Ipswich Borough Council is open for business to help you over the Christmas period.
HEARS
The Ipswich HEARS service are on duty 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, so there is no change to the service over Christmas.
Bin collections
There will be no changes to black and blue bin collections over Christmas and New Year. However, as usual, the brown bin service will be paused for two weeks after Christmas as the Council puts all its effort into collecting extra waste and recycling materials.
There will be no brown bin collections on or between Tuesday 27 December and Monday 9 January. Collections will resume on Tuesday 10 January. Please leave your real Christmas tree by your brown bin as the Council will collect it for free.
View bin collection changes here.
Customer Services
Customer Services will be closed from 24 to 27 December, as well as from 31 December to 2 January. Online information is available via the Ipswich Borough Council website and details on how to access our Emergency Repairs Services.
Crown Car Park has extended opening hours on 22 December (8am - 9:30pm) for late night shopping. It closes on Christmas Eve at 11:30pm and will be closed on Christmas Day but will be open on 26 and 27 December (8:30am – 6pm).
Parks are open every day of the year - unless an icy snap makes paths dangerous.
The Reg Driver Centre will be closed on 25 December.
Sport
Crown Pools will have reduced opening hours on 24 December (7:30am – 4pm), 27 December (7:30am – 5:30pm) and 31December (7:30am – 4pm), and 2 January (7:30am – 5:30pm). It will be closed on 25 and 26 December, as well as 1 January.
Fore Street Pool will be closed from 24 December to 2 January.
Gainsborough, Northgate, and Whitton Sports Centres have reduced opening hours on 24 and 31 December (8:30am - 4pm), and will be closed from 25 to 27 December, as well as from 1 to 2 January.
Museums
Ipswich Museum and Ipswich Art Gallery remain closed during refurbishment works.
Christchurch Mansion will be closed from 24 to 27 December, as well as 1 and 2 January.
Cemeteries and Crematorium
Ipswich Cemeteries remain open to visitors, but the Cemetery Office will be closed from 24 to 27 December, as well as from 31 December to 2 January.
Ipswich Market
Ipswich Market will be open daily from 19 to 24 December (8am - 4pm). It will be closed on 25 to 27 December and as well as 1 and 2 January.
Town Hall
The Town Hall will be closed from 25 to 27 December and 1 and 2 January.
Ipswich Theatres
Ipswich Regent Theatre is closed on 25 December, as well as 1 and 2 January. Visit Ipswich Theatre/What’s-on for show listings.
The Corn Exchange is closed from 25 to 27 December, as well as 1 and 2 January. See what's on at the Corn Exchange.
King Street Cinema (formerly Ipswich Film Theatre) located within the Corn Exchange is closed from 24 December to 5 January. See what's on at the cinema.
Ipswich Borough Council’s Shopmobility service will be closed on the 25 and 26 December, as well as 1 and 2 January.
Full details of Christmas and New Year opening times can be found here.
