Southend

Collection days will not change following the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Castle Point

Collections will be one day later.

Basildon

All collections this week will be one day later than usual due to there being no service on Easter Monday.

Barleylands Recycling Centre will be open as usual throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. Visit http://www.basildon.gov.uk/barleylands for more information on opening times.

The Basildon Centre will be closed to the public on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Assisted self service will be available from 9am until 1pm on Saturday, but our telephony enquiries service will be closed. The library will remain open between 9am and 5pm.

Residents will still be able to make payments online and access other council services at http://www.basildon.gov.uk and our emergency out-of-hours phone line will remain in operation.

The George Hurd Centre and our other activity centres in Pitsea and Laindon will be closed throughout the Bank Holiday weekend.

The Place will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday, but will be open as usual on Saturday and Easter Sunday. 

Wat Tyler Country Park will be open to the public from 9am until 7pm throughout the Bank Holiday weekend, with its facilities open from 9.30am to 4.30pm. 

The Towngate Theatre will be closed on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. For information on opening times for the rest of the weekend visithttp://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/3787/Easter-opening-and-recycling-collections

Rochford

To ensure minimum disruption over the Easter Bank Holiday period, bin collections within the Rochford District Council area will continue as usual.

A spokesman for Rochford District Council said: “For those residents who have a bin collection today, please present your bins for collection as normal.

“Collections will continue as normal over the Easter Bank Holiday period including today, May Day Bank Holiday on May 7, end of May Bank Holiday on May 28 and August Bank Holiday on August 27.”

If you require any further information please contact the council’s Customer Services on 01702 318111, email customerservices@rochford.gov.uk or you can visit www.rochford.gov.uk