Customer information for the Easter Bank Holiday period

Information about rubbish and recycling collections and parking restrictions for the Easter Bank Holiday period. 

You can also find our opening hours for the Council's customer services, leisure services, markets, museums, registrars, libraries and emergency Council services for evenings and weekends.

Bins and recycling collections

Rubbish and recycling collections continue as normal except for the following dates:
Rubbish and recycling normally collected on the following days: Will be collected on:
3 April 2026 7 April 2026

Not sure when your rubbish and recycling will be collected? Find your collection days.

Contact centre (Telephone enquiries) - Opening hours 

Emergencies, evenings, weekends and bank holidays

  • Housing: 020 7361 3008
  • Social Services: 020 7361 3013
  • Environmental health (including noise or nuisance): 020 7361 3002
  • Switchboard: 020 7361 3000

Opening hours over the Easter Bank Holiday Period

Date Opening hours
Thursday 2 April 2026 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 3 April 2026 Closed
Monday 6 April 2026 Closed
Tuesday 7 April 2026 8.30am to 5.30pm
Find telephone numbers and email addresses for Council Services.
Customer service centre (In-person) - Opening hours

Address

Customer Service Centre
Town Hall
Hornton Street
W8 7NX

Date Opening hours
Thursday 2 April 2026 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 3 April 2026 Closed
Monday 6 April 2026 Closed
Tuesday 7 April 2026 8:30am - 5pm

 

Food waste recycling

There are no changes to food waste recycling collections on Easter weekend. For more information about the service please visit the Food Waste Collection Service.

Not sure when your food waste will be collected? Find your collection days.

Housing repairs

Emergency repairs

If you need to report an emergency repair, or you need assistance please call the Customer Service Centre on 0800 137 111.

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 aniti-social behaviour
  • Electrics - making safe due to water damage
  • Uncontainable leaks
  • Bath and sinks backing up waste
     

Opening hours

  • Housing receptions (Malton Road and Blantyre Street offices) closed Good Friday to Easter Monday. 
  • Housing contact centre closed Good Friday to Easter Monday – urgent repairs can be requested on 0800 137 111 – the out of hours contact centre will be open throughout.
Library opening hours

Libraries across the borough are open as usual except for the following dates:

Date Opening hours
Friday 3 April 2026 Closed
Saturday 4 April 2026 Open as usual
Sunday 5 April 2026 Closed
Monday 6 April 2026 Closed
Parks opening hours

The table below show the opening and closing times of all parks in the borough over the Easter Bank Holiday period.

Please note that park gates may be opened or closed within half an hour of stated times.

Date Opening hours
Monday 25 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 26 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Wednesday 27 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Thursday 28 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Friday 29 March 2026 (Good Friday) 7.30am to 4.30pm
Saturday 30 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Sunday 31 March 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm
Monday 1 April 2026 (Easter Monday) 7.30am to 4.30pm
Tuesday 2 April 2026 7.30am to 4.30pm

 

Registrars opening hours and emergency service for the registration of deaths
Date Opening hours
Friday 3 April 2026 Closed
Saturday 4 April 2026 10:00am to 6:00pm
Sunday 5 April 2026 Closed
Monday 6 April 2026 Out of hours service for urgent same day burials
 

Emergency service for the registration of deaths outside of our normal office hours

An emergency service to arrange for same-day burials or cremations is available on Sundays and Bank Holidays, except Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Whit Sunday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

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 doctor certifying death and;
  • the death has not been or does not need to be reported to the coroner and;
  • the body is not being removed from England or Wales.

You will need to travel to the location of the registrar on call.

You should then make arrangements to re-attend the Register Office on the next working day in order to register the death in full.

Street markets and street trading office opening hours
Date Street Trading Office opening hours Markets opening hours
Thursday 2 April 2026 8:00am - 1:00pm 8:00am - 7:00pm
Friday 3 April 2026 7:00am - 12:00pm (Midday) 8:00am - 7:00pm
Saturday 4 April 2026 7:00am - 12:00pm (Midday) 8:00am - 7:00pm
Sunday 5 April 2026 Closed Closed
Monday 6 April 2026 Closed Closed
Tuesday 7 April 2026 8:00am - 1:00pm 8:00am - 7:00pm

 

 

 

Last updated: 26 March 2026