Corporate
Walsall Council’s festive opening times
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Council services are closed for parts of the festive period.
Please see opening times:
- Wednesday 25 December – closed
- Thursday 26 December – closed
- Friday 27 December – closed
- Monday 30 December – open 08:45-17:15
- Tuesday 31 December – open 08:45-17:15
- Wednesday 1 January – closed
- Thursday 2 January - open 08:45-17:15
- Friday 3 January - open 08:45-16:45
If you require urgent help or advice in relation to children and young people you can contact 0300 555 2922.
For adult social care or homelessness support, you can contact 0300 555 2836
Please call at any time when our main offices are closed.
If you need to report any urgent issues on public land or highways within Walsall whilst the council is closed, please call 01922 650000 and you will be transferred to our out of hours team.
Household waste and recycling centres
Around 35,000 households will see their bins emptied on a different day to their normal scheduled day over the festive period.
There will be no bin collections on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December 2024, and 1 January 2025. Collections due on other days will be made as normal.
Revised dates are as follows:
| If your regular collection is due on | Your bins will be emptied on | Your next regular collection is on |
| Wednesday 25 December | Saturday 21 December | Wednesday 8 January – on this collection we will accept 1 additional bag of rubbish from these households only. |
| Thursday 26 December | Saturday 28 December – on this collection we will accept 1 additional bag of rubbish from these households only. | Thursday 9 January |
| Wednesday 1 January | Saturday 4 January – on this collection we will accept 1 additional bag of rubbish from these households only. | Wednesday 15 January |
Fryers Road and Merchants Way Household Waste and Recycling Centres are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
More information about Christmas waste collections can be found on: Christmas waste collections | Walsall Council
You can report a missed bin collection on our website: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/apply/myaccount-online-services/report-missed-bin-collection
Walsall Markets
Please see summary of Walsall, Bloxwich and Willenhall markets trading hours during the festive period.
- Monday 23 December – open
- Tuesday 24 December – open
- Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 and Friday 27 December - closed
- Saturday 28 December – open
- Monday 30 December – only Walsall open
- Tuesday 31 December – Walsall and Bloxwich open
- Wednesday 1 January - closed
The Walsall Arboretum café and visitor centre will be open every day of the festive period except Christmas Day and New Years Day (please note, facilities will not be available for these two days). Café opening hours are
09.00 – 15:00.
Walsall Libraries
Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Streetly and Willenhall community libraries
- Monday 23 December – closed
- Tuesday 24 December – closed
- Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December - closed
- Friday 27 December - open 8.30am - 6pm
- Saturday 28 December - open 9am - 5pm
- Sunday 29 December - closed
- Monday 30 December – closed
- Tuesday 31 December – 8.30am - 2pm
- Wednesday 1 January - closed
- Thursday 2 January* - open 8.30am - 6pm
- Friday 3 January - open 8.30am - 6pm
- Normal hours will resume at all sites after Friday 3 January
*Streetly Community Library will be closed as per normal opening hours on Thursday 2 January
Lichfield Street Hub
- Monday 23 December – closed
- Tuesday 24 December – open 10am - 2pm
- Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December - closed
- Friday 27 December - closed
- Saturday 28 December - closed
- Sunday 29 December - closed
- Monday 30 December – closed
- Tuesday 31 December – open 10am - 2pm
- Wednesday 1 January - closed
- Thursday 2 January* - open 10am - 4pm
Mobile Libraries
- Monday 23 December – normal service
- Tuesday 24 December – 8.30am - 2pm revised service (see below)
- Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December - closed
- Friday 27 December - closed
- Saturday 28 December - closed
- Sunday 29 December - closed
- Monday 30 December – normal service
- Tuesday 31 December – 8.30am - 2pm revised service (see below)
- Wednesday 1 January - closed
- Thursday 2 January - normal service
Mobile library revised service
| Location | Start | Finish |
| Pool Hayes Lane, Willenhall (outside shops) | 9.30 | 10.00 |
| Dale Street, Palfrey (outside Palfrey Junior School) | 10.30 | 11.00 |
| Daffodil Road, Orchard Hills (outside the Church) | 11.30 | 11.55 |
| Deepmore Avenue, Reedswood (junction to Friezland Road) | 12.15 | 12.45 |
| LAST STOP Furzebank Way, Short Heath (opposite Birch Coppice Gardens) | 13.00 | 13.30 |
Leisure facilities
| Bloxwich | Oak Park | Darlaston | Walsall Gala | |
| Monday 23 December | Open as usual | Open as usual | Open as usual | Open as usual |
| Tuesday 24 December | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Wednesday 25 December | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Thursday 26 December | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Friday 27 December | 7am-8pm | 7am-8pm | 7.30am-2.30pm | Closed |
| Saturday 28 December | 8am-6pm | 8am-6pm | 8am-2.30pm | Closed |
| Sunday 29 December | 8am-8pm | 8am-8pm | 8am-2:30pm | Closed |
| Monday 30 December | 7am-8pm | 7am-8pm | 7.30am-2.30pm | Closed |
| Tuesday 31 December | 7am-3.30pm | 7am-3.30pm | 8am-2.30pm | Closed |
| Wednesday 1 January | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| Thursday 2 January | Open as usual | Open as usual | Open as usual | Open as usual |
Walsall Swim Academy closes for 2 weeks over Christmas. The last lesson of 2024 is Friday 20 December, and the first lesson back is Saturday 4 January 2025.
From 24th - 29th December, food banks will not be available. If you will need food support over this time, please apply now.
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