Council Offices
All council offices will be closed to the public from 3pm on Thursday, December 24 until 8.45am on Tuesday, January 5.
Emergency Council Services
Over the holiday period the emergency out-of-hours service will operate as normal on 08457 56 56 56 for all council services.
Community Care and Children’s Services
All offices will be closed from 3pm on Thursday, December 24 until Tuesday, January 5. in an emergency, call the above number.
Swimming Pools
Buckie, Forres, Keith and Lossiemouth will be closed from Thursday, December 24 to Sunday, January 3 inclusive. Speyside will be closed until Thursday, January 7.
At Buckie, Forres, Keith and Lossiemouth a holiday activity timetable will operate on January 4, 5 and 6, with the normal timetable resuming on January 7.
Football Pitches and Pavilions
Closed Thursday, December 24 until Sunday, January 3 inclusive.
Community Centres
Elgin, Forres and Keith are closed from Thursday, December 24 until Monday, January 4 inclusive.
Buckie is closed from Wednesday, December 23 until Monday, January 4 inclusive.
Speyside is closed from Wednesday, December 23 until Wednesday, January 6 inclusive.
Lossiemouth is closed from Thursday, December 24 until Sunday, January 3 inclusive.
Cullen is closed from Saturday, December 19 until Monday, January 4 inclusive.
Refuse Collection
View details of our our refuse collection arrangements over the festive period.
Further information is available by calling 01343 557045
Libraries
Arrangements for Thursday, December 24 are as follows: Aberlour, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Elgin, Forres, Hopeman, Keith, Lossiemouth, Portknockie and Rothes libraries and the local heritage centre in Elgin will all close at 4pm. Burghead and Findochty will be open from 2pm to 4pm, while Tomintoul will be open from 2.30pm to 4pm.
All facilities will be closed on Friday, December 25; Saturday, December 26, Monday, December 28, Thursday, December 31; Friday, January 1; Saturday, January 2 and Monday, January 4. There will be normal opening hours on Tuesday, December 29 and Wednesday, December 30.
The mobile libraries will not operate from Friday, December 25 to Monday, January 4 inclusive.
Museums
The Falconer Museum in Forres will close at 4pm on Thursday, December 24 and reopen on Tuesday, January 5 at 11am.