July holiday arrangements and opening hours

July bank holiday bin and box collections

• Collections due on Monday 13 July 2026 will take place on Saturday 11 July.
• Collections due on Tuesday 14 July 2026 will take place on Saturday 18 July.

Advice on July collections

If your revised collection date is Saturday 11 July, put bins out by 7am on that date. If your bins aren't collected, put them out on Sunday 12 July.

If your revised collection date is Saturday 18 July, put bins out by 7am on that date. If your bins aren't collected, put them out on Sunday 19 July.

Report a missed bin collection on Sunday 12 or Sunday 19 July 

If your bin is not collected by 7pm on your revised collection date, you can report a missed bin collection (link opens in new window).

Bryson collections

Bryson Recycling collections due to take place on Monday 13 July will take place on Saturday 11 July. All other Bryson collection days are unchanged.

Recycling centre opening times

Last entry is 15 minutes before closing time.

• Find out more about recycling centres

Civic amenity sites

• Find out more about civic amenity sites

Our offices and switchboards are closed on:

• Monday 13 July 2026
• Tuesday 14 July 2026

Bulky waste collections should be booked. There are no collections on bank or public holidays.

• Read more about our bulky waste collections.

Registration office

Find out more about our Registration Office

No information at this time.

• Read more about commercial waste collections

Our imported food service for trade arriving from GB ports will operate as normal throughout the July bank holiday period.

For imported food checks on container freight from rest of world, and for shipping and other port health queries, our service will be closed on Monday 13 July and Tuesday 14 July. It will re-open on Wednesday 15 July 2026.

Read more about our Port health service.

There will be no night-time noise service on:

• Saturday 11 July
• Sunday 12 July

Our night-time noise service will operate as normal from Monday 13 July.

• Read more about our night-time noise service

Our dog warden service will be closed on:

• Sunday 12 July 2026
• Monday 13 July 2026

It is open as normal on other dates.

Read more about our dog warden service

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)

City Hall building

• Find out more about City Hall

Visitor exhibition

• Find out more about the City Hall visitor exhibition

Public guided tours

You can access the City Hall building via Donegall Square South.

• 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 from 7am to 9pm throughout the holiday period.

Registration office

• Find out more about our Registration Office

Belfast Castle is open as usual throughout the July bank holiday period.

Visit Belfast Castle website (link opens in new window).

• Find out more about 2 Royal Avenue

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

• Find out more about park opening hours

The Tropical Ravine and Palm House are open as usual throughout the July holiday period.

• Read more about the Tropical Ravine

• Read more about St George's Market

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

Normal parking charges applied on Monday 4 May and  Monday 25 May. Normal parking charges will also apply on Monday 31 August 2026.

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

Read more about our car parks

• Read more about Smithfield Market

Find out more about public toilets in Belfast

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

All community centres will be closed on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 July.

Opening hours will vary from Wednesday 15 July to Friday 17 July.

• 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).