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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Business waste collection times

Find out when our service collects business waste for each of the major roads in Islington.

  • Your business waste contract will tell you your collection details, including the collection method and the day and time of collection. 
  • Collection timings depend on individual contracts or time-banded zone, if one applies.
  • Please remember that you are only permitted to place your waste on the street at certain times of the day and you must place your waste out no more than 30 minutes before collection.

If your business is not located in any of the time-banded streets listed below, your waste should be presented and removed between 6pm and 6am.

If you are cannot meet these requirements, please contact your waste provider.

Business waste collection times for major roads in Islington

Road

From

To

Notice Times

Balls Pond Road St Pauls Road  Burder Rd 5pm - 6pm 
Blackstock Road Ambler Road Highbury Park
8pm to 9pm

Blackstock Road

Seven Sisters Road Ambler Road
7am - 8am
Blackstock Road Seven Sisters Road Ambler Road 9.30pm - 10.30pm
Caledonian Road
Cottage Road Pentonville Road
11.30pm - 00.30am
Caledonian Road Frederica Street Stanmore Street 7.30am - 8.30am
Caledonian Road Frederica Street Stanmore Street 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Chapel Market Liverpool Road  Penton Street 6pm to 7pm

City Road

Islington High Street

Central Street

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Cowcross Street Farringdon Road
St Johns 7pm - 8pm
Cowcross Street Farringdon Road St Johns Midnight - 1am

Crouch Hill

Henley Road

Shaftesbury Road

8pm - 9pm

Essex Road

Canonbury Road

St Paul's Road

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Essex Road

Balls Pond Road

Islington Green

6pm - 7pm

Exmouth Market  Rosoman Street Roseberry Avenue 7pm - 8pm

Farringdon Road (one side)

Margery Street

Vineyard Walk

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Farringdon Road (one side)
Margery Street Vineyard Walk 1am - 2am
Fonthill Road Seven Sisters Road Moray Road 7.30am - 8.30am
Fonthill Road Seven Sisters Road Moray Road 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Goswell Road Carthusian Street St John Street
11 pm - Midnight
Goswell road Carthusian Street
St John Street
6pm - 7pm 
Grosvenor Avenue
87 95
Monday to Saturday (Refuse Only)
Grosvenor Avenue
87 95  Mondays (Recycling Only)

Highbury Grove

St Paul's Road

Leigh Road

6pm - 7pm

Highbury Park 23 61 9am to 10am Monday to Friday
Highbury Park
23 61 7am to 8am (Wednesday recycling)
Highbury Park
Kelvin Road
Riversdale Road 

8pm to 9pm

Holloway Road

Highbury Corner

Junction Road

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Holloway Road
Highbury Corner
Junction Road
Midnight to 1am

Holloway Road

St John's Way

Hornsey Road

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Hornsey Road

Holloway Road

Hazellville Road

7pm - 8pm

Hornsey Road

Hazellville Road

Seven Sisters Road

7pm - 8pm

Holloway Road Hornsey Road Highbury Place 5pm to 7pm
Islington Green Essex Road Upper Street 6pm to 7pm 
Islington Green Essex Road Upper Street Midnight to 1am

Islington High Street

Pentonville Road

Berners Road

6pm - 7pm

Islington High Street  Pentonville Road
Berners Road Midnight to 1am

Junction Road

Holloway Road

Monnery Road

6pm - 7pm

Junction Road  Holloway road Monnery Road 12:30am to 1:30am
King Henry's Walk St Jude Street
Mildmay Road  Monday to Friday 9am to 10am (Refuse Only)
King Henry's Walk
St Jude Street  Mildmay Road  Monday to Saturday 5pm to 6pm (Refuse & Recycling) 

Kings Cross Road

Pentonville Road

Margery Street

8pm - 9pm

Kings Cross Road
Pentonville Road Margery Street 12.30am - 1.30am 
Liverpool Road  Upper Street Tolpuddle Street 6pm to 7pm

Newington Green

St Paul's Road

Green Lanes

5.30pm - 6.30pm

Old Street

The roundabout

Whitecross Street

8.30pm - 9.30pm

Pentonville Road

York Road

Islington High Street

8.30pm - 9.30 pm
Rock Street Blackstock Road Seven Sisters 9pm - 10pm
Seven Sisters Road Holloway Road Blackstock Road 7.30am - 8.30am
Seven Sisters Road Holloway Road Blackstock Road 7pm - 8pm
Southgate Road Northchurch Road Downham Road 5.30pm - 6.30pm
St John's Street Clerkenwell Road Charterhouse 10pm - 11pm 
Stroud Green Road Seven Sisters Road Hanley Road 7.30am - 8.30am
Stroud Green Road
Seven Sisters Road Hanley Road 8pm - 9pm

St Paul's Road

Corsica Street

Highbury Grove

5.30pm - 6.30pm

St Pauls Road Highbury Roadabout Corsica Street 1am-2am 
Theberton Street Upper Street  Studd Street 9pm-10pm
Upper Street Highbury Corner Angel Station Midnight - 1am

Upper Street (both sides)

Highbury Corner

Angel Station

6pm - 7pm

Whitecross Street

Old Street

Sutton Way (this is Chiswell street instead)

9pm - 10pm

York Way Pentonville Road Camden Road Midnight - 1am

If your property isn't in the list of roads above, you may receive nightly collections. Visit your local area to find out your collection times or contact us.

Margery Street

Pentonville Road

Seven Sisters Road
Midnight - 1am 

Email CommercialWaste@islington.gov.uk for collection times for other roads in Islington.

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