Affected council services

People who are able to access our parks are welcome to visit as part of their daily exercise, but should follow social distancing guidelines at all times.

Car parks in all country parks are in operation and the following toilet facilities are open:

• Beacon Hill Country Park
• Shenton Station
• Market Bosworth Country Park

To help ensure safety within the parks, we are reducing the capacity in car parks, installing additional signage and increasing the presence of wardens and rangers on site. 

Ticket machines are regularly sanitised, but we ask that contactless payments are used where possible and Government hygiene recommendations are followed:

• use gloves for shared surfaces e.g ticket machines and regularly sanitise hands.

Beacon Hill Café and 1485 Tithe Barn will change to takeaway service only from Thursday 5 November. Opening hours will differ and visitors are encouraged to check social media channels for the latest information:

• Beacon Hill Café Facebook page
• 1485 Tithe Barn Facebook page

To see the latest updates from a specific country park, please check the country parks website  and social media channels .

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• Country Parks in Leicestershire
• Where to walk in Leicestershire

Fostering

All scheduled ‘find out about fostering’ and ‘find out about adoption’ events have been cancelled until further notice. However, our team are still here to help if you would like to ask any questions or find out more about fostering or adoption. Please call 0116 305 05 05 or email fostering@leics.gov.uk

Participation Community Curators

Events run by and hosted by the participation team will be moved online where possible or postponed.

Following the announcement of a national lockdown our library buildings will close from the evening of Wednesday 4 November.

A click and collect service will remain available at council-run libraries. 

You can still visit our digital library and access thousands of books, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers on your phone, tablet or computer. If you’re not already a member, it’s quick and easy to join online.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for further updates.

Some community managed libraries are also open or offering a click and collect service. Please contact them directly for details.

Mobile libraries

We are currently only offering a click and collect service for existing mobile library customers. If you are a mobile library customer, please contact your mobile library route directly for more information.

Events

Participation events will be postponed or move online.

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• Join the Library

The following museums will close on the evening of Wednesday 4 November in line with the latest government guidance.

• Melton Carnegie Museum
• Market Harborough Museum
• Charnwood Museum

Some play parks remain closed until further notice.​ See update on Country Parks above.

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• Where to walk in Leicestershire

The Park and Ride service is operating as usual for essential journeys.

Buses are operating from Birstall, Meynell's Gorse and Enderby terminals.

Capacity on buses will be limited to ensure social distancing. Customers are required to wear face coverings on public transport and are encouraged to use contactless payments where possible.

The Birstall bus service operates on the same site as the covid testing centre. Safety measures and one way systems are in place to ensure they run separately, but from the same space.  

All 14 of our recycling and household waste sites are open.

We encourage you to only visit our sites, if it's essential, and only if you have booked an appointment to visit a site.

If you're wanting to visit a waste site, all information about the types of waste accepted at each site, as well as links to the booking system, are available on our recycling and household waste pages.

Permits

Applications for waste permits remain suspended until further notice, for all sites.

Birth and death registrations will continue, together with notice of marriage appointments, the latter only if urgent.  

Weddings, civil partnership ceremonies will not be permitted to take place except in exceptional circumstances. 

Citizenship ceremonies will be by exception only and will continue to be delivered with individual candidates attending, avoiding gatherings.

More information: Registration services and coronavirus updates

Any questions?

If you have questions or concerns regarding your citizenship ceremony, wedding, civil partnership or registering a birth, please get in touch with the registrars team directly on 0116 305 6565 or use our contact us form.

The following venues have been agreed to remain closed in line with the latest government guidance:

• Century Theatre
• Beaumanor Hall – events and hire

The following venues will close from the evening of Wednesday 4 November in line with the latest government guidance:

• Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre
• 1620s House
• Charnwood Museum
• Melton Carnegie Museum
• Charnwood Museum
• Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland at Wigston Magna

See latest updates under Recycling and household waste sites above.

Trade waste

We no longer be taking cash or cheque payments at the Whetstone Transfer Station weighbridge. There will also be a new process for credit cards where the driver will be asked to call the number displayed at the site and give the operative the card details. Receipts will then be sent via email.

Whetstone weighbridge will not be open on Saturday mornings (until further notice).

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• Where you can take business or commercial waste