

• Saturday 29 August: Closed
• Sunday 30 August: Closed
• Monday 31 August: Closed

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Museums

Leighton House Museum

• Monday 31 August: 10am - 5.30pm

Sambourne House

Closed on Mondays.

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Parking restrictions

For full details visit Bank holiday parking.

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Parks

• Athlone Gardens: Closed Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August
• Barlby Gardens: Closed Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August
• Colville Square Gardens: Closed Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August
• Emslie Horniman and Powis Square: Events related to Notting Hill Carnival but are free for the public to enter
• Holland Park: Closed Friday 28 August to Wednesday 2 September
• Sunbeam Gardens: Closed Sunday 30 August and Monday 31 August

Parks within the Notting Hill Carnival footprint are subject to different opening and closing times over the bank holiday weekend. Some parks are hosting events and others may be closed for the entire bank holiday weekend.

See our map of the Carnival footprint.

All of our parks will only be re-opened on Tuesday after the parks are cleaned and cleared of any hazards for the safety of the public.

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Registrars

Emergency / Out of hours service – to facilitate same-day burials or cremations

Kensington and Chelsea Register Office opening hours and location | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

An emergency service to arrange for same-day burials or cremations is available on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

The telephone number for this service is 020 7361 3000 - however it is only for use in an emergency.

This telephone number is for the borough duty officer who will then contact the registrar on call. You must telephone between the hours of 9am and 10am if you require to be seen that day.

The green form for burial or cremation may be issued only if:

• the medical certificate of cause of death is completed correctly by the attending practitioner (registered medical doctor) certifying the death and
• the death has not been or does not need to be reported to the coroner
• the death has been scrutinised by a medical examiner and
• the medical certificate of cause of death has been emailed/ submitted to the registrar by a medical examiner and
• the body is not being removed from England or Wales.

The registrar will then make arrangements for you to attend the Register Office on the next working day in order to register the death in full, to ensure all legal duties are complete.

The Kensington and Chelsea Register Office adheres to required national standards. Information on our performance can be found on our service delivery page.

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Street markets and Market office

Markets 

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Waste and recycling collections

There will be no rubbish or dry mixed recycling collections on:

• Monday 31 August
• Tuesday 1 September

Do not put out your rubbish or recycling on these days.

Normal collections will resume on Thursday 3 September. 

Food waste

There will be no food waste collections on:

• Monday 31 August
• Tuesday 1 September

If your collection is due on either of these days, we'll collect it on Wednesday 2 September instead.

Garden waste

If you're a garden waste customer in the south of the borough, your next collection is Saturday 5 September instead of Wednesday 2 September.  

Bulky waste collection service  

There will be no Too Big For The Bin waste collections on:

• Monday 31 August
• Tuesday 1 September

Normal collections will resume on Wednesday 2 September.  

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