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Council Christmas arrangements

Published: 01/12/2017

COPELAND Borough Council offices (including Market Hall) will be closed from 4.30pm on Friday, December 22 until 9am on Tuesday, January 2.

The offices will also close one hour early (4pm) on Thursday, December 21 and will reopen at 9am on Friday, December 22.

The Millom office will close at 3pm on December 21 and 22, and will remain closed from December 22 until January 2. 

The Distington Hall Crematorium office will close at 4.30pm on Friday, December 22 and will reopen on Wednesday, December 27, and will close again for one day on Monday, January 1. The Chapel of Remembrance is open from 9am until 4.15pm every day throughout the Christmas period. 

All household waste collections will be two days later than normal during the week commencing Monday, December 25 and one day later during the week commencing Monday, January 1.

The Beacon Museum will close at 3pm on Saturday, December 23 and will reopen on Wednesday, December 27, and will close again for one day on Monday, January 1.

There will be no markets held in Whitehaven, Egremont or Cleator Moor during the week commencing Monday, December 25. 

The out-of-hours emergency number for issues relating to dangerous structures, homelessness, flooding response, and sandbag requests for residential properties is 01946 598300.