On the build up to another bank holiday, Cumberland Council is reminding residents how to access its services.
Some offices - including Carlisle’s Civic Centre and Cumbria House, Allerdale House in Workington, and Market Hall in Whitehaven - will be closed on Monday 29 May. Online services will be available at www.cumberland.gov.uk.
The main customer number (0300 373 3730) will close at 5pm on Friday 26 May and will reopen on Tuesday 30 May at 9am. There will be a recorded message advising of the closure period and out of hours contact numbers for Highways, Homelessness, and Adults and Children’s Social Care, should anyone be calling in an emergency.
Other opening times, out of hours arrangements, and relevant information, is as follows:
Household collections Residents can check collection dates at https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-street-cleaning/bin-collections/bin-collection-day
Allerdale area - There will be no collections on Monday 29 May and collections throughout the week will take place one day later than normal, including a Saturday collection for those normally collected on Friday.
Due to ongoing strike action by UNITE and GMB Trade Unions, there may be some disruption to the waste collection service provided by Allerdale Waste Services.
Residents and businesses should continue to present their waste for collection and the team will collect as much as possible. If they are not able to collect on the scheduled day, the team will prioritise these collections the following time. The collection service for recycling, paper and card, and garden waste is temporarily suspended (so please don’t put this out).
Keep up to date with the latest updates at www.cumberland.gov.uk
Recycling bring sites are available for glass, cans, plastics, paper, and card. Sites will be serviced more regularly throughout the period of industrial action. Details of sites can be found at https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/bins-recycling-and-street-cleaning/recycling/recycling-banks
Carlisle and Copeland areas - There will be no changes to refuse and recycling collections during the bank holiday. Collections will take place on bank holiday Monday.
Household Waste Recycling Centres will be open as usual. Opening hours are as follows:
- Carlisle, Bousteads Grassing - 8am until 6pm, seven days a week.
- Brampton, Townfoot Industrial Estate - 10am until 6pm, every day except Tuesday.
- Frizington, Yeathouse Quarry - 8am until 6pm, seven days a week.
- Maryport, Glasson Industrial Estate to 8am until 6pm, seven days a week.
- Millom, Redhills - 8am until 4pm, from Thursday to Monday.
- Wigton, Syke Park - 8am until 6pm on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
- Workington, Clay Flatts - 8am until 6pm, seven days a week.
The permit helpline is closed on bank holidays and weekends.
Cumberland Highways The Highways Hotline (0300 373 3736) will be unavailable on Monday 29 May. Calls will be diverted to an answer phone service with emergency contact information. Residents can report problems relating to potholes, road damage, flooding, drainage, traffic lights, streetlights, pedestrian crossings, trees, vegetation, bollards, manhole covers and more at https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-transport/streets-roads-and-pavements
Health and Social Care Residential and home care services operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Adult Social Care offices will be closed on Monday 29 May and will reopen the next day.
Contact the social care out of hours emergency service (01228 526690), 24-hours a day, for adult social care emergencies. Further information is available at https://www.cumberland.gov.uk/health-and-social-care.
Children's Services (for children's social care) Children's services offices will be closed on Monday 29 May and will reopen the next day. The Emergency Duty Team (0333 240 1727) can be contacted 24 hours a day for children’s social care emergencies.
Archives, Libraries and Local Link offices The Archive Centres (Carlisle and Whitehaven) and all libraries will be closed on Monday 29 May and will reopen the next day.
Registration Services The Registration Service will be closed on Monday 29 May and will reopen the next day.
Trading Standards Cumbria Trading Standards’ Consumer Direct helpline (08454 04 05 06) will be closed on Monday 29 May and will reopen the next day.