Waste collection updates and office opening times during the Christmas period.
Waste collections
Your refuse, recycling, and food waste collections will change over Christmas and New Year.
There will be no refuse, recycling or food waste collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day.
Visit the Christmas recycling page to see when your collection will change.
There will be no garden waste collections from Friday 27 December 2024 to Wednesday 8 January 2025. Garden waste collections will resume on Thursday 9 January 2025.
- Check your collection day
- Christmas recycling and rubbish collections
- Waste and recycling collections disruption
Recycling centres (Warwickshire County Council)
Warwickshire Recycling Centres are open for pre-booked visits over the festive period.
Council offices and phones
Our offices at the Pump Rooms will be closed from Wednesday 25 December to Wednesday 1 January (inclusive) for phone calls and face to face appointments.
Office locations and normal hours and Normal phone hours.
Cost of living support
With spiralling energy bills, food, and transport costs, we know that many households in our district will be struggling. See how you can get support:
- Cost of living support
- Christmas provision in Warwick district - organisations that are offering support during the Christmas period
- Warm hubs
Emergency out of hours contacts
- Council housing repairs: 01926 456129
- Lifeline: 0300 303 5573
- Homelessness: 0300 303 5573
- Car Parks: 01926 314009 / 01926 456128
- Building Control: 0300 303 5573
Leisure centres
Visit the Everyone Active website for details of leisure centre opening times over the holiday period:
- Castle Farm Recreation Centre
- Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre
- St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre
- Meadows Community Sports Centre
- John Atkinson (Myton) Sports Centre
The Royal Pump Rooms
- See the Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum opening times
- See the Leamington Library page for library availability
Royal Spa Centre
- Visit the Royal Spa Centre website to see what's on over the Christmas period.
The Temperate House in Jepshon Gardens
The Temperate House is open daily from 10am until 4pm, with the following exceptions: The Glasshouse.
Safe Space
We are committed to ensuring our communities are safe places to be. If you feel unsafe, vulnerable or in an uncomfortable situation, our safe space is there for you.
Support and contacts over Christmas and New Year
Wellbeing for Warwickshire
The Wellbeing for Warwickshire Helpline is open 24/7. If you need help and support, get in touch.
- 0800 616171
- Wellbeing for Warwickshire website
National Citizens Advice
You can contact the National Citizens Advice on 0800 144 8848.
Local support available
Saturday 21 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - 8am to 10.30am for breakfast; 7.30pm for overnight
- National Citizens Advice open
Sunday 22 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - 8am to 10.30am for breakfast; 7.30pm to 9pm (no overnight)
- St John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook Street, Leamington Spa - free food larder outside church porch
Monday 23 December 2024
- Helping Hands Community Project - breakfast 10.30am to 11.30am; soup kitchen 6.30pm and 7.30pm
- Foodbank - Heathcote Parish Church, Cressida Way, Warwick - 12.30pm to 2.30pm
- Lillington Community Pantry - members can collect pre-ordered Christmas hampers
Tuesday 24 December 2024 (Christmas Eve)
- Helping Hands Community Project - breakfast 10.30am to 11.30am; soup kitchen 6.30pm and 7.30pm
- LWS Night Shelter - evening meal and overnight stay (last entry 1am)
- Foundry Wood Wellbeing, Leamington Spa, CV32 6AF - 11am to 2pm
Wednesday 25 December 2024 (Christmas Day)
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; Christmas dinner 3pm to 5.30pm; 10.30pm for overnight
- St John the Baptist Church, Tachbrook Street, Leamington Spa - Christmas Day turkey dinner at 12pm
- Flying Pig Catering - free Christmas lunch in Warwick for older people living in isolation, 1pm to 4pm; transport provided if needed
Thursday 26 December 2024 (Boxing Day)
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm for overnight
- Packmores Community Garden - 10am to 12pm; 12.30pm to 2.30pm
Friday 27 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm for overnight
- Quaker Centre Wellbeing Hub, High Street, Warwick - 1pm to 3pm
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Saturday 28 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm for overnight
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Sunday 29 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm to 9pm (no overnight)
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Monday 30 December 2024
- LWS Night Shelter - 6pm to 8pm for food
Tuesday 31 December 2024 (New Year's Eve)
- LWS Night Shelter - 6pm to 8pm for food
- Chase Meadow Community Fridge open
- Foundry Wood - Pizza making, 10am to 12pm; `12.30pm to 2.30pm
- All Saints Church, Priory Terrace, Leamington Spa - 10am to 12pm
Wednesday 1 January 2025 (New Year's Day)
- LWS Night Shelter - 6pm to 8pm for food
Thursday 2 January 2025
- Helping Hands Community Project - breakfast 10.30am to 11.30am; soup kitchen 6.30pm and 7.30pm
- Packmores Community Garden - 10am to 12pm; 12.30pm to 2.30pm
Friday 3 January 2025
- Helping Hands Community Project - breakfast 10.30am to 11.30am; soup kitchen 6.30pm and 7.30pm
- LWS Night Shelter - 9.30pm to 10.30am the next day (last entry 1am for overnight)
- Quaker Centre Wellbeing Hub, High Street, Warwick - 1pm to 3pm
- Lillington Community Pantry - 10am to 4pm
Saturday 4 January 2025
- LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm for overnight
Sunday 5 January 2025
LWS Night Shelter - breakfast 8.30am to 10.30am; 7.30pm to 9pm (no overnight)
Contact Details
Helping Hands, Community Project, 9a Althorpe Street, Leamington 01926 732118 helpinghandslwk@gmail.com
LWS Night Shelter, Radford Road Church, Radford Road, Leamington Spa CV31 1NF 07590 053548
Warwick District Foodbanks 07850 293383
Flying Pig Catering Reserve place info@flyingpigcatering.com or text 07990553648
Citizen’s Advice South Warwickshire,10 Hamilton Terrace, Leamington Spa CV32 4LY Phonelines open 9am to 5pm Thursday 19 & Friday 20 December, Thursday 2 & Friday 3 January . Closed 21 December to 2 January. 0808 250 5715
ARC (Achieving Results in Communities) info@arccic.co.uk or 07814605245
Community Centres Christmas opening hours
Brunswick Hub, 98-100 Shrubland Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3BD, frontdesk@brunswickhlc.org.uk , 01926 422 123
Open 19 & 20 December, Closed 21 December to 6 January
The SYDNI Centre, Cottage Square, Sydenham,CV31 1PT, 01926 422071
Open 19 & 20 December Closed 21 December to 6 January
Lillington Community Pantry, Open 19 & 20 December 11am to 3pm and 3 January 10am to 4pm. Closed 21 December to 2 January.
The Gap Warwick, 39 Oakwood Grove, Warwick, CV34 5TD 01926 494200 admin@thegapwarwick.org
Open 19 & 20 December. Closed 21 December to 8 January
Packmores Community Centre, Sussex Court, Lyttelton Road, Warwick 01926 494200, packmores@thegapwarwick.org
Open 19 & 20 December, Closed 21 December to 6 January
Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow, Warwick CV34 6BT Tel: 01926 490 845 chasemeadowcentre@gmail.com
Open 19 & 20 December, Closed 21 December to 6 January
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