Access Islington service centre
The holiday opening hours for the main call centre 020 7527 2000 for Easter are:
- Friday 29 March – hubs and call centre closed.
- Saturday 30 March – hubs and call centre closed.
- Sunday 31 March – hubs and call centre closed.
- Monday 1 April – hubs and call centre closed.
- Tuesday 2 April - open as normal 9.00am - 5.00pm
If you require urgent assistance, our emergency out of office line will be available, just call 020 7527 2000 and choose the option you need.
Our contact centre at 222 Upper Street is open only for emergency cases. Please do not visit if it is not emergency as we will not be able to help you face to face.
Anti-social behaviour reporting
The anti-social behaviour (ASB) out of hours response service will be operating and is available as usual Sunday to Thursday nights from 4pm to 2am, and Friday and Saturday nights 5pm to 4am.
The quickest and easiest way is to report ASB online. If you are unable to report online, please phone 020 7527 7272.
Birth, death, marriage and citizenship services
On Friday 29 March until Tuesday 2 April, the register office will be closed, other than for booked ceremonies. An on-call registrar is available each day between 9.30am and 12.30pm to register deaths for urgent religious funerals.
Please call 0207 527 6350 during these hours to be connected to the on-call registrar.
Housing
Bidding for housing
The Home Connections website will be unavailable from 28 to 31 March 2024 because of a system upgrade. This means:
- there are no properties advertised over this Easter weekend
- you cannot log in to the system or create and update any applications
- the system will be back from Monday 1 April and you can bid for properties from Thursday 4 April.
We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Libraries
Please note that all of our 10 libraries have different opening patterns so do check the library opening hours on our libraries page.
- Friday 29 March – All libraries closed.
- Saturday 30 March – Open as normal.
- Sunday 31 March – All libraries closed.
- Monday 1 April – All libraries closed.
- Tuesday 2 April - Open as normal
Parking
Easter parking enforcement
- Friday 29 March 2024 (Good Friday): 24-hour offences such as double yellow lines, footway, double parking, pedestrian crossing zig zags, dedicated disabled bays and doctors' bays. Moving traffic violations will still be enforced.
- Saturday 30 March 2024: Normal enforcement.
- Sunday 31 March 2024: Normal Sunday enforcement.
- Monday 1 April 2024 (Easter Monday): 24-hour offences such as double yellow lines, footway, double parking, pedestrian crossing zig zag, dedicated disabled bays and doctors' bays. Moving traffic violations will still be enforced.
- Tuesday 2 April 2024: Normal enforcement.
Vehicle pound opening times
- Good Friday 29 March 2024: 8am - 6pm
- Saturday 30 March 2024: 6am - 10pm
- Sunday 31 March 2024: 8am - 8pm
- Easter Monday 1 April 2024: 8am - 6pm
The vehicle pound can be contacted on 0207 527 1381
Estate parking enforcement
- Friday 29 March 2024: Normal 24-hour enforcement
- Saturday 30 March 2024: Normal 24-hour enforcement
- Sunday 31 March 2024: Normal 24- hour enforcement.
- Monday 1 April 2024: Normal 24- hour enforcement
The enforcement hotline number can be contacted 24 hours on 0207 5277624 should there be any problem with enforcement over the Easter period. You can also email Contracts.Enforcement@islington.gov.uk should you have any queries or problems. This is monitored 9am to 5pm
Housing can be contacted at housing.transport@islington.gov.uk should anybody have any questions in relation to obtaining parking in the estates
Parks
All parks and parks sports facilities are open as normal over the Easter period.
Recycling and rubbish collections
Rubbish and recycling collections will happen a day later than usual on the week starting Friday 29 March 2024. Weekend collections will remain the same.
Collections will continue as normal from Monday 8 April 2024.
Normal collection day | Revised collection date |
---|---|
Friday 29 March | Saturday 30 March |
Monday 1 April | Tuesday 2 April |
Tuesday 2 April | Wednesday 3 April |
Wednesday 3 April | Thursday 4 April |
Thursday 4 April | Friday 5 April |
Friday 5 April | Saturday 6 April |
Garden waste recycling
Garden waste recycling collections with a permit start on Tuesday 2 April 2024 because of the Bank Holiday Monday. Check your QR code for your first collection date.
Sport and leisure
Please contact the individual venues run by GLL Better to get opening times.
Check opening hours at www.better.org.uk