Cumbria County Council will continue to provide key services over the Christmas period. Here are details of opening times, out-of-hours contacts and other relevant information.
Adult Social Care
Services will operate as usual up until 4:30pm on 22nd December. Offices will be closed as normal over the weekend as well as Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Offices will be open as normal on 27th, 28th and 29th December but closed again over the weekend and on 1st January. Services return to normal on 2nd January.
During closure periods, the out-of-hours number - 01228-526690 - can be used 24-hours a day for adult social care emergencies.
Meals on Wheels
The Meals on Wheels service will be operating as usual over the Christmas period. Contacts are:
North - Barbara Wildey/Pam Poyser 01228 607693 South - Ellen Shepherd/Lynda Hadley 01229 894338 West - Anne Turner 01900 325880
Children's Services (for children's social care)
Services will operate as usual up until 4:30pm on 22nd December. Offices will be closed as normal over the weekend as well as Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The following offices will be open as normal on 27th, 28th and 29th December:
3 Alfred Street North, Carlisle
Friargate, Penrith
New Oxford Street, Workington
Somerset House, Duke Street, Whitehaven
County Offices, Kendal
Market Street, Barrow-in-Furness
During closure periods, the same out-of-hours number as above - 01228-526690 - can be used 24-hours a day for children's social care emergencies.
Recycling and Rubbish
The following Household Waste Recycling Centres will be open every day apart from Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's day:
- Clay Flatts, Workington
- Glasson Industrial Estate, Maryport
- Canal Head, Kendal
- Rothay Holme, Ambleside
- Yeathouse Quarry, Frizington
- Redmills Quarry, Millom
- Project Furness, Ormsgill
- Flusco, Penrith
- Hobsons Lane, Kirkby Stephen.
However, Rome Street in Carlisle, Syke Park in Wigton, Guides Lot at Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe Road in Ulverston will be closed on Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24th, as well as on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years' Day.
Please remember to recycle cards, wrapping paper and as much Christmas waste as possible.
Highways
24-hour emergency and winter maintenance cover will be provided by Cumbria Highways throughout Christmas and New Year.
Supervisors will be on duty day and night at the county's main highways depots and dozens of other staff will be on-call at our main depots to deal with highways issues such as severe weather problems throughout the holiday period. Cumbria Highways Hotline Highway will, as always, operate 24 hours a day on 0845 609 6 609 for reporting highways problems. During public holidays over the Christmas period calls should be limited to serious highways problems such as flooding, landslips and severe weather.
Libraries
All libraries will be closed from 24th December to 1st January inclusive, with the exception of Kendal, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith and Carlisle - which will also be open on 28th, 29th and 30th December. Barrow Library will be open on 28th and 29th December. Normal library hours will resume on 2nd January.
Transport and Travel
Public transport information available from Traveline on 0870 608 2 608.
The line is usually open between 7am and 8pm but will close at 5pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve and remain closed all day on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Media Enquiries
The Media Team is operating an emergency-only service for urgent media enquiries between 22nd December and 2nd January. We will not be handling routine enquiries during this period.
For Dec 23 - Dec 26 contact Media Manager Gareth Cosslett on 07973 811206 or 01768 898850.
For December 27th and 28th contact Media Officer Mark Graham on 07966 116949.
For December 29th and 30th contact Media Officer Alison Lister on 07966 116948.
For December 31st , January 1st and 2nd contact Media Officer Justin Hawkins on 07966 116947.
Media enquiries to Gareth Cosslett, News Manager on 01228 606332