Holiday arrangements

Services

• Bin and box collections

  If your bin or boxes are not collected, you should continue to leave them at their normal collection point for our crews to recollect. Report a missed bin collection if your bin hasn’t been collected by 7pm on your normal collection day.

  General waste bin, recycling bin, compost bin, purple glass recycling box and wheelie boxes

  Normal collection date	Collection information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

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

  Recycling boxes and food waste bin collected by Bryson Recycling

  Normal collection date	Collection information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Find out what should go in your bins and boxes
• Recycling centres and civic amenity sites

  Recycling centres 

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Find out more about recycling centres

  Civic amenity sites

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Find out more about civic amenity sites
• Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships

  Registration office

  Date	Opening information
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Closed
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Closed

  • Find out more about our Registration Office

   

• Cemeteries and crematorium

  Bereavement Services offices

  Our Bereavement Services office is in the Cecil Ward Building. 

  Date	Information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Find out more about Bereavement Services office

  Burials

  Date	Information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

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

  Crematorium and cremations

  Date	Information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  Cemetery grounds

  Date	Information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Find out about cremations and the crematorium

  City Cemetery Visitor Centre

  Date	Information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

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

  Normal collection date	Collection information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about commercial waste collections
• Dog wardens

  Date	Service information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about our dog warden service
• Night-time noise service

  Date	Service information
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about our night-time noise service
• Port health

  Imported food arriving from Cairnryan, Heysham or Liverpool

  Our imported food office operates a 24-hour a day service.

  Date	Operating hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  Container freight imports from the rest of the world

  This includes shipping and other port health queries. 

  Date	Operating hours
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  • Read more about our Port health service

Venues and facilities

• Our offices and switchboards

  Our phone lines and customer receptions

  You can make a report online or email us. 

  Date	Status
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  • Find out how to contact us
• City Hall

  City Hall building

  You can access the City Hall building and our Changing Place 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.

  Date	Opening hours
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Check back soon
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Check back soon

  • Find out more about City Hall

  City Hall grounds

  Date	Opening hours
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Check back soon
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Check back soon

  • Find out more about City Hall grounds

  Visitor exhibition

  You can access the City Hall building through the front and rear doors on Donegall Square South from 9.30am. 

  Date	Opening hours
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Check back soon
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Check back soon

  • 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 9.30am. 

  Date	Start times
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Check back soon
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Check back soon

  • Find out more about public guided tours in City Hall

  The Bobbin Coffee Shop

  You can access the City Hall building through the front and rear doors on Donegall Square South from 9.30am.

  Date	Opening hours
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Check back soon
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Check back soon

  • Find out more about The Bobbin Coffee shop

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  Registration office

  You can access the City Hall building through the front and rear doors on Donegall Square South from 9.30am.

  Date	Opening information
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Closed
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Closed
  Monday 15 July	Open for registration of deaths only from 9.30am to 11.30am
  Monday 26 August (Summer Bank Holiday)	Closed

  • Find out more about our Registration Office
• Belfast Castle

  The castle and visitor centre

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about Belfast Castle opening hours (link opens in new window).

  Tavern Café in Belfast Castle

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about Castle Tavern opening hours (link opens in new window).
• 2 Royal Avenue

  Date	Opening hours
  Monday 6 May (Early May Bank Holiday)	Open as normal
  Monday 27 May (Spring Bank Holiday)	Open as normal

  • Find out more about 2 Royal Avenue
• Belfast Zoo

  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)
• Tropical Ravine and Palm House

  Tropical Ravine

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about the Tropical Ravine

  Palm House

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

• St George's Market

  St George's Market is open each Friday, Saturday and Sunday unless stated.

  Date	Opening hours
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  • Read more about St George's Market
• Car parking

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

  Dates not charged at our car parks
  Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December 2024
  Wednesday 1 January 2025
  Monday 21 April 2025 (Easter Monday)

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

• Smithfield Market

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

  • Read more about Smithfield Market
• Pitches

  Pitches

  No holiday information at this time. Check back soon.

  • Find out more about booking a sports pitch or facility
  • Find out more about our sports pitches and facilities
• Malone House

  Date	Opening hours
  No holiday information at this time	Check back soon

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

  Community centre	Holiday opening hours
  Ardoyne	Check back soon
  Braniel	Check back soon
  Clonduff	Check back soon
  Concorde	Check back soon
  Cregagh Youth	Check back soon
  Dee Street	Check back soon
  Divis	Check back soon
  Donegall Pass	Check back soon
  Downshire	Check back soon
  Duncairn	Check back soon
  Finaghy	Check back soon
  Glen Road	Check back soon
  Hammer	Check back soon
  Highfield	Check back soon
  Horn Drive	Check back soon
  Inverary	Check back soon
  Knocknagoney	Check back soon
  Ligoniel	Check back soon
  Markets	Check back soon
  Morton	Check back soon
  North Queen Street	Check back soon
  Sandy Row	Check back soon
  Suffolk	Check back soon
  Tullycarnet	Check back soon
  Whitecity	Check back soon
  Whiterock	Check back soon
  Woodvale	Check back soon

  • Read more about our community centres
• Leisure centres

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