Three Rivers District Council's Christmas opening times and service information
07th December 2022

Three Rivers District Council's phone lines and visitor centre at Three Rivers House in Rickmansworth will be closed over Christmas and New Year.
Find out the council's updated opening times for the festive period along with information on the waste collection arrangements below:
Date |
Visitor Centre opening hours |
Phone lines |
Friday 23 December (normal opening hours) |
9am-4pm |
8:30am-5pm |
Saturday 24 December |
Closed |
Closed |
Sunday 25 December (Christmas Day) |
Closed |
Closed |
Monday 26 December (Boxing Day) |
Closed |
Closed |
Tuesday 27 December (Christmas Bank Holiday) |
Closed |
Closed |
Wednesday 28 December |
Closed |
8:30am-3pm |
Thursday 29 December |
Closed |
8:30am-3pm |
Friday 30 December |
Closed |
8:30am-3pm |
Saturday 31 December |
Closed |
Closed |
Sunday 1 January (New Year’s Day) |
Closed |
Closed |
Monday 2 January (New Year’s Day Bank Holiday) |
Closed |
Closed |
Tuesday 3 January (normal opening hours) |
9am-4pm |
8:30am-5:30pm |
Online services will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week as usual.
Christmas waste collection arrangements
No collections will take place on Monday 26 & Tuesday 27 December but x2 extra bags of refuse will be collected on Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 January for these residents.
Collections on Wednesday 28, Thursday 29 & Friday 30 December will take place on the normal collection day and no excess will be taken on these dates
Why not subscribe to our bin reminder service and stay up to date with latest collection information.
Garden waste collections
No garden waste (brown bins) will be collected between 19 December & 8 January. Garden waste collections will start again week commencing 9 January 2023.
Real Christmas trees can be left out and will be taken (WEEK B only) regardless of subscription to the Garden Waste Service.
Clinical collections
There will be no domestic sharps collections the week of 28-30 December.
Trade clinical collections & domestic orange sack collections due to be made one day later than usual e.g. Tuesday’s collection will be made on Wednesday 28, Wednesday’s on Thursday 29 and Thursday’s on Friday 30.
Recycling
Extra recycling can be left out in carrier bags over the Christmas / New Year Period.
Paper based wrapping paper (do the scrunch test – see link) is accepted in the recycling bin as are plain greetings cards.
https://www.recyclenow.com/what-to-do-with/wrapping-paper-1
Check out the A-Z online https://www.threerivers.gov.uk/egcl-page/to-recycle-or-not-to-recycle