Christmas and New Year opening times 2024
Face-to-face services at 5 Pancras Square
Our face-to-face services at 5 Pancras Square will be operating on the following timetable:
- Tuesday 24 December 2024: 9am to 2pm
- Wednesday 25 December and Thursday 26 December 2024: Closed to the public – emergency phone service only
- Friday 27 December 2024: 9am to 5pm
- Saturday 28 December and Sunday 29 December 2024: Closed to the public – emergency phone service only
- Monday 30 December 2024: 9am to 5pm
- Tuesday 31 December 2024: 9am to 2pm
- Wednesday 1 January 2025: Closed to the public – emergency phone service only
Contact Camden
Our customer services team, Contact Camden, will be closed for general enquiries on the following days:
- Wednesday 25 December 2024
- Thursday 26 December 2024
- Saturday 28 December 2024
- Sunday 29 December 2024
- Wednesday 1 January 2025
Essential services will continue as usual over Christmas and New Year. In an emergency, please call 020 7974 4444 (24 hours a day).
You can also use your Camden Account at any time to manage key services in one place with one log in. With your Camden Account you can:
- Request a service or report a problem at any time
- Buy and renew parking permits
- Pay bills
- Apply for housing benefit
- Book housing repairs
- View your council tax bill and pay online
- Report a missed bin collection
Go to contact.camden.gov.uk to log in.
Parking
For information about parking enforcement over Christmas and New Year, please visit our parking and enforcement webpage.
Sports and leisure centres
Christmas and New Year opening hours for Kentish Town Sports Centre, King’s Cross Fitness, Oasis Sports Centre, Pancras Square Leisure, Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre and Talacre Community Sports Centre can be found on the Camden Better website.
For more information, go to the Camden Better Leisure website.
Camden libraries
Check our libraries webpage for updates on opening hours over Christmas and New Year.
Don’t forget, when our libraries are closed you can still do the following online:
- view your library account
- renew your items
- reserve a title
- browse reference information
- borrow an e-book or e-audiobook
- download an e-newspaper or e-magazine
To do this, visit our Digital Library
For further information visit camden.gov.uk/libraries or call 020 7974 4444.
Recycling and rubbish collections
We’ll be collecting your recycling and rubbish on different days over the festive period. Collections return to their normal schedule from Monday 6 January 2025.
| Normal collection day | Christmas collection day (two days later) | Normal collection day | New Year collection day (one day later) |
| Wednesday 25 December | Friday 27 December | Wednesday 1 January | Thursday 2 January |
| Thursday 26 December | Saturday 28 December | Thursday 2 January | Friday 3 January |
| Friday 27 December | Sunday 29 December | Friday 3 January | Saturday 4 January |
You can order your free extra recycling bags for the festive season at camden.gov.uk/order-bins or by calling 020 3567 8105.
Check our recycling A-Z or find out how to recycle your real Christmas tree