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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Flats above shops recycling and rubbish collection times

Here are the recycling and waste collection times if the property is a flat is above a shop or business.

Please bag up all your recycling and rubbish securely. Without causing any obstruction, leave our bags on the street for collection at the times listed below Monday to Saturday daily unless otherwise indicated.

Road

From

To

Notice Times

Ballspond Road

St Pauls Road

Burder Rd

5pm - 6pm 

Blackstock Road

Ambler Road

Highbury Park

8pm - 9pm

Blackstock Road

Seven Sisters Road

Ambler Road

7am - 8am

Blackstock Road

Seven Sisters Road

Ambler Road

8pm - 9pm

Caledonian Road

Cottage Road

Pentonville Road

11.30pm - 00.30am

Caledonian Road

Frederica Street

Stanmore Street

7.30am - 8.30am

Caledonian Road

Frederica Street

Stanmore Street

7.30pm - 8.30pm

Chapel Market

Liverpool Road 

Penton Street

6pm - 7pm

City Road

Islington High Street

Central Street

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Cowcross Street

Farringdon Road

St Johns

7pm - 8pm

Cowcross Street

Farringdon Road

St Johns

Midnight - 1am

Crouch Hill

Henley Road

Shaftesbury Road

8pm - 9pm

Essex Road

Canonbury Road

St Paul's Road

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Essex Road

Balls Pond Road

Islington Green

6pm - 7pm

Exmouth Market 

Rosoman Street

Roseberry Avenue

7pm - 8pm

Farringdon Road (one side)

Margery Street

Vineyard Walk

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Farringdon Road (one side)

Margery Street

Vineyard Walk

1am - 2am

Fonthill Road

Seven Sisters Road

Moray Road

7.30am - 8.30am

Fonthill Road

Seven Sisters Road

Moray Road

7.30pm - 8.30pm

Goswell Road

Carthusian Street

St John Street

11pm -12am

Goswell road

Carthusian Street

St John Street

6pm - 7pm 

Grosvenor Avenue

87

95

Monday - Saturday (Refuse Only)

Grosvenor Avenue

87

95 

Mondays (Recycling Only)

Highbury Grove

St Paul's Road

Leigh Road

6pm - 7pm

Highbury Park

23

61

9am - 10am, Monday - Friday

Highbury Park

23

61

7am - 8am (Wednesday recycling)

Highbury Park

Kelvin Road

Riversdale Road 

8pm - 9pm

Holloway Road

Highbury Corner

Junction Road

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Holloway Road

Highbury Corner

Junction Road

Midnight - 1am

Holloway Road

St John's Way

Hornsey Road

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Hornsey Road

Holloway Road

Hazellville Road

7pm - 8pm

Hornsey Road

Hazellville Road

Seven Sisters Road

7pm - 8pm

Islington Green

Essex Road

Upper Street

6pm - 7pm 

Islington Green

Essex Road

Upper Street

Midnight - 1am

Islington High Street

Pentonville Road

Berners Road

6pm - 7pm

Islington High Street 

Pentonville Road

Berners Road

Midnight - 1am

Junction Road

Holloway Road

Monnery Road

6pm - 7pm

Junction Road 

Holloway road

Monnery Road

12:30am - 1:30am

King Henry's Walk

St Jude Street

Mildmay Road 

9am - 10am, Monday - Friday (Refuse only)

King Henry's Walk

St Jude Street 

Mildmay Road 

5pm - 6pm, Monday - Saturday (Refuse & Recycling) 

Kings Cross Road

Pentonville Road

Margery Street

8pm - 9pm

Kings Cross Road

Pentonville Road

Margery Street

12.30am - 1.30am 

Liverpool Road 

Upper Street

Tolpuddle Street

6pm - 7pm

Newington Green

St Paul's Road

Green Lanes

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Old Street

The roundabout

Whitecross Street

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Pentonville Road

York Road

Islington High Street

8.30pm - 9.30 pm

Rock Street

Blackstock Road

Seven Sisters

9pm - 10pm

Seven Sisters Road

Holloway Road

Blackstock Road

7.30am - 8.30am

Seven Sisters Road

Holloway Road

Blackstock Road

7pm - 8pm

Southgate Road

Northchurch Road

Downham Road

5.30pm - 6.30pm

St John's Street

Clerkenwell Road

Charterhouse

10pm - 11pm 

Stroud Green Road

Seven Sisters Road

Hanley Road

7.30am - 8.30am

Stroud Green Road

Seven Sisters Road

Hanley Road

8pm - 9pm

St Paul's Road

Corsica Street

Highbury Grove

5.30pm - 6.30pm

St Pauls Road

Highbury Roadabout

Corsica Street

1am - 2am 

Theberton Street

Upper Street 

Studd Street

9pm - 10pm

Upper Street

Highbury Corner

Angel Station

Midnight - 1am

Upper Street (both sides)

Highbury Corner

Angel Station

6pm - 7pm

Whitecross Street

Old Street

Sutton Way (this is Chiswell street instead)

9pm - 10pm

York Way

Pentonville Road

Camden Road

9pm - 11pm

 

If your property isn't in the list of roads above, it's likely you receive nightly collections. Visit Your local area to find out your collection times or contact us.

Margery Street

Pentonville Road

Seven Sisters Road
Midnight - 1am 
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