Holiday arrangements and opening hours

Please leave your bins and boxes out by 7am. 

• Find your bin collection day (link opens in new window)

Collection arrangements for kerbside recycling boxes collected by Bryson Recycling are shown in this table.

Recycling centres

(last entry 15 minutes before closing time)

• Find out more about recycling centres

Civic amenity sites

• Find out more about civic amenity sites

Our phone lines and customer receptions

• Find out how to contact us

Bulky waste collection dates are booked in advance. Read more about our bulky waste collections.

Registration office

Find out more about our Registration Office

Bereavement Services offices

Our Bereavement Services office is in the Cecil Ward Building. 

• Find out more about Bereavement Services office

Burials and cremations

There are no burials or cremations on Monday 5 May and or Monday 26 May.

Read more about City of Belfast Crematorium
Read more about our cemeteries

Cemetery grounds

Our cemetery grounds are open as normal on Monday 5 May 2025 and Monday 26 May 2025.

• Read more about our cemeteries

City Cemetery Visitor Centre

City Cemetery Visitor Centre is open as normal on Monday 5 May 2025.

• Find out more about the visitor centre
• Find out about the city cemetery heritage project

• Read more about commercial waste collections

• Read more about our dog warden service

Our night-time noise service will operate as normal on Monday 5 May 2025.

Read more about our night-time noise service

Our imported food team for servicing trade arriving from GB ports will be operating as normal (24 hours a day) throughout the bank holiday periods in May.

For imported food checks on container freight from rest of world, and for shipping or other port health queries, our service is closed on Monday 5 May and Monday 26 May 2025.

• Read more about our Port health service

City Hall building and visitor exhibition

• Find out more about City Hall
• Find out more about the City Hall visitor exhibition

Public guided tours

• Find out more about public guided tours in City Hall

Toilets and Changing Places

The Bobbin Coffee Shop

• Find out more about The Bobbin Coffee shop

City Hall grounds

City Hall grounds are open as normal.

• Find out more about City Hall grounds

Registration office

• Find out more about our Registration Office

Belfast Castle and visitor centre, The Cellar Restaurant and Tavern Coffee Shop are open as normal on:

• Monday 5 May 2025
• Monday 26 May 2025

Find out more about Belfast Castle opening hours (link opens in new window).

• Find out more about 2 Royal Avenue

Belfast Zoo is open every day except 25 and 26 December. We recommend booking online.

• View Belfast Zoo's opening times (link opens in new window)

Our parks open at 7.30am every day. Closing times change as daylight lengthens or shortens. 

• Find out more about park opening hours

Tropical Ravine

Palm House

Read more about the Tropical Ravine

St George's Market is closed on Monday 5 May 2025 and Monday 26 May 2025. 

• Read more about St George's Market

Our car parks are free to use on these dates (or the allocated bank holiday). 

All charged car parks (except Corporation Square, Corporation Street and Smithfield) are open and free to use outside of charged hours.

Smithfield Market is open as usual on:

• Monday 5 May 2025
• Monday 26 May 2025

Read more about Smithfield Market

All public toilets are open as normal on Monday 5 May 2025.

• Find out more about public toilets in Belfast

Malone House is open as normal on:

• Monday 5 May 2025
• Monday 26 May 2025

​Visit Malone House website (link opens in a new window)

• Read more about our community centres

For information on holiday opening hours at our leisure centres, check the Better website (link opens in new window).