Holiday period service changes and events

The next holiday is:

• 25 December, Christmas Day

• View the list of UK holidays from GOV.UK

Please see the libraries section for the archive opening hours.

Brent Civic Centre

The Civic Centre will be closed to the public on:

• Wednesday 25 December 2019 - Closed
• Thursday 26 December 2019 - Closed
• Friday 27 December 2019 - Closed
• Wednesday 1 January 2020 - Closed

Brent Customer Services

Customer Service Centre 

The Contact Centre will always be closed on bank holidays, Easter holidays, Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

We will operate normal opening hours apart from:

• Wednesday 25 December 2019 - Closed
• Thursday 26 December 2019 - Closed
• Friday 27 December 2019 - Closed
  
• Wednesday 1 January 2020 - Closed

For urgent and emergency Social Services related enquiries, please contact Harrow Helpline on 020 8863 5250.

For any other emergency Council related enquiries including Brent Housing Management and Noise Nuisance, please call our main switchboard number 020 8937 1234.

All libraries and Museum and Archive will have normal opening hours apart from:

You can report noise or other nuisance to the council during the usual hours apart from:

There will be an out-of-hours service between Saturday 28 December 2019 and Sunday 29 December 2019. You can report issues during these times by using our online form and we will review these the next working day. Use the online form or email ens.noiseteam@brent.gov.uk. 

Parking enforcement, removal enforcement and car pound will operate normal opening and operational hours apart from: 

Permits and daily visitor parking can be purchased online using your online parking account.

Request parking enforcement action if a vehicle is parked unlawfully and is obstructing access to your driveway, a disabled parking bay or on the footway, you can make a request between the hours of 8am to 9:30pm on any day except Christmas Day, for the vehicle to be removed by calling 020 8290 8300 and selecting option 5.

Recycling and waste

Garden waste collections

Garden waste collections take place once a month during December, January and February. Please check the Find Your Collection Day search tool. Find out your next collection day.

You can also sign up for the new 2020/21 garden waste service from the beginning of January. The cost of the service will remain the same as this year. £60 for the year from April to March, £30 for half a year from October to March.

 Christmas tree recycling:

• Take it to a drop off point in a local park or green space from 28 December 2018 - 12 January 2020 - Find more info about Christmas tree recycling
• Take it to the Reuse and Recycling Centre on Abbey Road - Closed on 25,  26 December 2019 and 1 January 2020 - Find more info about Abbey Road Recycling Centre
• Arrange for it to be taken as part of our bulky waste service -Find more info about special collection
• Or alternatively, take your tree to one of the 2 hour pop up Christmas tree collection points that will provided on the Wednesday 4 and Wednesday 11 January 2020 - Find your local Christmas tree pop up collection point
  

Registration and Nationality hours 

We will operate normal opening hours apart from:

On days when the service is closed, for urgent burials the registrar is on standby between 8.30am and 10.30am. Please call 0208 937 1010 for our out-of-office telephone message which provides the mobile number you should contact.

Please note: This service will not be available on Christmas Day. You can now book appointments, order certificates and pay ceremony fees online.

Bridge Park Community Leisure Centre will have normal opening hours apart from:

Vale Farm Sports Centre will have normal opening hours apart from:

Willesden Sports Centre will have normal opening hours apart from:

Club activities

Contact clubs to check if their sport activity sessions are running.