Changes to council services over the bank holidays.
The UK 2025 to 2026 bank holidays are:
Most council services are closed on bank holidays, but some services are available for emergencies, such as housing repairs and Adult Social Care.
There is a freephone outside Hove Town Hall on Norton Road, available 24 hours a day, if you have no other way of contacting those services in an emergency.
When offices are closed, please use the following phone numbers:
Council help desks and Jubilee and Hove libraries and the homelessness help desk at Bartholomew House are open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.30pm (except bank holidays). You can drop in to use self-help computers, scanners and telephones to contact council services.
If you need additional support to access council services, the staff will be able to signpost you to get the help that you need.
Collection days are changing over Christmas and New Year.
Check your bin, box or caddy collection days.
As well as the day, you can now check the progress of your recycling, refuse, garden waste and food waste collections in real time.
If your rubbish, recycling, garden waste or your food waste caddy hasn't been collected, check the status of your collection before you report it.
If the status of your collection is ‘completed’ but a collection has not been made, you can report a missed collection, and we will investigate this.
Check the status of your collection.
Our household waste recycling sites have reduced opening hours and closures over Christmas and New Year.
Check the recycling site opening times.
Our online forms are the fastest and easiest way to report an issue with recycling and refuse.
Our how to help people living on the street page lets you:
Find out what our library opening hours are over Christmas and New Year.
On the days we're closed, no items will be due back and any item can be returned via library book drops, where available.
Our online services will be available and you can use our 24-hour renewal line 0303 123 0035.
Find out more about Libraries Extra.
Parking restrictions stay the same over bank holidays unless the sign says 'except Bank Holidays'.
You can use our online services to:
You can get amended bank holiday timetables and live travel updates from the following websites:
For more travel help and information go to the travel, transport and road safety pages.
If you already receive support from health, social care or mental health services they are still operating, with a limited service.
Many NHS health services and pharmacies remain available over the bank holiday. Visit the NHS Sussex website for more information.
Remember that emergency departments (A&E) are just for emergencies such as life-threatening injuries or illnesses.
There are many different services that can help if you're feeling unwell ranging from self-care for common illnesses such as colds and flu, local pharmacy advice, phoning NHS 111 and your local GP surgery.
If you need medical help, advice or reassurance:
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, phone 999.
For details of the city's leisure centre opening times on bank holidays, visit Freedom Leisure's website.