Holiday Arrangements

Amphitheatre, Carrickfergus, Seven Towers Leisure Centre, Ballymena, and Larne Leisure Centre

Day	Closures or reduced hours
Monday 29 December 2025	Early closure - 3pm
Tuesday 30 December 2025	Early closure - 3pm
Wednesday 31 December 2025	Early closure - 3pm
Thursday 1 January 2026	CLOSED

All activities finish 30mins before closing.

Alternative Bin collections

Please visit our Alternative Collection Dates page which lists the only scheduled changes to the bin collections across Mid & East Antrim.

Only scheduled alternative collections are listed.

If a date is not listed then collections are scheduled as normal.

For more information on recycling visit our Bins and Recycling page.

Household Recycling Centres

Day	Closures or reduced hours
Thursday 1 January 2026	CLOSED

Registrar's Offices

Open from Monday 29 December to Wednesday 31 December.

Closed on Thursday 1 January 2026.

The Braid

The Braid building will be closed Thursday 1 January 2026.

Toilets

Ballymena area

Portglenone Marina, Cullybackey, Henry Street, Broughshane, Slemish closed on 1 January 2026.

Saturday 3 January: open 9am to 5pm. Henry Street & Slemish: closed

Carrickfergus area

All toilets will be closed on 1 January 2026.

Emergency Numbers

Emergency Services	NI Gas Emergency Service
999 or 112	0800 002 001
Flooding Incident Line	NI Water
0300 2000 100	03457 440 088
NI Electricity Networks	Housing Executive
03457 643 643	03448 920 901