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Council Services
Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Reopened:
18 May
Restrictions:
Members of the public should not visit the HWRC if they are:
- Extremely vulnerable or remaining at home for shielding purposes
- Symptomatic with COVID-19
- In 14 day isolation period
- Should if possible wear gloves / face masks and as a minimum hand sanitise before and after using the site.
Opening hours are 8am to 6pm, seven days a week. No appointment necessary but people should be prepared to queue or be turned away if demand is too great or cars are blocking the public highway.
Vans/car/MPV derived vans with a GVW above 2,495kg can only access the centre on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1pm until 6pm. Please note the site may shut early if queues are too long. Car drivers should note this time will be busier.
Members of the public should abide by social distancing guidelines at all times.
Cars should have no more than two occupants. A driver’s licence must be shown to prove city residency.
The number of vehicles allowed on site at any time (one in, one out) is limited and visits should only be made if waste disposal is essential and unavoidable (i.e. waste cannot be stored safely at home).
Please avoid bringing excessive amounts of waste so we can get people in and out as quickly as possible to help reduce queue times.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, and until further notice, the centre is not accepting any vans or trailers, regardless of any exemption letter that the driver may hold.
On-site staff will not be able to assist the public with heavy or bulky items. Members of the public should only bring items they can safely unload and manage themselves or with one other occupant of the car.
Restarted:
18 May
Restrictions:
Only one booking is permitted per household, per month. The number of items per booking is six items maximum (a dismantled item will be categorised as one item) All bedding/towels/clothes must be double bagged, white or electrical goods will not be collected.
Items booked for collection must be managed/handed by one person. If they can’t be managed/handled by one person – the item will not be collected.
If anyone in the household is self-isolating or is displaying symptoms of COVID 19 they will not be able to make a booking. All booking (online/calls) will follow a flowchart to help identify if this is the case.
Restarted:
26 May
Restrictions:
Garden waste is being collected as normal.
Restarted:
8 June
Restrictions:
Street Scene full service:
- Garden Assistance
- Parks Maintence
- Mowing
- Weed Spraying
Reopened:
10 June
Restrictions:
We are taking measures to ensure staff and customer safety, including new signage and wayfinding and measures to limit hand to shared surface contact and minimise unnecessary interactions with others. Staff will clean the site at times when customers are not present.
The Plant Shop and outdoor sales area will re-open.
The Plant Nursery will remain closed to the public.
Online orders will continue for customers who do not wish to visit in person.
Reopened:
10 June
Restrictions:
We are taking measures to ensure staff and customer safety, including new signage and wayfinding and measures to limit hand to shared surface contact and minimise unnecessary interactions with others. Staff will clean the site at times when customers are not present.
The Club House will remain closed.
The course will re–open but all activity will be pre-booked and prepaid so there will be no interaction with customers.
There will be no catering provision and the dining area will be closed.
Information for local retailers and businesses
The City Council is working with the Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID), retailers and other local businesses to ensure the city centre and neighbourhood shopping areas can start reopen safely.
This follows the Government’s decision to ease lockdown restrictions allowing all non-essential retail to open from 15 June.
A range of measures are being put in place to enable people to move around public places safely and to support retailers with safe trading. This will include signage on pavements and outside shops to ask people to maintain social distancing, as well as encouraging people to keep left on pavements and pedestrianised areas.
Nottingham received £294,601 from a total of £50m being provided nationally from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) that the Government is making available to councils to support businesses to re-open safely.
Links to guidance and advice to local businesses:
Nottingham BID reopening checklist
Risk assessment guidance and template
Shops and branches
All government Coronavirus guidance
Contact us:
Please email [email protected] if your business needs help and advice on reopening, including issues relating to queues, licensing and highways issues.
Reopened:
15 June
Restrictions:
For more information of which markets are reopened and their current opening times, visit the Nottingham Markets Coronavirus page.
Staffed public toilets in Greyhound Street off the Old Market Square, and in Bulwell.
Reopened:
15 June
We're delighted to have been able to open 16 of our outdoor courts for you to play on, by advance booking only. We've made some changes to make tennis safer, so please follow our Safe Tennis Guidelines if you're coming to visit.
We have a car park and one accessible toilet available.
Opening times are
Mon-Fri: 10am - 6pm
Weekends: 10am - 4pm
For more information visit the Nottingham Tennis Centre website.
The facilities and services are regularly changing at our museums and heritage sites. For up to date information please visit the individual site websites at:
www.wollatonhall.org.uk/coronavirus
www.newsteadabbey.org.uk/coronavirus
Reopening
Most of our Nottingham City Libraries have reopened.
There will be a few changes to the way our Libraries work for the safety of our team and customers.
Visit our dedicated page www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries/coronavirus for more information.
Reopened 6 July
Queen’s Drive Park and Ride is now open and NCT service 49 is serving the site again.
The Medilink Bus Services is operating but on a special timetable. Please see the timetable for further information http://www.ct4n.co.uk/sitedata/Root/file/timetables/Medilink%2013.07.20%20Web.pdf
Please ensure you follow social distancing guidelines around the site and use the hand santiser provided.
The Customer Service desk and public toilets will not be opened for public use.
The public transport operators who use the site have adopted a number of safety measures, which include significantly increased cleaning regimes at depots and on vehicles, seat covers and vinyls on vehicle floors to encourage social distancing. Please use pre-paid tickets where possible or exact fare.
Reopened:
6 July
Restrictions
- Clean your hands before and after visiting
- Avoid touching your face
- Keep 2 metres from other people where possible
- Only one adult per child in the play area at once
- No food or drink within the play area
Please follow these rules so that this play area can stay open and wait and visit another time if busy.
For details of Active Nottingham's phased reopening of gyms and leisure centres, as well as up to date opening times, visit: activenottingham.com/reopening/
The Lace Market car park has now reopened.
For more information visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/carparks
Reopened 8 July
Our Registrars Services is now open – giving citizens the chance to register births and give noticed of marriage. For more information and restrictions, please visit:
https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/information-for-residents/births-deaths-marriages/