Highland Council Service arrangements for Christmas and New Year

21st December 2018

Our Service Centre will close at 4pm on 24 December. We will be open as normal on 27, 28 and 31 December (opening times 8am to 4pm). Closed 1 and 2 January 2019 and open 8am to 5pm from 3 January 2019.

Our Service Points will be on reduced opening hours. For further details see the information page about each office.

https://www.highland.gov.uk/directory/16/visit_an_office/category/481

Inverness Registration Office will close at 4 pm on 24 December. Please contact us on 07818 588 203 for advice or information regarding essential registrations in Highland. We will be open as normal on 27, 28 and 31 December (opening times 9am to 4pm). Closed 1and 2 January 2019 and open from 3 January 2019.

Recycling

Recycling centres will be closed 25 and 26 December and 1 and 2 January.

Collection dates

Tuesday 25 December collections will be uplifted on Saturday 22 December

Wednesday 26 December collections as normal

Tuesday 1 January collections will be uplifted on Saturday 29 December

Wednesday 2 January collections will be uplifted on Saturday 5 January

Check your bin calendar - https://www.highland.gov.uk/directory/54/bin_calendars

Online services

Contact us anytime online to report a problem, ask for something or make a payment:

Report - https://www.highland.gov.uk/report

Request - https://www.highland.gov.uk/request

Pay - https://www.highland.gov.uk/pay

Council out of hours telephone numbers

Health and Social Care - 0845 601 4813

Roads, flooding, street lighting - 01349 886690

Housing - 01349-886691

Registration - 07818 588 203

Emergency out of hours telephone numbers

All trunk roads - BEAR Scotland - 0800 028 1414

Gas Freephone - 0800 111 999

NHS 24 - call free on 111 if you are ill and can't wait until your regular NHS service reopens

Police Scotland - 101 for all services

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - 01463 240999 (24 hours)

Scottish and Southern Electric Freephone - 0800 300 999

Scottish Water - 0845 601 8855 (24 hours)

SEPA Floodline - 0845 988 1188

SEPA Pollution hotline - 0800 807060 (24 hours)