Council offices will be open for business as usual on Tuesday 29, Wednesday 30 December and Thursday 31 December.
- Register offices:
The offices for registering births, marriages and deaths will be open as above.
- Cemeteries:
Cemeteries will be open to visitors from 9am to 4.30pm throughout the holiday period.
- Libraries, sports centres and leisure facilities:
Libraries will be open as normal apart from Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 28 December and New Year's Day. Details of sports centres and other leisure facilties' opening times are available on Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust's website (external link).
Bins and recycling:
Bin collections
There are no changes to the days of collections between Christmas and New Year other than :-
- Christmas Day (Friday) collections will be done on Sunday 27th December
- News Year’s Day (Friday) collections will be done on Saturday 2nd January
Please help by ensuring your bin is out by 7am. Extra rubbish caused by the suspension of the bin service before Christmas will be collected at your next normal collection.
Green Waste Recycling and Christmas Tree Collections
The last green bin recycling collection of 2009 was on 27 November and collections will begin again as normal after Valentine’s Day on February 15.
However there will be a special Christmas tree and green bin collection made between Monday 11 January and Friday 22 January. Please put out your real Christmas tree and your green bin on your normal recycling week on your normal day of collection. Clean brown corrugated cardboard can also go into your green bin.
Alternatively Christmas trees can be taken to one of the borough’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) with the exception of Orrell and put in the green waste skips or bays for composting.
Further information about Christmas arrangements and recycling, including any changes due to bad weather will be available on our website or by calling the helpline 01942 404364 on working days.
Adult Social Care Services:
If you need help over the holiday period, please contact:
- Central Duty Team - 01942 828777 closes at 5pm on 24 December and re-opens on 29, 30 and 31 December. Then closed until 2 January. Office hours during Christmas and New Year are 8.45am to 5pm. Outside these hours please phone the emergency duty service on 0161 834 2436.
- Community Meals Service - service as normal throughout the holiday period, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Home Care Service - service as normal throughout the holiday period. For enquiries, contact your individual service provider.
- Day centres: day services are open on the following days over the holiday period, and open as normal on other days:
25 December – Etherstone, Heathside, Sunshine House
26 December – Etherstone, Hindley, Heathside, Sunshine House
27 December – Etherstone, Hindley, Heathside, Sunshine House
28 December – Hindley, Heathside, Sunshine House
Health services:
Details of health services over the holiday period are available from Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Primary Care Trust Website (External link).
