At this time of year, there are changes to when bin collections, recycling at tips and mail delivery happen. In this guide, we explain what will happen with those services at Christmas in our part of the world.
Bin collection days in the Bradford District
Bradford Council will not be doing bin collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day. If your normal bin collection date would fall on any of those days, here is some information from the Council on when the bins will be collected instead:
| If your normal collection date falls on | The Council will empty your bin on |
| Thursday 25 December | Monday 22 December |
| Friday 26 December | Monday 29 December |
| Thursday 1 January | Saturday 3 January |
To make sure when your bins are going out, please visit the Household Bin Collection Dates checker.
Household Waste and Recycling Centres across the district will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Bin collection days in Craven
On their website, North Yorkshire Council say there will be changes to bin collections during Christmas. There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day.
To be sure when your bins are emptied, please use the Bin Collection Day Checker on the North Yorkshire Council website. When entering your postcode and selecting your address, it will have a list of upcoming dates.
The Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Skipton and Settle will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Postal services at Christmas
Royal Mail have a guide on their website explaining when the last days before Christmas are for posting letters and parcels. They recommend posting as early as possible to ensure what you are posting arrives in time.
The latest possible date for 2nd class mail is Wednesday 17th December. For 1st class mail, it’s Saturday 20th December. The guide in full is here: Last posting dates
There is useful information from the Post Office on final posting dates from other delivery services such as Evri and Parcel Force here: Last posting dates for Christmas
As for receiving post, it will not be delivered on the following dates:
- Sunday 21st December
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- Sunday 28th December
- New Year’s Day