Wokingham Borough Council has announced its office opening hours for the Christmas and New Year period.
Shute End offices
Monday 23 December - Normal opening hours - 8.30am to 5pm
Tuesday 24 December - 9am to 3pm
Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) - Closed
Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day) - Closed
Friday 27 December - Normal opening hours - 8.30am to 5pm
Monday 30 December - Normal opening hours - 8.30am to 5pm
Tuesday 31 December - 9am to 3pm
Wednesday 1 January 2020 (New Year’s Day) - Closed
Thursday 2 January 2020 - Normal opening hours - 8.30am to 5pm
The Old Forge
Monday 23 December - Normal opening hours - 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 24 December - Normal opening hours – 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) - Closed
Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day) - Closed
Friday 27 December - Normal opening hours - 9am to 5pm
Monday 30 December - Normal opening hours - 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 31 December - Normal opening hours - 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 1 January 2020 (New Year’s Day) - Closed
Thursday 2 January 2020 - Normal opening hours - 9am to 5pm
The general out-of-hours telephone number for emergencies during the holiday period is (0800) 212 111. Social services emergencies out-of-hours telephone number is (01344) 786 543.
The telephone number for reporting out-of-hours repairs to council properties is (0800) 515 287 for general repairs and (0800) 389 8789 for heating repairs and gas servicing. The calls will be managed by the council’s out-of-hours call centre and passed to the appropriate contractor.
The community mental health team based at The Old Forge in Wokingham will be open as listed above, and out-of-hours the mental health urgent care service will be available on (0300) 365 9999.
Libraries
All Wokingham Borough Libraries will be closed on Wednesday 25 December, Thursday 26 December and Wednesday 1 January.
On Tuesday 24 December and Tuesday 31 December, Wokingham Library and Lower Earley Library will be open 9:30am to 3pm, Woodley Library will be open 9am to 3pm, whilst Twyford library will be open 10am to 1pm. Other libraries in the borough will be closed on both dates.
Finchampstead Library will be closed from Tuesday 24 December to Wednesday 1 January inclusive. During the rest of the festive period all other libraries will be open normal branch hours, details are available online at www.wokingham.gov.uk/libraries.
Additional information
- For out of hour emergency contact details, click here
- For additional libraries information, click here
- For additional information on The Old Forge, click here
