Council services – opening times over festive seasons and bank holidays

There are council services that are unavailable during festive seasons and bank holidays. Here is a handy round up of information and those services affected.

The following days are bank holidays in 2024:

• 29 March – Good Friday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 6 May – Early May bank holiday
• 27 May – Spring bank holiday
• 26 August – Summer bank holiday
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

On bank holidays:

• Customer services phone lines are closed
• Gateway is closed
• Check your bin collection calendar to see how your collection dates may be affected
• Changes to Housing Benefit payments will be posted in News and Housing Benefit changes
• Our libraries are closed

If there are other changes to council services over these periods they will be detailed on this page.