Christmas Arrangements

Recycling and Waste Collections 

There will be no collections on Monday 25 December or Tuesday 26 December 2023, therefore collections from Monday 25 December 2023 to Friday 5 January 2024 will change as below:

Mon 25 Dec to Weds 27 Dec

Tues 26 Dec to Thurs 28 Dec

Weds 27 Dec to Fri 29 Dec

Thurs 28 Dec to Sat 30 Dec

Fri 29 Dec to Mon 1 Jan

Mon 1 Jan to Tues 2 Jan

Tues 2 Jan to Weds 3 Jan

Weds 3 Jan to Thurs 4 Jan

Thurs 4 Jan to Fri 5 Jan

Fri 5 Jan to Sat 6 Jan

 

Please visit https://collections.dover.gov.uk/property to check your collection dates.

Garden Waste Collections

There will be no garden waste collections from Monday 25 December 2023 to Friday 5 January 2024 inclusive.

Christmas Trees

We offer a real Christmas tree recycling service to all our garden waste subscribers, just place your tree out on your normal garden waste day between Monday 8 January to Friday 2 February 2024 inclusive. 

DDC Opening Times  

DDC offices at Whitfield are open for pre-booked appointments, Monday to Friday 9am-4pm, up to and including on Friday 22 December 2023.  We reopen on Tuesday 2 January 2024. 

If you need to contact the Council over the Christmas holiday period, please see our website or call us on 01304 821199. 

Parking

Dover District Council is offering free parking in its car parks from 3pm on weekdays throughout December 2023.

As part of our ongoing work to support local businesses, DDC’s Cabinet has agreed to offer free parking in Council car parks from 3pm Monday to Friday in December, in the run up to Christmas and beyond. For more details, please see our Press Release.

Deal Pier Opening Times

For details of Deal Pier opening times, please see our Deal Pier page.

Leisure Centre Opening Times

For details of Dover District Leisure Centre opening times, please see the Dover District Leisure Centre web page.

For details of Tides Leisure Centre opening times, please see Tides Leisure Centre pages. 

Christmas Events

For the latest information on events over Christmas/New Year across the district, please see the White Cliffs Country What's On pages. 

 

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from Dover District Council.