Easter holiday arrangements and opening hours

Please leave your bins and boxes out by 7am.

If your bin isn’t collected on Saturday 19 April, leave it out again on Monday 21 April.

If it's still not collected, you can report it using our online form (link opens in new window) after 7pm on Monday 21 April.

• 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

Some restrictions will apply to burial and cremation services over the Easter holiday period.

• On Easter Monday (21 April 2025), there are no burials or cremations.
• On Easter Tuesday (22 April 2025), burials will take place early in the day. Cremations will take place from 7.20am to 11.20am.

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

Cemetery grounds

Our cemetery grounds are open as normal over the Easter bank holiday.

• Read more about our cemeteries

City Cemetery Visitor Centre

The City Cemetery Visitor Centre is open as normal over the Easter bank holiday.

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

Please note, these changes only affect morning collections. 

• Read more about commercial waste collections

• Read more about our dog warden service

There is no night-time noise service on:

• Easter Sunday (20 April 2025)
• Easter Monday (21 April 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 period.

For imported food checks on container freight from rest of world, and for shipping or other port health queries, our service will be closed on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 April 2025.

• Read more about our Port health service

City Hall building and visitor exhibition

You can access the City Hall building and our Changing Places facility through the front and rear doors on Donegall Square South. 

Changing Places facilities can be accessed through the rear doors on Donegall Square South after 5pm.

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

Public guided tours

You can access the City Hall building through the front and rear doors on Donegall Square South from 10am. 

• Find out more about public guided tours in City Hall

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

Belfast Castle and visitor centre, The Cellar Restaurant and Tavern Coffee Shop are open as normal over the Easter bank holiday. 

• 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 open on Good Friday (18 April 2025) and Easter Saturday (19 April 2025). It is closed on Easter Sunday (20 April 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 closed on Easter Monday (21 April 2025). It is open as normal on all other dates.

• Read more about Smithfield Market

All our public toilets are open as normal over the Easter bank holidays.

• Find out more about public toilets in Belfast

Malone House is open as normal over the Easter bank holiday.

• ​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).