Waste collections

Your rubbish, 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.

There will be no garden waste collections from Saturday 27 December 2025 to Thursday 8 January 2026. Garden waste collections will resume on Friday 9 January 2026.

• Christmas recycling and rubbish collections
• Check your collection day
• Waste and recycling collections disruption (for unplanned disruptions)

Download the WDC app to receive collection alerts.

Recycling centres (Warwickshire County Council)

Warwickshire Recycling Centres are open for visits over the festive period.

• Princes Drive Recycling Centre
• Cherry Orchard Recycling Centre

Council offices and phones

Our offices at the Pump Rooms will be closed from Thursday 25 December and will reopen on Friday 2 January 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. 

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.

South Lodge on the Parade, Leamington, is open every Friday and Saturday evening from 10pm to 4am over the Christmas period, and on New Year's Eve.

Support and contacts over Christmas and New Year

• 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 Food banks 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, 0808 250 5715
• ARC (Achieving Results in Communities) info@arccic.co.uk or 07814605245

Community Centres

• Brunswick Hub, 98-100 Shrubland Street, Leamington Spa CV31 3BD, frontdesk@brunswickhlc.org.uk , 01926 422 123.
• The SYDNI Centre, Cottage Square, Sydenham,CV31 1PT, 01926 422071

Lillington Community Pantry

• The Gap Warwick, 39 Oakwood Grove, Warwick, CV34 5TD 01926 494200 admin@thegapwarwick.org 
• Packmores Community Centre, Sussex Court, Lyttelton Road, Warwick 01926 494200, packmores@thegapwarwick.org
• Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow, Warwick CV34 6BT Tel: 01926 490 845 chasemeadowcentre@gmail.com

Related links

• Emergency contact information
• Traveller sites