A host of council services across Ayrshire will be suspended on Monday for Her Majesty the Queen’s full state funeral.
To respect Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, September 19, some council services will be temporarily suspended while others will close altogether.
The announcement follows that of major supermarkets who will close entirely or operate on reduced hours across the region and the rest of the country on the day of the bank holiday.
A number of services and ceremonies have been taking place across the United Kingdom following the Queen's death at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire last Thursday.
Ayrshire Live has compiled a list of council services which will be closed or suspended across the three local authority areas...
South Ayrshire
All sport and leisure services, including golf courses, will not operate on Monday.
Rozelle House Museum and Galleries and The Maclaurin Art Gallery will also be closed.
Services will resume as normal on Tuesday, September 20.
Arrangements are in place to ensure that all essential health and social care activities continue on Monday, September 19.
Waste management collections will not be affected and will continue to operate as normal on Monday, September 19.
The Book of Remembrance at Ayr Crematorium will be available from 10am until 1pm on Monday, September 19.
South Ayrshire out of hours helpline can be contacted on 0300 123 0900.
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire Council has confirmed that council offices and education establishments will be closed on both the Monday and Tuesday.
Normal service provision will be maintained by the council’s emergency/stand-by services and essential services such as waste service, children’s houses, Care at Home, community alarms and homeless hostels.
Offices and schools will reopen on Wednesday, September 21.
East Ayrshire Leisure will be closing all services except for Cumnock Town Hall and the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, where there will be continued access for the books of condolences.
East Ayrshire out of hours helpline can be contacted on 0345 724 0000.
North Ayrshire
In North Ayrshire, the majority of services, including bin collections, will be suspended for the day.
All buildings, including schools, educational establishments, early years centres, libraries, household recycling centres and depots will be closed.
Public toilets will remain open as usual.
Buildings will reopen and all services will resume on Tuesday.
North Ayrshire Council added that if your bin is due to be emptied on Tuesday, it will be emptied as normal.
Further information will be provided shortly for those households and customers who would normally have their bins emptied on a Monday, with information on when these will now be emptied.
North Ayrshire out of hours helpline can be contacted on (01294) 310000.
Meanwhile, the Ayrshire-wide social work out of hours response service can be contacted on 0800 328 7758.
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