Christmas and new year opening hours
Find out when our services and programs will be open over the Christmas and new year period.
Essential City of Sydney services such as waste and recycling collections will continue without interruption over the Christmas and new year holiday period.
During the holidays some construction work is limited.
You can contact us anytime, any day, including public holidays on 02 9265 9333 or email [email protected].
Most of our other services and programs will operate as usual until Friday 23 December. Some centres and programs will close earlier to let our employees join their families and friends. See below for details.
All library branches will close at 4pm on Friday 23 December and reopen at 10am on Tuesday 3 January 2023.
You can continue to renew and reserve items online, stream movies and borrow digital resources like ebooks and eaudiobooks throughout the holidays.
Access the City of Sydney library anytime, anywhere on the app where you can browse and search collections, manage loans and reservations.
Returns chutes will be open throughout the holiday period at Glebe, Green Square, Newtown, Surry Hills, Ultimo and Waterloo.
Ultimo Library will be closed from 9 December 2022 to late February 2023 while the air conditioning is upgraded.
From 4pm on Friday 24 December we will not be accepting any laser cutting or 3D printing requests at Darling Square Library.
The service will resume on Tuesday 3 January but we will not be able to start processing requests until Monday 9 January.
All community and recreation centres, except Perry Park Recreation Centre, will close between 3:30pm and 4pm on Friday 23 December and reopen on Tuesday 3 January.
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre will close on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Monday 23 January.
Perry Park Recreation Centre
Monday 19 December, 12pm–9pm
Tuesday 20 December, 12pm–9pm
Wednesday 21 December, 8:30am–9pm
Thursday 22 December, 8:30am–9pm
Friday 23 December, 8:30am–5pm
Saturday 24 December to Tuesday 3 January, closed
Wednesday 4 January: 12pm–9pm
Thursday 5 January: 12pm–9pm
Friday 6 January: 12pm–8pm
- Green Square neighbourhood service centre will close at 4:30pm on Wednesday 21 December and reopen on Wednesday 11 January 2023.
- Kings Cross neighbourhood service centre will close at 4pm on Friday 23 December and reopen on Monday 9 January 2023.
- Glebe neighbourhood service centre will close at 4pm on Friday 23 December and reopen on Monday 9 January 2023.
- Town Hall House customer service centre will close at 4pm on Friday 23 December. The centre will be open Wednesday 28 December to Friday 30 December from 10am to 3pm (closed public holidays). The centre will resume normal opening hours from Tuesday 3 January 2023.
Bookings are recommended for all face-to-face visits. To make a 20-minute appointment, book online or call us on 02 9265 9333.
See customer and neighbourhood service centres for opening hours.
We are closed Tuesday 27 December and will reopen Tuesday 3 January.
The Ultimo recycling pop-up is our newest recycling hub. It’s a free and easy way to recycle tricky household items.
Meals on Wheels will be open and operating as usual except Christmas Day (25 December), Boxing Day (26 December), additional public holiday (27 December), New Year's Day (1 January) and additional public holiday (2 January).
The community transport service will close at 4pm on Friday 23 December 2022 and resume service at 8am on Tuesday 3 January 2023.
Childcare centres
All our childcare centres will close on Friday 23 December.
Alexandria Child Care and Redfern Occasional Care reopen Tuesday 10 January 2023.
Hilda Booler and Broughton Street kindergartens reopen Monday 30 January 2023.
Outside school hours care
Outside school hours care will be closed during these times:
- Surry Hills will close on Monday 19 December and will reopen on Tuesday 31 January 2023.
- Redfern will close on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Monday 16 January 2023.
- The Rocks (KGV) will close on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Monday 9 January 2023.
- Ultimo will close on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Monday 9 January 2023.
- Woolloomooloo will close on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Monday 16 January 2023.
All our outside school hours care services will be closed on Monday 30 January 2023 for an annual staff planning day.
Applications for filming and photography permits are closed from Thursday 15 December to Friday 6 January.
New applications will be accepted from Monday 9 January 2023.
Any application lodged from 15 December and on or before 9 January 2023 will need to ensure your filming or photography is scheduled from 17 January.
On Christmas Day (25 December) all our swimming pools will be closed.
On Boxing Day (26 December) and Tuesday 27 December the opening hours at all our swimming pools will be 7am to 4pm.
On New Year’s Eve (31 December) all pools will open from 6am to 6pm, except Andrew (Boy) Charlton, which will open at 6am and close at midday due to fireworks set-up in the surrounding park.
On New Year’s Day (1 January) all pools will open at 8am and close at 4pm, except Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool, which will open at 9am.
On Monday 2 January (public holiday) all pools will open at 7am and close at 4pm.
Our gyms at Juanita Nielsen Community Centre and KGV Recreation Centre will close between 3:30pm and 4pm on Friday 23 December and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January.
Our fitness centres at Cook + Phillip Park Pool, Gunyama Park Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre and Victoria Park Pool will have the following opening hours:
25 December, closed
26 December, 7am–4pm
27 December, 7am–4pm
28 December, 6am–8pm
29 December, 6am–8pm
30 December, 6am–8pm
31 December, 6am–6pm
1 January, 8am–4pm
2 January, 7am–4pm
Request services are closed between Christmas and New Year.
Services will resume on Tuesday 3 January 2023.
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