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City Hall
City Hall public tours are not available.
Sports pitches, pavilions and facilities
Our sports pitches and bowling greens are open. Multi-use games areas (MUGAs) are also open. You should continue to follow public health guidance when visiting our facilities.
The Cycling Track at Orangefield is open.
Our outdoor gyms, tennis courts and Bridges Urban Sports Park are open to the public.
Mary Peters Track is also open to the public. Visitors must book before attending.
City of Belfast Golf Course and Ormeau Golf Course are open to club members only.
Leisure centres
Our Better leisure centres are open except Loughside Recreation Centre. This centre has partially re-opened and is only available for pitch bookings, with access to changing provision being facilitated.
Belfast Zoo
Belfast Zoo is open to the public. You can contact Belfast Zoo (link opens in new window) by email info@belfastzoo.co.uk or call 028 9077 6277.
St George's Market
St George’s Market is open.
Smithfield Market
Smithfield Market is open.
Community centres
Our community centres are open for bookings in line with current coronavirus (COVID-19) public health advice.
You can make a booking enquiry by phoning or emailing each community centre directly.
Belfast Castle and Malone House
Malone House (link opens in new window) is closed to the public. Belfast Castle (link opens in new window) is open but the Cellar Restaurant is closed.
Cecil Ward Building is closed including Consumer Advice Services, Belfast Planning Service and Bereavement Services Office, except for on a Monday and Friday for Ukraine Refugee Support.
More venues
These venues have reopened to the public with restrictions.
Parks
Our parks are open. But it is important that everyone observes social distancing in our parks.
Our ParkLife Saturday clubs are postponed.
Events
Visit our events page for updates.
Cemeteries
Burials and cremations
Burials and cremations are taking place, however there are restrictions in place. It is possible to hold a short committal service for 28 mourners in City of Belfast Crematorium Chapel. The number of people allowed to attend burial and cremation committal services has changed and will be based on risk assessment.
Currently there are restrictions on marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.
We have allocated two rooms in City Hall to accommodate couples who are having ceremonies while still maintaining social distancing.
Some of our Environmental Health Services are suspended, but you can use our email addresses for any urgent queries. We will monitor these during office hours and deal with queries on a priority basis. We are unable to carry out visits to premises, unless it is an emergency, and will always consider the safety of staff and members of the public.
For Houses in Multiple Occupation, email nihmo@belfastcity.gov.uk
For other urgent queries including:
email envhealth@belfastcity.gov.uk. For emergencies outside normal working hours, call 07850 499622.
Pest control
Our pest control service is operating on a limited basis. Read more about our pest control service
Building Control inspections, licences and permits
You can:
Planning Service
Find out more information about changes to waste services and what to do with coronavirus waste
Our recycling centres are open seven days a week.
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The Public Health Agency (PHA) is also continuing to provide a wide range of important information and guidance on its website (link opens in new window).
Businesses must review their risk assessments and put in place measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Read an example of a COVID-19 risk assessment (link opens in new window)
Our environmental health officers can investigate complaints about health and safety in:
We can inspect and enforce health and safety law in these premises. If you’re concerned about health and safety, including COVID-19 control measures in these premises, you should email envhealth@belfastcity.gov.uk.
If you’re concerned about unsafe work practices in workplaces such as manufacturing and construction, you should contact the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (link opens in new window).
We are working with community, voluntary and statutory providers in Belfast to make sure that our residents’ needs are supported throughout the pandemic.
We are advising animal owners to make sure their pets are kept under control during coronavirus (COVID-19). This can help to keep members of the public safe, and allow social distancing guidance to be followed.
We ask that dogs are kept on a lead when out in public, and for dog owners to check their pets are secure when they are at home to minimise the risk of straying.
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